Movie Reviews

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Cannes opens with a dud -- but delights follow
"Blindness" is an apocalyptic horror flick, rendered dull and pretentious. But an astonishing animated war film and a gripping prison drama provide the fireworks.
If Austin Powers were French -- and funny
He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East.
"Speed Racer"
You know a movie's heading nowhere fast when even its monkey doesn't make you laugh.
"What Happens in Vegas"
This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters.
Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville
How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.
A star is born (at age 51)
As a married woman meeting her ex-lover 25 years later, Juliet Stevenson transforms a Lifetime-level middle-aged rom-com into delirious comic magic.
The Iraq movie we've been waiting for
Nick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war.
10 to watch from Tribeca
A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest.
Marilyn, Michael and the flying nuns
Harmony Korine, the skate-punk Fitzgerald of the '90s, is back for his second act -- with a sweet and surprisingly lovely film, believe it or not.
"Made of Honor"
This formulaic romantic comedy starring Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey leaves us McCold.
The girl who's also a boy
A nifty Gothic fable about an intersex teen in a desolate coastal town is among the year's most striking debuts.
"Iron Man"
Robert Downey Jr. gives this inventive superhero blockbuster its warm, glowing heart -- and makes it soar.
Three films about poverty, murder and Coca-Cola
Take a rattle-trap road trip with a trio of Romanian losers, a haunting cruise "Up the Yangtze" and a silky slide into a Hitchcock-lite thriller.
He conquered the World Trade Center
"Man on Wire" and its daredevil star thrill Tribeca, but Mamet's "Redbelt" is a jiu-jitsu pratfall. Plus: Is Brecht still relevant?
"Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay"
This good-natured sequel might not be as endearing as the original, but it's still much more than another stoner comedy.
"Deception"
It's bad enough that this Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman thriller is improbable. But why does it have to look so awful?
Interrogating Abu Ghraib
Errol Morris on his film "Standard Operating Procedure," why Lynndie England and others took photographs, and how the infamous images conceal as much as they reveal (podcast and video).
"Baby Mama"
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a dynamite duo, but this spoof of our child-centric culture doesn't go as far as it could.
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock's 'stache?
Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry.
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
Remember: Just because a movie has been produced by Judd Apatow doesn't mean it's good.
"88 Minutes"
Al Pacino tries hard to make this squirrelly thriller worth your time.
"The Forbidden Kingdom"
Jackie Chan and Jet Li join forces on-screen for the first time in this lavish action movie.
The pope, the Jews and repentance
Leading Catholic dissident James Carroll talks about Pope Benedict's visit, and the church's failure to confront its anti-Semitic history.
"The Visitor"
This eloquent, unassuming movie evokes the miraculousness of finding a sense of place.
"Smart People"
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and other fine actors do their damnedest to make this dumb movie look sharp.
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