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Magical Cinderella &#39;Sparkles&#39;
 Magical 
 Cinderella 
 'Sparkles' 
MOVIE REVIEW
Mar 13, 2015 12:38 PM CDT

Magical Cinderella 'Sparkles'

New fairy tale flick updates story, stays true to original

(Newser) - There are sure to be a few people buying tickets to Cinderella this weekend simply to see Frozen Fever , which precedes it. If they stick around after the short, though, they might just witness a little magic courtesy of Cate Blanchett, Lily James, and Richard Madden. Here's what critics...

Recycled Chappie Belongs in &#39;Scrap Heap&#39;
 Recycled Chappie 
 Belongs in 'Scrap Heap' 
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Mar 6, 2015 11:44 AM CST

Recycled Chappie Belongs in 'Scrap Heap'

Critics bash Neill Blomkamp's robot flick as copycat, failure

(Newser) - Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver, and Hugh Jackman star in Chappie, a film about a former police robot that develops the ability to think and feel and becomes the face of a revolution. According to critics, it's all a little too familiar. Here's what they're saying:
  • "Chappie,
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Will Smith Is Back in Focus
 Will Smith Is Back in Focus 
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Feb 27, 2015 12:17 PM CST

Will Smith Is Back in Focus

Smith, Margot Robbie charm in film that lacks sense: critics

(Newser) - Will Smith stars as Nicky, an established con man who takes on a new apprentice, Australian newcomer Margot Robbie's Jess, in Focus. They both love the con game, but who's playing who? Here's what critics are saying:
  • Richard Corliss at Time is a fan. "The mix
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Hot Tub 2 Is &#39;the Turd in the Jacuzzi&#39;
 Hot Tub 2 Is 'the 
 Turd in the Jacuzzi' 
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Feb 20, 2015 10:55 AM CST

Hot Tub 2 Is 'the Turd in the Jacuzzi'

Lazy sequel is unfunny, stupid: critics

(Newser) - Minus John Cusack, the gang from Hot Tub Time Machine is back for an equally ridiculous sequel in which the men hunt for a time traveler from 2025 who attempted to kill Lou, played by Rob Corddry. Its 14% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty bleak. Here'...

Fifty Shades More Snoozefest Than Sexy
 Fifty Shades More 
 Snoozefest Than Sexy 
MOVIE REVIEW
Feb 13, 2015 10:40 AM CST

Fifty Shades More Snoozefest Than Sexy

Critics rip apart Jamie Dornan's Christian Grey

(Newser) - The wait is over for EL James fans who've pined three long years for Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele to get it on on the big screen. But audiences are giving Fifty Shades of Grey just a 57% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes , and critics are even less impressed:...

Jupiter Ascending Is 'So Bad It's Almost Good'

At least it's not boring: critics

(Newser) - A perplexing plot, awkward-looking costumes, and interspecies romance converge in Jupiter Ascending, from Lana and Andy Wachowski of The Matrix. Hold on to your seat, you're in for a bumpy, intergalactic ride. Here's what critics are saying:
  • It's "a big, woozy, spacey fairy tale with a
...

Wild Card Is Less Wild, More Dull
 Wild Card Is Less 
 Wild, More Dull 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 30, 2015 11:58 AM CST

Wild Card Is Less Wild, More Dull

A few good fight scenes and not much else: critics

(Newser) - If you like Jason Statham movies, you'll probably like Wild Card. Otherwise, probably not. Though it's based on William Goldman's 1985 novel Heat, this flick left critics cold. Here's what they're saying:
  • "Watching Stanley Tucci is almost worth the price of a ticket to
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Johnny Depp&#39;s Mortdecai Is Very, Very Bad

 Johnny Depp's 
 Mortdecai Is 
 Very, Very Bad 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 23, 2015 1:36 PM CST

Johnny Depp's Mortdecai Is Very, Very Bad

Critics pan it as 'unbearable,' 'embarrassing'

(Newser) - Johnny Depp, what were you thinking? Critics everywhere are panning the actor's latest flick Mortdecai—adapted from Kyril Bonfiglioli's comic novels—which has a dismal 8% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes . It's a good thing the reviews are funny, because the movie, apparently, isn't.
  • Johnny Depp
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Eastwood&#39;s Sniper Is His &#39;Best in Years&#39;
 Eastwood's 
 Sniper Is His 
 'Best in Years' 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 16, 2015 12:32 PM CST

Eastwood's Sniper Is His 'Best in Years'

Bradley Cooper delivers as the US' deadliest sniper

(Newser) - An Oscar nominee for best picture, American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper as the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle , considered the deadliest sniper in US history. Based on Kyle's 2012 autobiography, the Clint Eastwood-directed flick follows the soldier to war and back. Is it worth the journey? Here's what...

MLK &#39;Expertly&#39; Captured in Timely Selma

 MLK 'Expertly' 
 Captured in 
 Timely Selma 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 9, 2015 11:20 AM CST

MLK 'Expertly' Captured in Timely Selma

David Oyelowo 'mesmerizing' as he portrays King's private side

(Newser) - If critics are to be believed, Selma might be the best movie you see this season. The historical drama following Martin Luther King Jr. as he fights for racial equality in Selma, Alabama, circa 1965 has an impressive 99% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Here's what they're...

