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New Fame Ain't Gonna Last
 New Fame Ain't Gonna Last 
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Sep 25, 2009 7:05 AM CDT

New Fame Ain't Gonna Last

Slick remake of 1980 musical lacks the original's heart

(Newser) - Fame, the new remake of the classic 1980 musical about students at New York's High School for the Performing Arts, will be entertaining enough for tweeners, say critics, but its sanitized feel and lightweight characters make it a forgettable inferior to the gritty original.
  • "As a demo reel showcasing
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Love Happens Is Manipulative Tripe
 Love Happens 
 Is Manipulative Tripe 
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Sep 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

Love Happens Is Manipulative Tripe

Jennifer Aniston rom-com strikes out with critics

(Newser) - If only love didn't happen. Critics are lambasting Jennifer Aniston's new rom-com, Love Happens—the story of a courtship between a florist and a grieving grief counselor—as predictable and manipulative:
  • It's "an inorganic soap opera," writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun. "Love happens here with
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Jennifer's Body Not So Hot
 Jennifer's Body Not So Hot 
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Sep 18, 2009 8:14 AM CDT

Jennifer's Body Not So Hot

Critics lambaste new film from Juno screenwriter

(Newser) - Megan Fox vehicle Jennifer's Body hits the screen today, and most if not all critics are unimpressed by this horror-comedy about a high school girl possessed by the devil.
  • "Jennifer's Body has an impressive writer in Diablo Cody, who won an Oscar for Juno, writes Claudia Puig of USA 
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The Informant! Is 'Devilish Fun'
 The Informant! Is 'Devilish Fun' 
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Sep 18, 2009 6:13 AM CDT

The Informant! Is 'Devilish Fun'

Matt Damon shines as unreliable narrator in serio-comic take on corporate crime

(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! puts a comic spin on its serious story of a '90s corporate whistle-blower, say critics, with highly entertaining but sometimes muddled results.
  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: This "truth-based film about a compulsive liar wavers between corporate thriller and screwball comedy," with an outstanding performance
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Beyond Bad
 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 
 Beyond Bad 
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 11, 2009 3:50 PM CDT

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Beyond Bad

Peter Hyams remake of Fritz Lang film is boring and inept

(Newser) - Peter Hyams' Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a remake of Fritz Lang's noir classic, has a 0% aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here's what critics are saying about the Michael Douglas vehicle:
  • "Michael Douglas is the only life in this dull party," writes Peter Travers for Rolling Stone. "
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The Other Man Wastes Neeson
The Other Man Wastes Neeson 
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Sep 11, 2009 2:02 PM CDT

The Other Man Wastes Neeson

Adultery story fails to seduce critics

(Newser) - The Other Man, based on a story by The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, has a starry cast including Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and Antonio Banderas—and critics say they're wasted on this schlocky adultery story.
  • It's "a muddled little dud of a melodrama," writes Stephen Holden in the
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Crude Makes Compelling Case Against Big Oil

Doc tells of disastrous effects of oil extraction

(Newser) - Crude is a hard-hitting documentary about the ravages of the oil industry—Chevron is the villain here—on indigenous people in Ecuador. Critics are wowed:
  • “Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore,” writes Peter Travers
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Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold
 Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold 
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Sep 11, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold

Antarctic murder mystery a snowy wipeout for Beckinsale

(Newser) - Antarctica's a great setting for a thriller, say critics, but the new Kate Beckinsale movie Whiteout is too mundane to bear much resemblance to a great thriller.
  • Joe Neumaier, Daily News: Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, has the makings of an enjoyable, cheesy thriller, but then "wimps out,
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9 's Visuals a Perfect 10
 9's Visuals a Perfect 10 
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Sep 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT

9's Visuals a Perfect 10

Film tells of burlap robot battling through frightening world

(Newser) - The creepy tale of 9, which depicts a burlap-bodied robot’s (Elijah Wood) quest for his origins while battling bad guys in a post-apocalyptic world, looks incredible—but its script leaves something to be desired.
  • “Long on imaginative design but less substantial in narrative, this dreary story of fighting
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Grown-Ups Return to At the Movies
 Grown-Ups Return 
 to At the Movies 
TV REVIEW
Sep 7, 2009 5:41 PM CDT

Grown-Ups Return to At the Movies

(Newser) - ABC execs seem to be trying their hardest to atone for the “two Bens” period of At the Movies, replacing Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz with two of print criticism’s best—AO Scott of the New York Times and and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune. The result...

