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'Scream 4' Movie Reviews: More of the Same in Horror Franchise
 Scream 4 Offers 
 Hackneyed Hacks 
movie review
Apr 15, 2011 11:11 AM CDT

Scream 4 Offers Hackneyed Hacks

Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's latest

(Newser) - After a decade, the Scream franchise is back—and not much has changed. What the critics are saying:
  • “How long can [director Wes] Craven and [writer Kevin] Williamson milk the same shtick—mocking B movies and being one—before the audience catches on that they’re running around in
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Arthur Movie Review: Russell Brand's 'Arthur' Less Pitiable, More Pitiful

 Arthur Remake 
 Just Plain 
 Awful 

movie review
Apr 8, 2011 1:12 PM CDT

Arthur Remake Just Plain Awful

Russell Brand stars in Jason Winer's remake

(Newser) - Arthur, a Russell Brand-powered remake of the film about a drunken billionaire man-child, fails miserably at recapturing its predecessor’s magic:
  • It’s a “grim load of mediocrity,” writes AO Scott, “made according to a lazy and cynical commercial blueprint” of Brand's “patented shtick,” “
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Source Code Movie Review: Jake Gyllenhall, Michelle Monaghan Star in Action Film With Brains
 Source Code 
 an Action Flick 
 With Brains 

movie review
Apr 1, 2011 12:35 PM CDT

Source Code an Action Flick With Brains

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan star in Duncan Jones' sci-fi film

(Newser) - Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a military pilot placed into another man’s life using a secret program called Source Code—where he's forced to repeat the same eight minutes perpetually in order to catch a bomber. It’s pulse-pounding but deeply human:
  • It’s “the first film
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Remember Taylor as She Was: In Bed

Screen legend managed to be prostrate in nearly every movie

(Newser) - We remember John Wayne in the saddle, Brigitte Bardot on the sand—and as for Elizabeth Taylor, we’ll remember her on a bed, writes Tim Robey in the Telegraph . Somehow, she managed to sprawl over soft furniture in “most of her key roles,” he notes. “One...

Limitless Movie Review Roundup: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro Star in 'Energetic' Film
 Limitless Brilliance? 
 No, but It's Fun 
movie Review
Mar 18, 2011 1:44 PM CDT

Limitless Brilliance? No, but It's Fun

Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro star in Neil Burger film

(Newser) - Limitless, in which Bradley Cooper plays a struggling writer who takes a pill to vastly expand his brain power, may not exactly be award-worthy—but critics agree it's a fun ride:
  • In the New York Times , AO Scott calls the movie “an energetic, enjoyably preposterous compound—it’s a
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Matt Damon, Emily Blunt Sizzle in 'The Adjustment Bureau'

 Adjustment Bureau  
 a Sci-Fi Sizzler 
movie review
Mar 4, 2011 12:10 PM CST

Adjustment Bureau a Sci-Fi Sizzler

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt star in sci-fi romance

(Newser) - The Adjustment Bureau, a sci-fi romance starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, tells the story of a political hotshot who meets a woman in the men's room—something that was not part of his destiny. Two "adjusters" explain he must not see her again—leaving the two, in love,...

Hall Pass Reviews: Farrelly Brothers' Latest With Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis Isn't So Hot

 You Don't Need 
 This Hall Pass 
movie Review Roundup
Feb 25, 2011 1:07 PM CST

You Don't Need This Hall Pass

Farrelly brothers film stars Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis

(Newser) - The Farrelly brothers’ new film, Hall Pass, tells the story of two men given a week off from marriage. Don’t expect any surprises:
  • “The Farrellys are exploring nominally adult realms, like marital fatigue and cheating, but too often these apparent good intentions get the best of them and
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Just Go With It Aptly Titled
 Just Go With It Aptly Titled  
movie Review Roundup
Feb 11, 2011 12:47 PM CST

Just Go With It Aptly Titled

It's a forgettable movie, but Aniston, Sandler make it entertaining

(Newser) - Critics think Just Go With It isn’t too memorable—a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , though fans are much kinder at 79%—but they say stars Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler turn in solid performances:
  • To AO Scott, it will forever be just “‘that one with Adam
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10 Worst Casting Choices Ever

Starring Tom Hanks

(Newser) - DC detective Alex Cross was once played by Morgan Freeman; now, the role’s going to Tyler Perry, the cross-dressing comedian and Madea star. The Daily Beast recalls 10 other embarrassing casting decisions:
  1. The Da Vinci Code: Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. He’s no “Harrison Ford in Harris
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Cameron's 3-D Thriller Sanctum Is All Wet
 Cameron's 3-D Thriller 
 Sanctum Is All Wet 
movie review roundup
Feb 4, 2011 12:33 PM CST

Cameron's 3-D Thriller Sanctum Is All Wet

He's the executive producer, and critics are unimpressed

(Newser) - Critics disagree over whether Sanctum, executive-produced by James Cameron, looks good on the screen—but they agree that nothing else about it is too impressive.
  • The film may be “the high-type 3-D” rather than converted 2-D, but “the characters, the dialogue, the water-based peril—the stuff the 3-D
...

