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The Road

"The Road": Post-apocalypse now

Director John Hillcoat and his star, Viggo Mortensen, improve on the mannered machismo of Cormac McCarthy's novel
Stephanie Zacharek
Fantastic Mr. Fox

"Fantastic Mr. Fox": Better than Pixar

Wes Anderson's take on Roald Dahl is possibly the best movie about family, community and poultry thievery ever made
Stephanie Zacharek
The Messenger

Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama

The one-time "Cheers" star turned eco-radical climbs into bed to talk about his new film, and the new James Dean
Andrew O'Hehir
Uncertainty

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Caught between two worlds

After starring in a summer rom-com and kicking ass in "G.I. Joe," the one-time TV teen returns to "Uncertainty"
Andrew O'Hehir
Pirate Radio

"Pirate Radio" rocks, and it rolls

Stephanie Zacharek
Precious

"Precious" in the age of Obama

Why the hopeless story of a ghetto teen is just the kind of movie black people need right now
Erin Aubry Kaplan
The End of Poverty?

How the rich steal from the poor

Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea?
Andrew O'Hehir
The Box

The creepy suspense inside "The Box"

Stephanie Zacharek
Red Cliff

John Woo on "Red Cliff" and the rise of Chinawood

Back home after 17 years, the action maestro has created his biggest spectacle -- and rebooted China's film biz
Andrew O'Hehir
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Werner Herzog among the demented iguanas

The legendary German eccentric on his most American film, the dirty, profane, dazzling non-remake "Bad Lieutenant"
Andrew O'Hehir
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

"Bad Lieutenant": So bad it's good

Nicolas Cage plays one crazy-ass cop in Werner Herzog's loopy, cheerfully disreputable nonremake
Stephanie Zacharek

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"The Princess and the Frog" is Disney royalty

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Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 16:20 PST

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It might break box-office records, but this "Twilight" follow-up is a total bust
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Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 16:19 PST

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Pedro Almodóvar gives us a gorgeous melodramatic fantasy about what it means to live for movies
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Friday, Nov 13, 2009 16:14 PST

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Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 16:13 PST

"2012": The end of the world as we know it

Roland Emmerich's extravagant apocalyptic epic is totally, certifiably nuts
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Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 17:06 PST

Disney's "A Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug!

Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie?
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Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 17:05 PST

"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away

Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy
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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 17:05 PST

The undignified near-death of Miramax

Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter
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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 17:04 PST

"Precious" mettle

Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract
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Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 01:03 PST

Lightning survivors tell (almost) all!

A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force
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Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 19:28 PDT

Have an alt-horror Halloween!

Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive
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Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 17:27 PDT

"The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun

Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony
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Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 12:45 PDT

"This Is It" is only the beginning

Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson
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Friday, Oct 23, 2009 11:35 PDT

"Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you!

Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin?
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Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 17:23 PDT

"Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough

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Thursday, Oct 22, 2009 17:23 PDT

"Amelia": What becomes a legend most?

Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out?
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Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 17:35 PDT

"Antichrist": Lars von Trier's voyage into madness

Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever)
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Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 17:21 PDT

DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't

Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror
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Friday, Oct 16, 2009 00:07 PDT

Where the wild things aren't

Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise
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Friday, Oct 16, 2009 00:06 PDT

The terrifying success of "Paranormal Activity"

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Thursday, Oct 15, 2009 10:16 PDT

Kids' movies that aren't for kids: The top 10

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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 00:06 PDT

Film Salon: Your favorite Coen brothers movie

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Rape, power and Polanski's "Chinatown"

What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic?
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