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Apr 22, 2011 12:30 PM CDT

Critics Sold on Greatest Movie

Morgan Spurlock helms documentary on advertising

(Newser) - Morgan Spurlock, the guy behind Super Size Me, calls his latest documentary—an exploration of our ad-obsessed culture—The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. And critics seem to agree:

Spurlock “has this habit of making documentaries that come hidden in the Trojan horse of silly and then stab at your

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Scream 4 Offers
Hackneyed Hacks

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Apr 15, 2011 11:11 AM CDT

Scream 4 Offers Hackneyed Hacks

Neve Campbell stars in Wes Craven's latest

(Newser) - After a decade, the Scream franchise is back—and not much has changed. What the critics are saying:

“How long can [director Wes] Craven and [writer Kevin] Williamson milk the same shtick—mocking B movies and being one—before the audience catches on that they’re running around in

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Arthur Remake
Just Plain
Awful

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Apr 8, 2011 1:12 PM CDT

Arthur Remake Just Plain Awful

Russell Brand stars in Jason Winer's remake

(Newser) - Arthur, a Russell Brand-powered remake of the film about a drunken billionaire man-child, fails miserably at recapturing its predecessor’s magic:

It’s a “grim load of mediocrity,” writes AO Scott, “made according to a lazy and cynical commercial blueprint” of Brand's “patented shtick,” “

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Source Code
an Action Flick
With Brains

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Apr 1, 2011 12:35 PM CDT

Source Code an Action Flick With Brains

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan star in Duncan Jones' sci-fi film

(Newser) - Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a military pilot placed into another man’s life using a secret program called Source Code—where he's forced to repeat the same eight minutes perpetually in order to catch a bomber. It’s pulse-pounding but deeply human:

It’s “the first film

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Limitless Brilliance?
No, but It's Fun

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Mar 18, 2011 1:44 PM CDT

Limitless Brilliance? No, but It's Fun

Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro star in Neil Burger film

(Newser) - Limitless, in which Bradley Cooper plays a struggling writer who takes a pill to vastly expand his brain power, may not exactly be award-worthy—but critics agree it's a fun ride:

In the New York Times , AO Scott calls the movie “an energetic, enjoyably preposterous compound—it’s a

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Red Riding Hood Reviews: Catherine Hardwicke's Movie Looks Nice but Lacks Depth

Red Riding Hood
Doesn't Venture Too Deep

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Mar 11, 2011 12:25 PM CST

Red Riding Hood Doesn't Venture Too Deep

Amanda Seyfried stars in Catherine Hardwicke's retelling

(Newser) - Catherine Hardwicke’s take on Red Riding Hood, the classic story doused in teen angst and good looks, is certainly riding the zeitgeist—but it never really enters the woods, critics say:

The film is “gorgeously shot, smartly conceived, cleverly cast, badly executed—the lush medieval beauty here is

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Matt Damon, Emily Blunt Sizzle in 'The Adjustment Bureau'

Adjustment Bureau
a Sci-Fi Sizzler

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Mar 4, 2011 12:10 PM CST

Adjustment Bureau a Sci-Fi Sizzler

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt star in sci-fi romance

(Newser) - The Adjustment Bureau, a sci-fi romance starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, tells the story of a political hotshot who meets a woman in the men's room—something that was not part of his destiny. Two "adjusters" explain he must not see her again—leaving the two, in love,...

You Don't Need
This Hall Pass

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Feb 25, 2011 1:07 PM CST

You Don't Need This Hall Pass

Farrelly brothers film stars Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis

(Newser) - The Farrelly brothers’ new film, Hall Pass, tells the story of two men given a week off from marriage. Don’t expect any surprises:

“The Farrellys are exploring nominally adult realms, like marital fatigue and cheating, but too often these apparent good intentions get the best of them and

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Just Go With It Aptly Titled

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Feb 11, 2011 12:47 PM CST

Just Go With It Aptly Titled

It's a forgettable movie, but Aniston, Sandler make it entertaining

(Newser) - Critics think Just Go With It isn’t too memorable—a 23% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , though fans are much kinder at 79%—but they say stars Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler turn in solid performances:

To AO Scott, it will forever be just “‘that one with Adam

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Cameron's 3-D Thriller
Sanctum Is All Wet

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Feb 4, 2011 12:33 PM CST

Cameron's 3-D Thriller Sanctum Is All Wet

He's the executive producer, and critics are unimpressed

(Newser) - Critics disagree over whether Sanctum, executive-produced by James Cameron, looks good on the screen—but they agree that nothing else about it is too impressive.