A Star Is Born in A Most Violent Year
 A Star Is Born in 
 A Most Violent Year 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 2, 2015 12:14 PM CST

A Star Is Born in A Most Violent Year

Leading man Oscar Isaac recalls 'young Al Pacino'

(Newser) - A Most Violent Year is setting the bar high for movies in 2015. The flick, set in crime-riddled New York City in 1981 and starring Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, and Albert Brooks, has a 91% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Here's what they're saying:
  • Portraying a
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Critics Weigh In: What Movie to See This Weekend?
Critics Weigh In: What Movie to See This Weekend?
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Dec 26, 2014 11:33 AM CST

Critics Weigh In: What Movie to See This Weekend?

In other words, is 'The Interview' worth it or should you see 'Into the Woods' instead?

(Newser) - Trying to decide which of the many new releases you should see this weekend? A smattering of critical thoughts on the biggest of them:
  • The Interview: Now that it's available to watch, is it worth it? Well, it has a not-awful-but-also-not-great 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , and a similarly
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Jolie&#39;s Unbroken Comes Up Short

 Jolie's Unbroken 
 Comes Up Short 
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Dec 25, 2014 10:04 AM CST

Jolie's Unbroken Comes Up Short

It's a 'grand' effort, but less than satisfying: critics

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie's second directorial effort is Unbroken, a much-hyped adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling book . It tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an Italian-American who, as Richard Corliss writes in Time , "lived three lives before he was 30": He competed in the 1936 Olympics, was stranded on...

Hobbit Trilogy Ends With a Bang
 Hobbit Trilogy 
 Ends With a Bang 
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Dec 19, 2014 12:08 PM CST

Hobbit Trilogy Ends With a Bang

Critics mainly happy with Peter Jackson's finale (and happy it's all over)

(Newser) - The last of the Hobbit films is now playing in theaters, bringing with it an end to Peter Jackson's long foray through JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth (at least for now). How does the finale of the second trilogy compare to its predecessors? Here's what critics are saying about...

Lengthy Inherent Vice Is &#39;Offbeat&#39;
 Lengthy 
 Inherent Vice 
 Is 'Offbeat' 
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 12, 2014 11:22 AM CST

Lengthy Inherent Vice Is 'Offbeat'

Critics take on Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of novel

(Newser) - How many stars can you pack in a movie? When it comes to Inherent Vice, based on a 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, a lot. Alongside Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Martin Short, and Josh Brolin, Joaquin Phoenix stars as a stoner helping out his ex-girlfriend in 1970s California. Here's...

&#39;Terrific&#39; Witherspoon Carries Wild
 'Terrific' 
 Witherspoon 
 Carries Wild 
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 5, 2014 10:06 AM CST

'Terrific' Witherspoon Carries Wild

Flick based on Cheryl Strayed's memoir is 'captivating,' but with 'interruptions'

(Newser) - It looks like Reese Witherspoon's hard work paid off. Critics and audiences alike are raving about Wild, a flick based on Cheryl Strayed's bestselling memoir about hiking 1,100 miles after the death of her mother and collapse of her marriage. Should Witherspoon prepare an Oscar speech? What...

You&#39;ll Leave Mockingjay &#39;Still Waiting&#39;
 You'll Leave 
 Mockingjay 
 'Still Waiting' 
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 21, 2014 11:45 AM CST

You'll Leave Mockingjay 'Still Waiting'

It sets up the finale, but that's largely all: critics

(Newser) - Katniss Everdeen is back and ready to wage war in the first part of what is touted to be an epic Hunger Games finale. But does this flick, with a star-studded cast including Jennifer Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, stand above the rest? Here'...

Dumb and Dumber To Is Too Dumb for Critics
 Dumb and Dumber To 
 Is Too Dumb for Critics 
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 14, 2014 9:20 AM CST

Dumb and Dumber To Is Too Dumb for Critics

Jim Carrey does well, but this flick is stuck in the past

(Newser) - If you've been waiting two decades for Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to 1994's cult classic Dumb and Dumber, well, let's hope you aren't as disappointed as critics. The flick starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels has just a 28% approval rating from critics on...

Critics Split on Nolan&#39;s Interstellar
 Critics Split on 
 Nolan's Interstellar 
MOVIE REVIEW
Nov 7, 2014 1:04 PM CST

Critics Split on Nolan's Interstellar

Matthew McConaughey's latest is both 'remarkable' and a 'disaster'

(Newser) - Should we save Earth, or leave it? That's the question at the heart of Interstellar, which sees Matthew McConaughey suit up as an astronaut hoping to find other planets capable of hosting human life. Make sure to use the bathroom on your way in: This flick is a long...

Gyllenhaal at His Best in Creepy Nightcrawler

Actor gives a 'brilliant' performance alongside Rene Russo

(Newser) - Just about everyone is raving about Nightcrawler, a dark thriller from first-time director Dan Gilroy that currently has a 95% and 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and audiences, respectively. Jake Gyllenhaal shines as Lou Bloom, a freelance TV cameraman who finds himself immersed in crime journalism in...

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