Rated PG-13 | 110 min

In wine jargon, "bottle shock" refers to a flavor imbalance that occurs when fine wines are jostled during travel. Randall Miller's film is therefore aptly named, resembling a delicate vintage soured

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Rated PG-13 | 100 min

It's certainly an act of daring to even attempt a feature-length adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel, perhaps best known through the revered 1981 miniseries, almost synonymous with PBS in the early

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Rated PG-13 | 150 min

"The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules," snarls the Joker during just one of Heath Ledger's stockpile of stolen Dark Knight scenes. In a way, writer/director Christopher read more …

Rated R | 89 min

All of the important plot points from Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of the 1975 cult classic can be garnered from the title. If neither death nor races spark interest, move along. It's 2012, the country

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Rated No Rating | 122 min

The German-born Turkish director Fatih Akin has made only a handful of films, but he settled on his subject right from the beginning - devoting himself to depicting the lives of Turks within present-day

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Rated R | 108 min

Based on Philip Roth's The Dying Animal, Isabel Coixet's movie is at times too polite for its subject. As a libidinous, commitment-phobic professor of literature, Ben Kingsley is tossed about by read more …

Rated R | 97 min

Long stretches of snowy landscape, gray sky and gray fencing introduce Massena, N.Y., the setting for Courtney Hunt's bleak, contrived, but also compelling new film. Located on the St. Lawrence River read more …

Rated R | 92 min

Steve Coogan's Dana Marschz has long ago given up on his dream of acting, instead teaching drama at a Tucson high school. Unfortunately, he's failing at this second career, as well, his latest presentation

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Rated PG-13 | 98 min

The best part about Legally Blonde is that it is a female-driven comedy that begins as a quest to capture the heart of a man but ultimately transcends the simple premise and becomes about the heroine's read more …

Rated PG | 85 min

The new documentary by Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) could hardly be more timely, but its scared-straight approach to debt management runs roughshod over the issues. Inspired by the book Empire read more …

Rated No Rating | 81 min

There's a good reason you don't hear about the LGBT Muslim community: Not only is homosexuality forbidden in the Quran, it is punishable by imprisonment — or worse — in many parts of the world. In a commendable, read more …

Rated PG | 94 min

The idea that Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst would direct a family film is the stuff of late-night talk-show jokes, an idea so absurd that there would seem to be some law of nature prohibiting it. But read more …

Rated PG-13 | 108 min

Criticizing Mamma Mia! for being a hyper-hammy queenfest would be like criticizing Back to the Future because time travel isn't real. There's no point in levying attacks against a bring-your-granny read more …

Rated PG-13 | 90 min

"Once upon a time," says Philippe Petit. "Now, that's how you start fairy tales. And actually, my story is a fairy tale." That story, as recalled in James Marsh's documentary, culminates in Petit's

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Rated R | 110 min

Rated PG-13 | 114 min

The most disturbing moment in this third Mummy flick comes early. When the intrepid Evie completes reading from her new romance-adventure novel, one eager listener asks if her heroine is based on her.

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Rated R | 105 min

For David Gordon Green's paean to gratuitous action flicks and the burnouts who love them/wished they were in them, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad) have crafted a script that directs your attention

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Rated PG-13 | 102 min

Robert "Fish" Fishman's life sucks. Nearly a decade into the 21st century, the drummer (Rainn Wilson) is still aching over his termination from virile '80s hair metal outfit Vesuvius as they teetered

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Rated PG-13 | 117 min

Taking place three years after the events of the first, similarly named movie, this entry into the Pants series catches up with the four girls: Tibby (Amber Tamblyn), Carmen (America Ferrara), Lena

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Rated PG | 98 min

With Episodes I-III, George Lucas created a trilogy that indulged his inner adolescent, rife with juvenile humor, video-game plotting and silly CGI creatures. With the fully animated Clone Wars,

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Rated R | 95 min

Imagine the high-concept pitch for Adam McKay's comedy: "Will Ferrell meets Superbad." To elaborate: Ferrell's socially retarded 40-year-old Brennan, still living with his mom, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen),

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Rated No Rating | 125 min

The loving bond between Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) and his wife, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze), is so perfect it can't possibly last. In the opening scenes of Guillaume Canet's thriller, the couple read more …

Rated R | 111 min