• Red Cliff
John Woo's mega-budget war history impresses with spectacular battle sequences, mindless fun. 
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• Mammoth
A deeply touching and personal family drama... but a little plot would've been nice.
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• Broken Embraces  
A wonderful vehicle for Penelope Cruz, but a clunky, soap opera-like story surrounds her. 
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• The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Vastly better than the original Twilight, but still dragged down by a vapid story. 
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• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Port of Call New Orleans - Herzog and Cage make for a baffling combo in this lost remake.
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• The Missing Person
A wannabe postmodern noir, but its rigid structure keeps it from capturing the right mood. 
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• Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson's stop-motion creation is a true delight, against all odds. 
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• 2012  
When the world ends, only the dumb will survive. Crazy effects + moronic characters = well, this. 
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• Pirate Radio  
It's Animal House on a boat as '60s music nerds fend off The Man. Cliche-riddled, but it works. 
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• The Messenger  
Woody Harrelson offers a career-making role in this thoughtful and often raw war-torn film.
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• Four Seasons Lodge
Documentary of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills has heart, but no narrative flow.
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• Women in Trouble
Cute idea (literally many hot women in precarious situations), but the movie can't carry it.
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• Collapse
Prepare to meet your economic dystopia of a future in this harrowing profile of Michael Ruppert.
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• The Box
Richard Kelly's most accessible work yet, a mysterious and compelling Christmas thriller.
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• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Searing race drama -- Oprah- and Filmcritic.com-approved!
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• The Fourth Kind  
A smart-ass mockumentary in the Blair Witch vein, with alien abduction as the conceit.
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• Turning Green
Another lazy and underdeveloped coming-of-age movie, this one set in 1979.
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• This Is It
A glorious tribute and celebration of Michael Jackson. Fans only need apply. 
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• The House of the Devil
A breath of ('80s-inspired) fresh air in the rapidly stagnating horror genre. 
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• Storm
A passionate look at the Bosnian conflict, but one so soberly conceived it has little impact.
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• Gentlemen Broncos
Napoleon Dynamite director returns with a limp, laugh-free stab at comedy. 
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• Ong Bak 2
We have no idea what this movie's really about, but there's a whole lot of butt-kicking in it.  
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• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Witty but slight, this freakshow adventure could have been better.  
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• Night and Day
Epic in scope, this lush love story plays out as a complex (if imperfect) travelogue.  
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• Antichrist
Lars Von Trier aims to shock and succeeds with this grotesque, graphic, and manipulative flick.
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Mindless and vapid, it represents everything wrong with computer animation today.
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• Motherhood
Sloppy, muddled attempt at exploring the perils of parenting plays to cliche rather than insight.
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• Where the Wild Things Are
Absolutely amazing live-action recreation of the children's classic. Don't miss it. 
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• Mary and Max
Adult animation done right, a touching and often hysterical tale of happiness and its absence. 
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• Black Dynamite
The spoof everyone's talking about, a silly blaxploitation gag that takes no prisoners. 
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• Law Abiding Citizen  
Not a bad (if bizarre) actioner, it's uncomplicated but mostly gets the job done. 
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• New York, I Love You
Thin and weak, a mostly sad paean to a great city. 
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• The Yes Men Fix the World
Fearless dissidents take on big oil, with often hilarious results.
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• Couples Retreat
Desperate for laughs, this comedy relies on tired bits and hammy dialogue. Doesn't work.
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• An Education
Newcomer Carey Mulligan is one to watch; the movie she's in is hit-and-miss.
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• Good Hair
Chris Rock narrates this documentary on black hair. A fun but hardly incisive analysis.
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• St. Trinian's
Inane prep-school dramedy attempts charm and laughs but finds neither.
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• Trucker
Lady trucker sleeps around, then has to deal with her kid. Sounds like a party, no?
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• The Damned United
A (true) soccer story -- go see it even if you have only a passing interest in the sport.
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• Zombieland
Outright hysterical horror comedy is perfectly cast and never lets up with action and laughs. 
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• A Serious Man
Solemnly personal film from the Coen brothers, complex but incredibly rewarding. 
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• Whip It
Drew Barrymore lands her dream project, a sassy blast of girl power set in the roller derby world. 
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• Afterschool
An audacious and horrible send-up of the after-school special, decidedly not for the squeamish. 
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• More Than a Game
LeBron James toils and pays his dues to become a b-ball star; here's how it went down.
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• A Beautiful Life
Even Bai Ling appearing as a stripper can salvage this thin melodrama.
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• An American Journey
French filmmaker follows in Swiss photographer's footsteps in America. OK then. 
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• The Invention of Lying
Creatively and morally bankrupt, this goofy premise just doesn't work. 
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• Surrogates
Actually quite intelligent and ominous, a startling look at our potential tech-dystopia.
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• Coco Before Chanel
Of primary interest to those who adore fashion; an endearing look at young Coco.
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• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Angry dudes talk a lot; brutally honest, and just a little sexist. 
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• Fame
A surprisingly good, earnest remake of the classic hoofer. Go see it. You're not gonna live forever.
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• Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore takes on the American Way in this personal docu-fantasy.
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• Bronson  
Different Bronson. This one is Britain's most notorious serial convict. And his story is raw. 
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• Chelsea on the Rocks  
This oddball documentary of NY's infamous hotel offers a few insights, no room service.
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• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
It's not Pixar, but it's almost as good. Surprising and all-around fun! 
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• The Informant!
An uneven Soderbergh experiment, but often a wildly funny one led by a hysterical Matt Damon. 
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• 35 Shots of Rum
Father/daughter relationships are tough, but Claire Denis avoids cliche in this tender film. 
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• Paris
Not your typical French tryst, this ode to Paris (warts and all) lays bare the city's citizens.
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• Bright Star
Jane Campion's look at John Keats' aborted life is vibrant and full of passion. 
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• Jennifer's Body
While short of horrible, this Megan Fox monstrosity is far too stilted to by scary.
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• The Burning Plain
Sentimental pap packs in lots of stories (Babel-style), none worth remembering.
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