The Rite Is Mostly Wrong
 The Rite Is Mostly Wrong 
Review Roundup
Jan 28, 2011 11:52 AM CST

The Rite Is Mostly Wrong

Anthony Hopkins, Michael O'Donoghue star in exorcism flick

(Newser) - Though it does a thing or two right, most critics are panning The Rite, the story of a young priest who heads to exorcism school and apprentices under Anthony Hopkins. Whatever your expectations, just don’t expect innovation:
  • The film is an “overwrought thriller with a surfeit of solemnity
...

No Strings Attached a Clich&eacute;d Affair
 No Strings Attached  
 a Clichéd Affair 
movie Review Roundup
Jan 21, 2011 11:15 AM CST

No Strings Attached a Clichéd Affair

Portman, Kutcher in 'formulaic' rom-com

(Newser) - In No Strings Attached, Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher try for sex without love, but run into complications. It’s a big step down for Oscar contender Portman, say critics (46% approval on Rotten Tomatoes vs. 79% for fans):
  • The film is “basically Love & Other Drugs without the
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Most Critics Sweet on Devastating Blue Valentine
Most Critics Sweet on
Devastating Blue Valentine
Movie Review
Dec 31, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Most Critics Sweet on Devastating Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams wow, but not everyone's convinced

(Newser) - Some critics are raving over Blue Valentine, a harrowing tale in which Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams play a couple ripping apart at the seams. But not everyone is impressed with the film (whose infamous oral sex scene has gotten plenty of press).
  • “This wrenching story of a marriage
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Empire Strikes Back Bound for Library of Congress

Saturday Night Fever also chosen for preservation collection

(Newser) - The Empire Strikes Back and Saturday Night Fever are among 25 films bound for a special Library of Congress archive this year. Some 2,100 films picked by the National Film Preservation Board and the public were nominated for preservation in the National Film Registry, the AP reports. The films...

Coen Brothers' True Grit Is Pure Western Wizardry
Coen Brothers' True Grit
Is Pure Western Wizardry
movie review roundup
Dec 22, 2010 1:50 PM CST

Coen Brothers' True Grit Is Pure Western Wizardry

Remake features a star turn by 13-year-old Hailee Steinfeld

(Newser) - True Grit, the Coen brothers’ latest, updates a John Wayne classic—though it may stick closer to the original novel than the first film. Critics are impressed, with the Rotten Tomatoes score currently at 95%:
  • In the New York Times , Manohla Dargis applauds the film’s 13-year-old star, Hailee Steinfeld,
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Carrey at His Manic Best (or Worst) in Phillip Morris

True story of gay con-man highly divisive

(Newser) - Some critics are head-over-heels for I Love You Phillip Morris; others feel quite the opposite about the film, in which Jim Carrey plays a gay conman. (It's currently favored by 76% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes, though audiences give it a lesser 55%.)
  • At the New York Times , Stephen
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Empire Strikes Back Director Dead at 87

 Empire Strikes Back 
 Director Dead at 87 
obituary
Nov 29, 2010 12:03 PM CST

Empire Strikes Back Director Dead at 87

Irvin Kershner aimed for depth with Star Wars sequel

(Newser) - Irvin Kershner—who directed the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond film Never Say Never Again and Robocop 2—died Saturday after a long illness at age 87. Kershner already had made a number of well-received movies when he was hired by George Lucas to direct...

Cuckoo's Nest Hospital to Reopen

Oregon facility has history of psychiatric abuse, too

(Newser) - An Oregon mental hospital that served as the set for the classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest—and the scene of some real-life psychiatric abuse—is being overhauled and will reopen, the AP reports. Though Cuckoo's Nest wasn't about Oregon State Hospital, the institution, like its fictional counterpart,...

Unstoppable Delivers a 'Joyride'

 Unstoppable 
 Delivers a 'Joyride' 
review roundup
Nov 12, 2010 12:38 PM CST

Unstoppable Delivers a 'Joyride'

It may be forgettable, but it's still a thrill

(Newser) - If you expect nothing more than a wild ride from Unstoppable, you’ll be satisfied: the film won’t make you think, but it’ll keep you entertained, critics say.
  • “Confession: I thought this movie would suck,” writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . In fact, “Your head
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Toxin Plagues Brockovich Town, Again

Cancer-causing material spreads through wells

(Newser) - A toxic plume of chromium continues to trouble the California desert town that Erin Brockovich put on the map—and the pollution is getting worse, reports the AP . High levels of the material, which can cause cancer, have spread through wells near Hinkley. “Because of the widespread nature of...

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