"Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller
By Stephanie Zacharek Nov 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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Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 29, 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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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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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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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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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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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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"The Marchesa Casati" celebrates an eccentric European siren who led her pet cheetahs through the streets of Venice
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 30, 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
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In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 23, 2009
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Megan Fox plays one of the undead: How can you tell?
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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Jane Campion makes dazzling poetry from the doomed romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston stumble through this claustrophobic grief-fest masquerading as a romance
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 18, 2009
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A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 16, 2009
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Dancing served Patrick Swayze well, even when he wasn't actually doing it
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 14, 2009
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Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 11, 2009
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"Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
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"All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
The creepy suspense inside "The Box"
"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away
"The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun
"This Is It" is only the beginning
"Amelia": What becomes a legend most?
"Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough
Where the wild things aren't
"An Education": Romance with an older man
"Good Hair" gives it to us straight
"Couples Retreat" is marital hell
Three cheers for the red, white and goo
"The Invention of Lying" tells it straight
"Whip It" wobbles, but it doesn't fall down
Critics' Picks: More daring than Lady Gaga
"Surrogates": Accept no substitutes 
Michael Moore and the evils of free enterprise
The naked opportunism of "Jennifer's Body" 
"Bright Star" burns true
"Love Happens" -- and it stinks
Critics' Picks: The 1939 classic lives on
Something in the way he moved
"Whiteout" is a wipeout
Mike Judge's triumphant return to the office
Just how bad can a romantic comedy be?
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