‘Clash of the Titans’: Numbskull plot, idiotic dialogue made worse by 3-D
It's doubtful that records are kept about this sort of thing, but consider the possibility that "Clash of the Titans" is the first film to be made worse by being...
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‘Vincere’ a 3-star look at Il Duce’s secret family
One of the most surprising things about "Vincere" — the story of Ida Dalser, Mussolini's secret wife and his first-born son, Benito — is that when the relationship went sour...
‘Waking Sleeping Beauty’: How Disney rekindled that animation mojo
Hard as it is to believe today, it was not so long ago that animation in general and Disney animation in particular were given up for dead. Things got so...
‘Chloe’ review: Phone sex not enough to fill in the blanks
"Chloe" is a conundrum. Envisioned as a psychosexual thriller about a woman scorned, instead director Atom Egoyan's latest puzzle is little more than a messy affair with mood lighting, sexy...
No reason to accept
Instead of invitations, they should be sending out apologies for "Our Family Wedding," a cake and kisses comedy that has disaster written all over it. Race as much as romance...
‘Creation’ review: 2 stars
The difficulty of taking on the biography of a man of science is so often the science itself, which entails hours of observation, painstaking notes, endless experimentation and much deep...
Sade proves as alluring as ever on unhurried ‘Soldier of Love’
Sade, 'Soldier of Love' *** (out of 4) In a career that operates at the same relaxed pace as her music, Sade doles out carefully considered albums about once a...
Adolescent turmoil seen through a fresh filter
'Fish Tank' ***1/2 British writer-director Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank" is a remarkable downer-upper paradox: a bruising tale of teenage resilience, honest and emotionally complicated and alive. Set in the concrete...
Acting tour de force at heart of ‘Station’
'The Last Station' ***1/2 He was the celebrated author of "War and Peace," but the final years of Leo Tolstoy's life were all war and no peace. The savage rivalry...
Romance follows weepie formula to the letter
'Dear John' ** The last thing audiences want in their weepies is surprise. "She still loves you, you know," one character says to another at a predestined juncture in "Dear...