This Extract Lacks Flavor
 This Extract Lacks Flavor 
movie review
Sep 4, 2009 10:02 AM CDT

This Extract Lacks Flavor

Mike Judge effort offers a few laughs

(Newser) - Mike Judge's Extract is a view of modern stupidity, the story of a regular guy among idiots, running a bottling plant and having trouble with his marriage. While it offers some chuckles, the Jason Bateman vehicle is no comic masterpiece:
  • “What’s most striking about Extract, beyond the scarcity
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All About Steve Bombs for Bullock
 All About Steve 
 Bombs for Bullock 
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 4, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

All About Steve Bombs for Bullock

Misfiring Sandra Bullock farce a contender for worst movie of the year

(Newser) - New Sandra Bullock vehicle All About Steve is a romantic comedy that lacks romance, comedy, or anything else that would make it watchable, say critics in almost unanimously scathing reviews.
  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Bullock, as a delusional crossword puzzle creator who stalks a TV cameraman, "hits the lowest
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Halloween II a Gory Dud
 Halloween II a Gory Dud 
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Aug 28, 2009 5:42 PM CDT

Halloween II a Gory Dud

Critics yawn over Rob Zombie's horror remake

(Newser) - Dimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out:
  • "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety. "Zombie's hatchet job on the series
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Woodstock Not Worth the Trip
 Woodstock Not Worth the Trip 
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Aug 28, 2009 1:08 PM CDT

Woodstock Not Worth the Trip

Mixed reviews for 1960s coming-of-age flick

(Newser) - Taking Woodstock isn’t really about the music: it’s more about coming of age on the outskirts of the festival. Critics are lukewarm about Ang Lee's latest effort:
  • “You can’t deny the smiling mood that wafts through the film like incense,” admits Anthony Lane of the
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The September Issue Delivers
 The September Issue Delivers 
movie review
Aug 28, 2009 11:43 AM CDT

The September Issue Delivers

Offers new look at notorious Vogue boss

(Newser) - The September Issue is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Vogue’s September 2007 issue—and at the woman in charge of it all. RJ Cutler's film may change minds about editor in chief Anna Wintour and her brutal reputation:
  • Stephanie Zacharek of Salon calls the film “documentary
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Big Fan Scores with Critics
 Big Fan Scores with Critics 
Movie Review
Aug 28, 2009 11:06 AM CDT

Big Fan Scores with Critics

(Newser) - Critics are big fans of Big Fan, a funny yet tragic look at football devotees directed by The Wrestler screenwriter Robert Siegel. Here’s what they’re saying:  
  • Star Patton Oswalt “gives a tour de force performance,” writes Ray Greene of Box Office Magazine, and Siegel finds
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Terror Docudrama Baader-Meinhof Impresses Critics

(Newser) - Critics are largely impressed with Germany's blood-drenched epic The Baader-Meinhof Complex, following the group of young, sexy radicals who terrorized the country for years. A selection of reviews:
  • It's a "taut, unnerving, forcefully unromantic film," writes New York Times critic Manohla Dargis, who praises director Uli Edel for
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Critics Find Basterds Glorious
 Critics Find Basterds Glorious 
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Aug 21, 2009 10:34 AM CDT

Critics Find Basterds Glorious

(Newser) - Not every critic loves Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, but many do, and they really love it. Here’s what they’re saying.
  • It’s not just Tarantino’s best movie, “It's the first movie of his artistic maturity,” writes Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle. It
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No Honors for Post Grad
 No Honors for Post Grad 
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Aug 21, 2009 9:53 AM CDT

No Honors for Post Grad

Unoriginal comedy leaves no mark

(Newser) - Post Grad tells the story of the tribulations of a recent graduate unable to land a job. Critics give it poor grades:
  • Star Alexis Bledel “works her Gilmore Girls charm to the hilt, but no amount of cerulean-eyed sparkle can transcend this level of thudding mediocrity," writes Jeannette
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Miyazaki Makes Magic Again in Ponyo
 Miyazaki Makes 
 Magic Again 
 in Ponyo 
Movie Review
Aug 14, 2009 1:33 PM CDT

Miyazaki Makes Magic Again in Ponyo

(Newser) - Hayao Miyazaki has done it again with Ponyo, an animated re-imagining of the Little Mermaid story. Here’s what critics are saying:  
  • Ponyo is, in a word, "magical," writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, a “poetic, visually breathtaking work by the greatest of all animators.
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