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By:
Betsy Bozdech
December 14, 2007 4:11am EST
Faithful to the bestselling novel on which it's based, The Kite Runner is a thoughtful, often heart-wrenching, story about betrayal and redemption.
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By:
Kit Bowen
December 07, 2007 12:17pm EST
Atonement follows the grand tradition of sweeping romantic period films, alternating between lush beauty and stark realism; it grabs your heart and doesn’t let go.
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By:
Brian Marder
December 01, 2007 9:56am EST
Much like the title family it depicts so well, The Savages is constantly at odds with itself--hilarious yet heartbreaking, warm yet frigid. The result is one final contradiction: a movie that is tough to swallow, yet one of the year’s best.
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By:
Kit Bowen
November 24, 2007 4:15am EST
With his chilling, ultimately bleak adaptation of The Mist, writer/director Frank Darabont once again successfully channels Stephen King’s twisted psyche on the big screen.
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By:
Brian Marder
November 21, 2007 7:49am EST
August Rush comes dangerously close to being too feel-good for its own good, but the dynamic trio of strong performances, magical imagery and nonstop music prevails.
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By:
Mike Szymanski
November 21, 2007 4:09am EST
A really monstrous creature dominates the otherwise mediocre Unearthed--a film about an archaeologist who has gotten a bit too involved in Native American tribal lore.
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By:
Mike Szymanski
November 16, 2007 3:28am EST
In a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, rat people terrorize six humans stuck in a tenement apartment. No, I’m not making this up.
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By:
Mike Szymanski
November 16, 2007 3:28am EST
Another clever look at the end of the world, in which people turn into cannibals shortly after everyone runs out of gas.
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By:
Kit Bowen
November 12, 2007 10:44am EST
Fred Claus is pure Vince Vaughn hijinks—but the PG, family-friendly mode may not be his most advantageous venue.
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By:
Robert Sims
November 12, 2007 10:44am EST
Given that he’s one of Hollywood’s most famous old-school liberals, Robert Redford’s loquacious and theatrical-style Lions for Lambs inevitably but forcefully concludes that the preoccupation with Iraq has brought the war on terror to a standstill.