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April 17, 2008
By Susan King
The beloved animated feature about an elephant ridiculed for his big ears plays at the Billy Wilder Theatre on Monday.
January 16, 2008
By Kenneth Turan
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL:
The premier U.S. event for launching movies gets even bigger in Park City, Utah.
December 28, 2007
By Kevin Crust
REVIEW:
Writer-director John Sayles' 16th movie visits 1950s Alabama. The film explores social change, but it's the tunes that stand out.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
The chain saws are set aside so the film can tap into what we find truly horrifying.
By Mark Olsen
MOVIE REVIEW:
The latest 'AVP' is heavy on goo but lacking in visual excitement. But that won't stop the franchise.
December 26, 2007
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
An intense actor and director make for a fiery combination in 'Blood.'
December 25, 2007
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
The adapted graphic novel shows Marjane Satrapi's life in, and after, Iran
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
Freeman and Nicholson are memorable as unlikely friends despite a choppy script.
By Kenneth Turan
Movie Review:
The Film harnesses the power of persuasion for social change
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
A coming-of-age story about a mythical sea creature and changing relationships.
December 12, 2007
By Michael Phillips
MOVIE REVIEW:
The ensemble comedy lacks personality but has fairly clean humor. It's also brimming with product placement.
November 14, 2007
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
'Southland Tales' is a political farce, a doomsday chiller and a paranoid fantasy that heads messily toward the apocalypse.
November 2, 2007
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
'American Gangster' has it -- just look at the title -- and pulls it off with verve.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Jerry Seinfeld wrote and voices the lead character, but there's not much at stake. Although the jokes are funny.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
In the latest from the 83-year-old director, things go horribly wrong, exactly as planned.
October 19, 2007
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
The star-filled political drama has few surprises but gives everyone a chance to shine.
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
Costars Benicio Del Toro and Halle Berry do much of the stoking it.
By Robert Abele
MOVIE REVIEW:
The emotional turbulence of a couple's sudden loss gets a shallow examination by an unimaginative script and direction.
By Gene Seymour
MOVIE REVIEW:
Strong performances by Sam Riley and Samantha Morton help the intense film find the man in the myth.
October 17, 2007
By Robert Hilburn
BACKTRACKING:
New DVDs show Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix performances that changed the course of pop music.
October 12, 2007
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
The movie centers a delightful, Capra-esque story around a most prurient prop.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Elizabeth I morphs into some kind of 16th-century Michael Corleone to keep her throne.
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
Cops-and-gangsters tale is all too familiar.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
The remake of the 1972 film benefits from an updated script by Harold Pinter and pitch-perfect performances by Michael Caine and Jude Law.
September 21, 2007
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck pull their weight, but the long, ambitious, indulgent epic is only occasionally successful.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Gothic horror rises in the Arctic
MOVIE REVIEWS:
Also, 'Sea of Dreams' and 'Over the GW'
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Robin Swicord's first feature, with Maria Bello and Emily Blunt, is a clever look at modern life and love.
By Mark Olsen
MOVIE REVIEW:
The French film is a suspenseful mind game.
By Michael Phillips
MOVIE REVIEW:
Vulgarity can be funny if done right. Here, though, it's witless and creepy.
By Jan Stuart
MOVIE REVIEW:
A dwarfish fairy-tale update.
September 14, 2007
MOVIE REVIEWS:
Also reviewed: 'Fierce People,' 'Moving McAllister,' 'What's Up, Scarlet?,' 'The Dead One'
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
Father must find AWOL son, but script makes it difficult to care
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
In David Cronenberg's London-set thriller, evil must be battled, often with evil.
MOVIE REVIEW:
The film tries for nuance but comes off like 'Death Wish' or a sequel to 'Ms. 45.'
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
A young girl is caught in the swirl of '70s politics in Julie Gavras' assured directorial debut, 'Blame It on Fidel.'
By Jessica Reaves
MOVIE REVIEW:
The vivid, vivacious film basks in putting references here, there and everywhere.
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
Daniel Radcliffe leads the way in a gentle coming-of-age movie.
By John Anderson
MOVIE REVIEW:
Director Neten Chokling tells the tale of the 11th century mystic.
By Sid Smith
MOVIE REVIEW:
An Indian Cinderella tale without a glass slipper
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW
By John Anderson
MOVIE REVIEW:
The movie has its moments, but it could have used more Billy Bob.
By Jan Stuart
MOVIE REVIEW:
Personalities clash and cultural worlds collide in a Manhattan setting, but Jennifer Westfeldt's comedy cleans up the mess in one tidy script.
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
A 'Shadow Company' of mercenaries
September 7, 2007
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
The movie is rife with genre standards but delivers them with gusto.
By Kenneth Turan
MOVIE REVIEW:
The NASA documentary is a fabulously fresh take on a special group of audacious men called astronauts.
By Kenneth Turan
REVIEW:
The 1963 gangster thriller, mixes American elements into a Parisian setting, creating a stylish, gripping milieu.
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
'Shoot 'Em Up' is just what it says
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Black comedy turns preachy in a somewhat-true story of journalists who are out to get a Balkan war criminal.
By Robert Abele
MOVIE REVIEW:
'The Bubble,' an erotic, lightly comic gay love story between a Jew and a Palestinian in Tel Aviv, takes a turn toward the tragic.
By Kevin Crust
MOVIE REVIEW:
High-caliber acting and choreographed action sequences are strengths of Johnnie To's gangland flick, set in 1998 Macao.
By Michael Ordoña
MOVIE REVIEW:
Awful plot plus terrible acting equal a painful experience for all.
By Carina Chocano
MOVIE REVIEW:
Spirit of J.D. Salinger hangs heavy in the French film about two brothers exploring love and loss ad nauseam.
By Robert Abele
MOVIE REVIEW:
Unsuspecting consumers show up for a grand opening of a store that doesn't exist.
By Michael Phillips
MOVIE REVIEW:
With its 'SNL' and 'Arrested Development' pedigree, it should be laugh-out-loud funny. But, alas, it is not.
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