Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Nov 5, 2009
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"Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 5, 2009
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Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 5, 2009
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A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 3, 2009
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Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 29, 2009
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Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 4, 2009
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Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 29, 2009
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Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 28, 2009
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Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 28, 2009
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Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out?
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 22, 2009
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Salma Hayek makes one sexy bearded lady, but she can't put hair on the chest of this good-natured kiddie horror pic
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 22, 2009
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Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever)
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 21, 2009
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Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 16, 2009
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How to turn a low-budget horror indie into a hit? Add Steven Spielberg, Twitter -- and scare the pants off people
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 16, 2009
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What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic?
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 13, 2009
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Carey Mulligan shines as a teenager exploring the minefield of love -- and sex -- in a film written by Nick Hornby
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau costar in a flaccid comedy about couples desperately trying to keep it together
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 8, 2009
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Young director Antonio Campos' chilly, brilliant video-age mystery is one of the decade's breakout movies
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 3, 2009
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The horror-comedy "Zombieland" bridges the American divide
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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With her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore gets by on a skate and a smile
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 2, 2009
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Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 2009
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Bruce Willis -- with hair! -- channels his inner John Tesh in this loopy sci-fi thriller
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 25, 2009
Disney's "A Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug!
The creepy suspense inside "The Box"
"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away
Lightning survivors tell (almost) all!
Have an alt-horror Halloween!
"The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun
Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy
"This Is It" is only the beginning
"Amelia": What becomes a legend most?
"Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough
"Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness
Where the wild things aren't
The terrifying success of "Paranormal Activity"
Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown"
"An Education": Romance with an older man
"Good Hair" gives it to us straight
"Couples Retreat" is marital hell
The British indie explosion
"Afterschool": Death comes to YouTube
Three cheers for the red, white and goo
"The Invention of Lying" tells it straight
"Whip It" wobbles, but it doesn't fall down
Goys, God, dentistry and "A Serious Man"
"Surrogates": Accept no substitutes 
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