All Movies
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Review: 'Ballast'
Drama set in a Mississippi Delta township follows the life of a single mother and her son who struggle to subsist.
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Review: 'Splinter'
Movie about a young couple who get carjacked by a deranged outlaw and then chased by a parasitic creature falls into crummy horror flick category.
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Review: 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
The story of platonic roommates who decide to make an adult film to pay the rent and fall in love along the way.
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Review: 'Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains'
Documentary revisits the harrowing ordeal of 16 men who survived a plane crash in the Andes by resorting to cannibalism.
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Review: 'The First Basket'
The story of how basketball helped young Jewish immigrants assimilate at the turn of the 20th century.
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Review: 'Synecdoche, New York'
A great incomprehensible phantasmagoria of a film written by Charlie Kaufman and set in a New York warehouse.
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Review: 'Changeling'
True story of a mother whose son goes missing lacks some of the passion of Angelina Jolie's earlier performances.
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Review: 'I've Loved You So Long'
Kristen Scott Thomas perfectly captures the despairing resilience of a woman released from prison after 15 years.
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Review: 'Pride and Glory'
Drama about familial strife in the New York City Police Department has a powerhouse cast.
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Review: 'W.'
Rushed out before Election Day, Oliver Stone's biographical take on the president offers no new insight into George W.
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Review: 'The Secret Life of Bees'
Set in South Carolina during the 1960s, 'Bees' tackles racism and redemption but slips over the sappiness line.
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Review: 'What Just Happened'
This satire is a perfect sendup of Hollywood with a marvelous cast, including De Niro in his best performance in years.
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Will downturn hit Hollywood?
The box office may not be recession-proof this time.
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Review: 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
Mike Leigh's spirited new movie about a sweet-tempered schoolteacher is both humane and real.
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Review: 'Frontrunners'
Documentary follows the insanely competitive race for student council president at Stuyvesant High School in New York City.
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Review: 'Body of Lies'
This high-speed spy movie pits the CIA against Middle Eastern jihadists but resembles a trailer of itself.
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Review: 'The Express'
The story of Ernie Davis, the first black athlete to win college football's highest trophy, is milked for inspirational uplift – and clichés.
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Review: 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'
Michael Cera stars in this teen love story that alternates between sweet and touching and goofball gross-out.
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Review: 'Rachel Getting Married'
Wrenching family drama puts Anne Hathaway center stage as an emotional wreck who creates havoc at her sister's nuptials.
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Review: 'Religulous'
Bill Maher's documentary skewers religion but chooses laughable targets to make his point.
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