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Pattinson still brooding in ‘Remember Me’
In “Remember Me,” Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from “Twilight,” apparently in search of his “Five Easy Pieces” or “Rebel Without a Cause.”
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‘Alice’ through a drearier looking glass

In Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Alice has grown — not by "drink me" potion or…

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‘Cop Out’ falls shy of its inspirations

“Cop Out” is a clumsy postmodern buddy cop flick that offers as many genre references…

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New on DVD: “The Informant!”

Matt Damon beautifully portrays Whitacre through his on-screen performance and his voice overs…

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‘Shutter Island’ is long, tiresome gloom

Martin Scorsese clearly had a ball making “Shutter Island,” which seemingly hurls…

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Bridges is brilliant in ‘Crazy Heart’

Bridges seems like the real thing in “Crazy Heart,” rasping out songs in the comfortable…

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‘Valentine’s Day’ overstuffed with stars

Moviegoers comfortable with ignoring the calculated ploy of "Valentine's Day" will likely enjoy…

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Get out your hankies for ‘Dear John’

Because this earnest romance comes from a Nicholas Sparks novel, death and disappointment hover…

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Mel Gibson returns in ‘Edge of Darkness’

It has been seven years since his last film, but Mel Gibson is still playing the martyr.

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‘Extraordinary Measures’ is ordinary drama

There's much pulling of the bootstraps and milking of the tear ducts on the way to an ending…

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‘Lovely Bones’ trades soul for spectacle

Odd as it sounds, Peter Jackson needed to come down to Earth a bit more in "The Lovely Bones,"…

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‘Youth in Revolt’ lacks rebelliousness

The ratios of "Youth in Revolt" are out of whack. Steve Buscemi and Zach Galifianakis are barely…

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Love’s simple-minded in ‘It’s Complicated’

A simple-minded story can benefit enormously with Meryl Streep on screen for almost an entire…

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Downey’s no Sherlock Holmes, but it works

Robert Downey Jr. and director Guy Ritchie bring Conan Doyle’s dusty Victorian-age detective…

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News isn’t good for ‘About the Morgans’

Did you hear about the Morgans? If so, you might wish you hadn't.

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Eastwood continues streak with ‘Invictus’

The newly released “Invictus” is a sports film that is more about what’s…

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‘2012’ Debunked

Dr. Morrison, a respected astronomer in NASA’s Astrobiology Institute, admitted to receiving…

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De Niro shines in ‘Everybody’s Fine’

The strength of “Everybody’s Fine” is watching De Niro slowly transform Frank…

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‘Old Dogs’ proves a mangy mongrel

Travolta and Williams truly put some energy into their characters, but there’s nothing…

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Bella mopes through pretentious ‘New Moon’

All three lovers are so joyless, it's hard to imagine why any of them would want to spend eternity…

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The end not soon enough for ‘2012’

"2012" is less interested in plausible truth than it is in blockbuster box-office.

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