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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/the_box/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/the_box/index.html?source=rss "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/men_who_stare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/men_who_stare/index.html?source=rss Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/28/this_is_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/28/this_is_it/index.html?source=rss Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/amelia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/amelia/index.html?source=rss Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out? By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/04/precious/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/04/precious/index.html?source=rss Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/cirque_du_freak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/cirque_du_freak/index.html?source=rss 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 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/where_the_wild_things_are/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/where_the_wild_things_are/index.html?source=rss Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/an_education/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/an_education/index.html?source=rss Carey Mulligan shines as a teenager exploring the minefield of love -- and sex -- in a film written by Nick Hornby By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/couples_retreat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/couples_retreat/index.html?source=rss Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau costar in a flaccid comedy about couples desperately trying to keep it together By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/zombieland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/zombieland/index.html?source=rss The horror-comedy "Zombieland" bridges the American divide By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/invention_of_lying/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/invention_of_lying/index.html?source=rss The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/whip_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/whip_it/index.html?source=rss With her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore gets by on a skate and a smile By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/30/marchesa_casati/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/30/marchesa_casati/index.html?source=rss "The Marchesa Casati" celebrates an eccentric European siren who led her pet cheetahs through the streets of Venice By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/25/surrogates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/25/surrogates/index.html?source=rss Bruce Willis -- with hair! -- channels his inner John Tesh in this loopy sci-fi thriller By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/jennifers_body/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/jennifers_body/index.html?source=rss Megan Fox plays one of the undead: How can you tell? By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/bright_star/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/bright_star/index.html?source=rss Jane Campion makes dazzling poetry from the doomed romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/love_happens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/18/love_happens/index.html?source=rss Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston stumble through this claustrophobic grief-fest masquerading as a romance By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/16/frankly_my_dear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/16/frankly_my_dear/index.html?source=rss A new book illuminates why "Gone With the Wind" endures, on the page and on film By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/09/14/patrick_swayze/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2009/09/14/patrick_swayze/index.html?source=rss Dancing served Patrick Swayze well, even when he wasn't actually doing it By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/11/whiteout_beckinsale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/11/whiteout_beckinsale/index.html?source=rss Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/extract/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/extract/index.html?source=rss "Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer By Stephanie Zacharek Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/all_about_steve/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/all_about_steve/index.html?source=rss "All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles