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Oliver Stone, NYT Critic Feud Over Bad Review

Filmmaker issues rebuttal, and critic issues his own

(Newser) - Oliver Stone and a New York Times movie critic are feuding over a scathing review of Stone's documentary on Hugo Chavez, South of the Border. It began when the Times' Larry Rohter wrote this piece , in which he accuses Stone of "mistakes, misstatements, and missing details." Stone fired...

Twilight: Eclipse Is One for the Fans
 Twilight: Eclipse 
 Is One for the Fans 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 30, 2010 7:33 AM CDT

Twilight: Eclipse Is One for the Fans

Better acting won't widen appeal of tween vampire romance

(Newser) - The talky third installment in the Twilight saga has better acting and a more coherent plot line than its predecessors, say critics. But while fans of the teen vampire romance series certainly won't leave disappointed, Eclipse doesn't have much to offer the uninitiated.
  • "With roughly 20 minutes of its
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Sandler's Grown Ups Tanks
 Sandler's Grown Ups Tanks 
movie review
Jun 25, 2010 11:46 AM CDT

Sandler's Grown Ups Tanks

Big names of comedy can't save it

(Newser) - Critics are decidedly unimpressed with the Adam Sandler coming-of-age flick Grown Ups, despite (or maybe because of) help from Chris Rock, David Spade, Kevin James, and Rob Schneider.
  • Kyle Smith, New York Post : When Sandler "repeatedly slapped Rob Schneider in the face with a dehydrated banana, I was jealous
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Manic Cruise Shines in Knight and Day

 Manic 
 Cruise 
 Shines in 
 Knight and Day 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 25, 2010 5:49 AM CDT

Manic Cruise Shines in Knight and Day

Cruise is at his manic best in spy thriller

(Newser) - Lighthearted spy thriller Knight and Day is an entertaining, if not especially memorable, summer movie, say critics. How much you'll like it, they say, depends very much on how much you like Tom Cruise, who plays a crackpot CIA agent.
  • Knight and Day "is hardly a perfect film, not
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Hail Pixar: Toy Story 3 Is Film of the Year

Incredible studio turns out another incredible movie

(Newser) - It's only June, but Toy Story 3 already has one call for best movie of the year. In fact, Dan Kois of the Awl goes so far as to declare that “the people of Pixar are currently America's most important filmmakers.” This movie is “totally bonkers,”...

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex
 Don't Waste Time 
 on Jonah Hex 
movie review
Jun 18, 2010 1:42 PM CDT

Don't Waste Time on Jonah Hex

Josh Brolin and Megan Fox are stuck in a badly executed flop

(Newser) - Critics pretty much hate Jonah Hex, the new Westernish flick with Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and John Malkovich.
  • Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times : A "smoldering ash heap. ... Brolin's intermittent voice-over narration proves to be the most powerful stuff, with the rest curiously sputtering."
  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Toy Story 3 'an Instant Classic'
 Toy Story 3 'an Instant Classic' 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 18, 2010 6:57 AM CDT

Toy Story 3 'an Instant Classic'

Pixar brings series to 'dazzling, emotional' finale

(Newser) - Toy Story 3 is a heartwarming masterpiece that easily ranks among Pixar's best, say critics in unanimously positive reviews (as of this writing, it has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes ). Andy's headed to college in this one, but instead of being stored in the attic or put out...

A-Team Is Awesome &mdash;for 12-Year-Old Boys
 A-Team Is Awesome 
 —for 12-Year-Old Boys 
movie review
Jun 11, 2010 11:37 AM CDT

A-Team Is Awesome —for 12-Year-Old Boys

For everyone else, it's a mindless diversion

(Newser) - Critics aren't exactly enamored with the A-Team—"pity the fool" headlines abound—but most give it a pass as harmless fun.
  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post : "A thoroughly unnecessary but nonetheless satisfying adaptation of the cheeseball 1980s TV series."
  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon : It's "reasonably good fun,"
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Karate Kid Remake: A Star is Born, Maybe

 Karate Kid Remake: 
 A Star is Born, Maybe 
movie review
Jun 11, 2010 8:06 AM CDT

Karate Kid Remake: A Star is Born, Maybe

Will Smith's son, Jaden, impresses critics; Jackie Chan, too

(Newser) - The Karate Kid remake starring Jackie Chan and Will Smith's son, Jaden, is getting mostly decent reviews:
  • Mike Russell, Oregonian : Sometimes, "formulaic" works. It's "charming, thoughtfully paced and even a bit emotionally involving, with what might be a movie-star turn by a movie star's son."
  • Carrie Rickey,
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Killers Deserves Slow Death
 Killers Deserves Slow Death 
movie review
Jun 4, 2010 1:09 PM CDT

Killers Deserves Slow Death

Heigl, Kutcher can't revive a stale romantic comedy

(Newser) - The makers of Killers, the new rom-com with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, didn't let critics screen it. Always a great sign. From the few reviews out there:
  • Geoff Berkshire, Metromix : "Utterly unconvincing as action, comedy or romance, it’s a colossal waste of time and a shocking choice
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Watch Out: Marmaduke Bites
 Watch Out: Marmaduke Bites 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 4, 2010 9:27 AM CDT

