“Mr. Popper’s Penguins”: What happened to Jim Carrey’s career?
Sometimes he's the volatile genius of "Eternal Sunshine" and "The Cable Guy." Sometimes he talks through his butt
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 10:01 PM UTC 43Entertainment Quick Takes
Quick Takes
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“Kidnapped”: A family’s descent into elegant, formalist hell
The ruthless, elegant Spanish horror movie "Kidnapped" shows one family's descent into formalist hell
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 7:45 PM UTC 13Entertainment Horror, Our Picks, Movies
“One Lucky Elephant”: Man and pachyderm, a love story
A circus owner with second thoughts seeks a new home for his big star in the documentary "One Lucky Elephant"
Saturday, Jun 11, 2011 1:11 PM UTCEntertainment Documentaries, Our Picks, Movies
“Trollhunter”: Evil lurks in the woods of Norway!
The delightful faux-documentary "Trollhunter" exposes the horrible truth behind "The Billy Goats Gruff"
Friday, Jun 10, 2011 8:01 PM UTCEntertainment Documentaries, Horror, Our Picks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fights to save “The Last Mountain”
In an inspiring (and depressing) documentary, the crusading eco-lawyer takes on Big Coal in its backyard
Sunday, Jun 5, 2011 3:55 AM UTC 29Entertainment Documentaries, Environment
“Submarine”: A geek-love indie from the Welsh seacoast
The Wes Anderson-style offbeat romance gets a British accent in Richard Ayoade's likable directing debut
Friday, Jun 3, 2011 8:20 PM UTCEntertainment Quick Takes, Movies
“Passion Play”: Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke, together at last
A pair of doomed stars play a haunted jazzman and a woman with wings in a laughable, sub-Lynchian fantasy
Saturday, May 7, 2011 4:01 PM UTC 25Entertainment Quick Takes, Movies
“Fast Five” and the new action-movie brutality
Vin Diesel's adrenaline-jacked sequel, "Fast Five," has a disturbing message about greed and violence
Friday, Apr 29, 2011 9:30 PM UTC 37Entertainment Action movies, Dwayne Johnson
“Prom” and the bland, creeping evil of girl culture
Disney's wannabe tween hit mixes retro gender politics, impressive hair and empty multiculturalism
Friday, Apr 29, 2011 1:01 AM UTC 18Entertainment Prom, Disney, Glee, Quick Takes
“Square Grouper”: A hilarious, tragic tale of Florida ganja
When weed was king: "Square Grouper" recalls the mellow, pre-coke era of the Sunshine State's drug trade
Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 2:30 PM UTCEntertainment Documentaries, Drugs, Our Picks
“The Double Hour”: A knife-twisting Italian thriller
A grizzled ex-cop and a hotel maid haunt each other in a high-concept noir that's full of surprises
Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 1:30 AM UTCEntertainment Italy, Our Picks, Movies
“The Princess of Montpensier”: A delicious French bodice-ripper
A gorgeous cast and a vivid glimpse of 16th-century love and life make "Princess of Montpensier" a delight
Saturday, Apr 9, 2011 1:01 AM UTCEntertainment Historical Fiction, History
“In a Better World”: Oscar-winning odyssey of Euro-guilt
Susanne Bier's "In a Better World" is pretty, and wonderfully acted -- but it's more preachy than it is profound
Friday, Apr 1, 2011 9:02 PM UTC 10Entertainment Quick Takes, Africa, Brothers
“Rubber”: The ultra-meta killer-tire movie
Not quite an April Fool's joke, this imitation '70s road-sploitation flick is more arty anti-movie than spoof
Friday, Apr 1, 2011 5:30 PM UTCEntertainment Quick Takes, Jean-Luc Godard
“Potiche”: Deneuve and Depardieu, together again
A pair of 60ish French screen legends -- one in sweat pants, the other enormous -- reunite for '70s farce "Potiche"
Friday, Mar 25, 2011 7:45 PM UTCEntertainment France, Our Picks, Movies
“Nostalgia for the Light”: A spectacular head-trip into Chile’s Atacama Desert
Astronomers, archaeologists and victims of dictatorship collide in the gorgeous "Nostalgia for the Light"
Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 12:30 AM UTCEntertainment Latin America, Documentaries
“Kill the Irishman”: An explosive mobster surprise
Ray Stevenson burns up the screen as real-life mobster Danny Greene in "Kill the Irishman"
Friday, Mar 18, 2011 6:59 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks, Movies, Quick Takes
“Paul”: Kick it with the chillaxed alien, bro
The one-note "Paul" follows two British tourists who meet an extra-terrestrial voiced by Seth Rogen
Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 6:18 PM UTC 14Entertainment Quick Takes
“Battle: Los Angeles”: Bizarre fantasy of imperial decline
Is this ludicrous alien invasion film an attempt to make us feel better about the war in Afghanistan?
Thursday, Mar 10, 2011 2:01 AM UTC 75Entertainment Battle: Los Angeles
“The Human Resources Manager”: A dry, hilarious Israeli “As I Lay Dying”
An embittered Jerusalem exec goes on a Romanian road trip with a corpse and a cast of oddballs
Saturday, Mar 5, 2011 2:01 AM UTC 11Entertainment Quick Takes, Israel, Our Picks
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