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'Water For Elephants' Review: Movie Stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon

movie review

Apr 22, 2011 1:13 PM CDT

Water for Elephants Lukewarm

Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon star in novel adaptation

(Newser) - Water for Elephants, based on the bestselling book, tells the story of a young man who joins the circus during the Depression, working with an elephant and falling for a married performer. Critics are mixed:

The film “provides a constant wash of scenic pleasure,” and is true to

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Critics Sold on
Greatest Movie

movie review

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

movie review

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

movie review

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

movie review

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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Remember
Taylor as
She Was:
In Bed

OPINION

Mar 24, 2011 1:56 PM CDT

Remember Taylor as She Was: In Bed

Screen legend managed to be prostrate in nearly every movie

(Newser) - We remember John Wayne in the saddle, Brigitte Bardot on the sand—and as for Elizabeth Taylor, we’ll remember her on a bed, writes Tim Robey in the Telegraph . Somehow, she managed to sprawl over soft furniture in “most of her key roles,” he notes. “One...

Limitless Brilliance?
No, but It's Fun

movie Review

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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Adjustment Bureau
a Sci-Fi Sizzler

movie review

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

movie Review Roundup

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

movie Review Roundup

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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10 Worst Casting
Choices Ever

Feb 6, 2011 6:00 PM CST

10 Worst Casting Choices Ever

Starring Tom Hanks

(Newser) - DC detective Alex Cross was once played by Morgan Freeman; now, the role’s going to Tyler Perry, the cross-dressing comedian and Madea star. The Daily Beast recalls 10 other embarrassing casting decisions:

The Da Vinci Code: Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. He’s no “Harrison Ford in Harris

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Cameron's 3-D Thriller
Sanctum Is All Wet

movie review roundup

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

Review Roundup

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

movie Review Roundup

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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Most Critics Sweet on
Devastating Blue Valentine

Movie Review

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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Empire Strikes Back
Bound for Library of Congress

Dec 28, 2010 9:11 AM CST

Empire Strikes Back Bound for Library of Congress

Saturday Night Fever also chosen for preservation collection

(Newser) - The Empire Strikes Back and Saturday Night Fever are among 25 films bound for a special Library of Congress archive this year. Some 2,100 films picked by the National Film Preservation Board and the public were nominated for preservation in the National Film Registry, the AP reports. The films...

Coen Brothers' True Grit
Is Pure Western Wizardry

movie review roundup

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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Carrey at His Manic Best
(or Worst) in Phillip Morris

review roundup

Dec 3, 2010 12:26 PM CST

Carrey at His Manic Best (or Worst) in Phillip Morris

True story of gay con-man highly divisive

(Newser) - Some critics are head-over-heels for I Love You Phillip Morris; others feel quite the opposite about the film, in which Jim Carrey plays a gay conman. (It's currently favored by 76% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes, though audiences give it a lesser 55%.)

At the New York Times , Stephen

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Empire Strikes Back
Director Dead at 87

obituary

Nov 29, 2010 12:03 PM CST

Empire Strikes Back Director Dead at 87

Irvin Kershner aimed for depth with Star Wars sequel

(Newser) - Irvin Kershner—who directed the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond film Never Say Never Again and Robocop 2—died Saturday after a long illness at age 87. Kershner already had made a number of well-received movies when he was hired by George Lucas to direct...

Cuckoo's Nest
Hospital to Reopen

Nov 18, 2010 4:11 PM CST

Cuckoo's Nest Hospital to Reopen

Oregon facility has history of psychiatric abuse, too

(Newser) - An Oregon mental hospital that served as the set for the classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest—and the scene of some real-life psychiatric abuse—is being overhauled and will reopen, the AP reports. Though Cuckoo's Nest wasn't about Oregon State Hospital, the institution, like its fictional counterpart,...