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By:
Pete Hammond
January 22, 2009 8:56pm EST
Inkheart may be a tad Lord of the Rings-ish, but it’s still a whimsical, exciting and entertaining family flick.
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By:
Scott Huver
November 19, 2006 5:45am EST
Despite Bobby’s much-ballyhooed all-star cast, the film’s strengths are delivered by a two-man show: The passion and restraint of writer-director-costar Emilio Estevez, and the understated yet overwhelming presence of Robert F. Kennedy himself.
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By:
Brian Marder
November 10, 2006 1:14pm EST
Stranger Than Fiction has the pedigree to be quirkily great. For some people, that will be enough to trick themselves into loving it. But the non-fiction here is that the greatness begins and ends with the movie's marvelous title.
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By:
Scott Huver
September 08, 2006 5:04am EST
Hollywoodland is a well-acted, moody and sumptuously evocative recreation of LA’s seemingly glamorous underbelly circa the 1950s but tries entirely too hard to be Chinatown.
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By:
Kit Bowen
August 25, 2006 6:12am EST
As yet another children’s novel-turned-big-screen flick, Fried Worms has all the wholesome goodness of tomato soup, while the side of crispy larva gives it an extra kick.
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By:
Kit Bowen
September 17, 2004 5:19am EST
Even with an appealing Paul Bettany on the back line, Wimbledon's cross-court love match mostly fumbles along rather than running up to the net for the kill shot. (How about that for a bunch of tennis clichés?)
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By:
Betsy Bozdech
July 30, 2004 6:02am EST
Cool ships and a delightful, pink-clad bombshell can't mask the fact that these Thunderbirds are not go.
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By:
Kit Bowen
May 27, 2004 2:21pm EST
If you're expecting more laughs, the sappy Raising Helen may disappoint. But with a little help from the sunny Kate Hudson and her kids, at least some of that hokey sentiment gets through and touches your heart. [sniff] Pass the Kleenex, please.