Watch Out: Marmaduke Bites

Talking-dog movie among the worst of its breed, say critics

(Newser) - Comic-strip adaptation Marmaduke is howlingly bad, even by the low standards of talking-dog movies. It's unlikely to please anyone except the very youngest moviegoers, say critics.
  • The rascally Great Dane—voiced by Owen Wilson—is relocated to California for what is "basically a Saved By the Bell episode voiced
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Get Him to the Greek One of Year's Funniest
 Get Him to the Greek 
 One of Year's Funniest 
movie review
Jun 4, 2010 7:13 AM CDT

Get Him to the Greek One of Year's Funniest

Jonah Hill and Russell Brand score with Apatow formula

(Newser) - Jonah Hill and Russell Brand keep the critics largely amused in Get Him to the Greek, another Judd Apatow-produced flick that has a nervous record exec (Hill) trying to get a troublesome rock star (Brand) from London to NYC to LA's Greek Theatre:
  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle : "The
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10 More Movies Critics Detested

Did you love 'Showgirls'? The critics didn't.

(Newser) - Admit it: You’re having a ball reading the absolutely scathing Sex and the City 2 reviews . So is Andrew O'Hehir, and to celebrate, he recalls 10 of the worst-reviewed recent films, on Salon :
  1. Battlefield Earth: One critic predicted this L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi adaptation would be “hailed as
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Everyone Hates SATC 2 &mdash;a Lot
 Everyone Hates SATC 2—a Lot 
movie review
May 28, 2010 9:10 AM CDT

Everyone Hates SATC 2—a Lot

It's 'four nitwits flouncing through the desert in high heels.'

(Newser) - The reviews for Sex and the City 2 are in…and it’s possible they’re actually worse than the awful early reviews . The moans practically jump from the page:
  • “Call this sequel callow, garish, ghastly, grisly or grotesque—and it is all of those things, plus borderline-interminable at
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Prince of Persia Not a King Among Action Films

Bruckheimer swashbuckler true to its video-game roots

(Newser) - Citizen Kane, or even Pirates of the Caribbean, it isn't, but as a story-light video game adaptation, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is pretty good at what it does, say critics—as long as you're more into action than plot.
  • Jake Gyllenhaal stars in "this
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Sex and the City 2 'Brainless, Pointless'
 Sex and the City 2 
 'Brainless, Pointless' 
EARLY REVIEWS
May 25, 2010 11:05 AM CDT

Sex and the City 2 'Brainless, Pointless'

So far, reviewers have not been kind to sequel

(Newser) - Sex and the City 2 premiered in New York last night, and the early reviews are not good, to say the least. Read on—or, if you’d rather see the red carpet fashions from the premiere, click here .
  • “The only thing memorable about Sex and the City 2
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MacGruber a Mixed Bag
 MacGruber a Mixed Bag 
Movie Review
May 21, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

MacGruber a Mixed Bag

Low-ball comedy splits the critics

(Newser) - The latest big-screen foray by Saturday Night Live cast members has split critics, with some loving and others despising MacGruber's raunchy satire:
  • SNL movies tend to suck, “but MacGruber breaks the jinx,” writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone . It sends up '80s action flicks “with a sense
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Magic Missing in Shrek Forever After
 Magic Missing in 
 Shrek Forever After  
Movie Review
May 21, 2010 5:20 AM CDT

Magic Missing in Shrek Forever After

The movie's not bad, just phoned in

(Newser) - Shrek Forever After, the supposed last film in the green ogre franchise, isn't terrible, critics unanimously agree. But neither is it remotely necessary. Here's what they're saying:
  • “There's a soft, middle-aged complacency to the well-oiled mechanics of Shrek Forever After,” writes Lisa Schwarzbaum of EW . “What was
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Letters to Juliet Best Left Unsent
 Letters to Juliet 
 Best Left Unsent 
Movie Review
May 14, 2010 12:15 PM CDT

Letters to Juliet Best Left Unsent

Sappy, predictable rom-com a guilty-pleasure only

(Newser) - Critics aren't exactly head-over-heels for Letters to Juliet, a predictable romantic comedy about a young woman helping an older one reconnect with a lost love, but it has its charms. Here's what they're saying:
  • “Letters will hardly go down as the funniest or sharpest caper of the year,”
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Babies Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
 Babies Big on Cute, 
 Short on Insight 
movie review
May 7, 2010 10:22 AM CDT

Babies Big on Cute, Short on Insight

Documentary follows four infants in four countries

(Newser) - Critics are generally won over by Babies, a documentary that follows four infants' first years in San Francisco, Mongolia, Tokyo, and Namibia. Some samples:
  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe : "As an advertisement for the wonders of figuring out how to be alive, the movie is an engaging proposition."
  • Betsy
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