The film may be “the high-type 3-D” rather than converted 2-D, but “the characters, the dialogue, the water-based peril—the stuff the 3-D

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The Rite Is Mostly Wrong

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Jan 28, 2011 11:52 AM CST

The Rite Is Mostly Wrong

Anthony Hopkins, Michael O'Donoghue star in exorcism flick

(Newser) - Though it does a thing or two right, most critics are panning The Rite, the story of a young priest who heads to exorcism school and apprentices under Anthony Hopkins. Whatever your expectations, just don’t expect innovation:

The film is an “overwrought thriller with a surfeit of solemnity

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No Strings Attached
a Clichéd Affair

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Jan 21, 2011 11:15 AM CST

No Strings Attached a Clichéd Affair

Portman, Kutcher in 'formulaic' rom-com

(Newser) - In No Strings Attached, Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher try for sex without love, but run into complications. It’s a big step down for Oscar contender Portman, say critics (46% approval on Rotten Tomatoes vs. 79% for fans):

The film is “basically Love & Other Drugs without the

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Critics Think Green Hornet
Should Buzz Off

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Jan 14, 2011 1:00 PM CST

Critics Think Green Hornet Should Buzz Off

Reviews mixed at best for latest hero caper

(Newser) - A handful of critics enjoyed Seth Rogen's bumbling reinvention of Green Hornet—but only a handful. The movie's currently at 44% on Rotten Tomatoes , though to be fair, audiences liked it a fair bit more (71%). Here's what they're saying:

The first half of the movie has a “genuinely

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5 Reasons to See Nic Cage's 'Worst Movie Ever'

Jan 10, 2011 1:18 PM CST

5 Reasons to See Nic Cage's 'Worst Movie Ever'

Fantasy pic 'Season of the Witch' flops at box office

(Newser) - Nicolas Cage has been in a lot of bad movies, but if you believe critics, Season of the Witch is his most egregious stinker yet. Audiences seem to agree—it made only $10 million this weekend, despite scant competition. But the Atlantic Wire thinks you should see it anyway, if...

Country Strong
Remarkably Weak

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Jan 7, 2011 12:55 PM CST

Country Strong Remarkably Weak

Gwyneth Paltrow flick is a series of clichés

(Newser) - Critics make no bones about it: Skip Country Strong. (It's got a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , though audiences are more generous at 50%.) A familiar tale of the struggle with fame, the Gwyneth Paltrow flick is pure schlock, they say:

It’s “a runny-mascara melodrama” in which

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Most Critics Sweet on
Devastating Blue Valentine

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Dec 31, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Most Critics Sweet on Devastating Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams wow, but not everyone's convinced

(Newser) - Some critics are raving over Blue Valentine, a harrowing tale in which Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams play a couple ripping apart at the seams. But not everyone is impressed with the film (whose infamous oral sex scene has gotten plenty of press).

“This wrenching story of a marriage

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Coen Brothers' True Grit
Is Pure Western Wizardry

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Dec 22, 2010 1:50 PM CST

Coen Brothers' True Grit Is Pure Western Wizardry

Remake features a star turn by 13-year-old Hailee Steinfeld

(Newser) - True Grit, the Coen brothers’ latest, updates a John Wayne classic—though it may stick closer to the original novel than the first film. Critics are impressed, with the Rotten Tomatoes score currently at 95%:

In the New York Times , Manohla Dargis applauds the film’s 13-year-old star, Hailee Steinfeld,

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Little Fockers
Is Focking Terrible

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Dec 22, 2010 1:05 PM CST

Little Fockers Is Focking Terrible

Critics grossed out, but not amused by horrible Meet the Parents three-quel

(Newser) - Little Fockers, the third and, critics promise, worst movie of the Meet the Parents franchise, opens with an extended enema joke, and pretty much goes downhill from there. Here’s a healthy dose of the critical scorn being heaped on it:

“I suffered through Little Fockers wishing that I

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Tron: Legacy Is 3D Eye Candy, Nothing More

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Dec 17, 2010 9:50 AM CST

Tron: Legacy Is 3D Eye Candy, Nothing More

Critics: It has great special effects, weak script

(Newser) - Disney revisits Tron, in 3D no less, but critics aren't exactly bowled over by Tron: Legacy. (Critics' rating is 49% on Rotten Tomatoes , with fans at 83%.) It's got nifty special effects, including a digitally recreated Jeff Bridges from the 1980s, but not much else, at least according to...

Potter It Isn't:
New Narnia Lacks Magic

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Dec 10, 2010 1:37 PM CST

Potter It Isn't: New Narnia Lacks Magic

But Dawn Treader has its moments

(Newser) - Critics aren’t enthralled by The Voyage of the Dawn Treader the third film based on CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. (Its Rotten Tomatoes rating is 51%.) But there are some bright spots:

Manohla Dargis calls the film “largely dreary” in the New York Times . Still, “though

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