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  • "Chernobyl Diaries" Movie Review: A Toxic Waste of Handheld Cameras

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Spoiler alert:Chernobyl Diaries is toxic waste. Based on a premise by Paranormal Activity director Peli, Chernobyl Diaries tags along with a... More >>

  • Men in Black 3

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Can any one of the millions of Americans who saw Men in Black 2 in 2002 describe its plot today? A single scene? Chances are, if you saw both MIB... More >>

  • Payback

    By Mark Holcomb

    This riff on Margaret Atwood's 2008 book-length essay, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, avoids the traps of recent social-problem... More >>

  • The Dictator

    By Karina Longworth

    In The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen, the young, dumb leader of fictional North African nation Wadiya. Under... More >>

  • Battleship

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Every once in a while, a movie comes along that's so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Battleship, which I swear to God is... More >>

  • Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story

    By Ernest Hardy

    In an old news clip that is played in the documentary Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, a newscaster says, "You can tell a lot about a people... More >>

  • What to Expect When You're Expecting

    By Eric Hynes

    Heidi Murkoff's mega-best-selling manual, What to Expect When You're Expecting, actually makes perfect sense as a vehicle for Hollywood, an... More >>

  • Dark Shadows

    By Nick Pinkerton

    A significant portion of Tim Burton's output over the past decade has been concerned with slipping the "Burton treatment" to susceptible texts:... More >>

  • The Perfect Family

    By Ernest Hardy

    Eileen (Kathleen Turner) is consumed by the Catholic Church and its doctrine — so much so that her nonstop charitable work for the church... More >>

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    By Nick Pinkerton

    A group of disparate British retirees is lured to the Indian subcontinent for cut-rate surgery, low-overhead living, or reasons they hope to keep... More >>

  • Natural Selection

    By Michelle Orange

    An emancipation story that takes place mostly on the road and on the run, Natural Selection tells the story of how a God-fearing 40-something... More >>

  • Girl in Progress

    By Melissa Anderson

    Single mother Grace (Eva Mendes) toils as a maid and a waitress to keep her petulant daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez), in private school in... More >>

  • The Avengers

    By Karina Longworth

    At the start of the long-awaited Marvel superhero supergroup flick The Avengers, a powerful, potentially dangerous glowing cube is in the hands... More >>

  • Chico & Rita

    By Michelle Orange

    In Oscar nominee Chico & Rita, the life of Cuban pianist and composer Bebo Valdés seems to have been translated first into fairy tale and... More >>

  • Darling Companion

    By Melissa Anderson

    "Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms," George Eliot once wrote. That's certainly the appeal... More >>

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"Chernobyl Diaries" Movie Review: A Toxic Waste of Handheld Cameras
By Nick Pinkerton

Spoiler alert:Chernobyl Diaries is toxic waste. Based on a premise by Paranormal Activity director Peli, Chernobyl Diaries tags along with a group of American backpackers visiting Kiev — the usual… More >>

"Men in Black" Goes Back in Time, but You Still Have to Pay the 2012 Price "Men in Black" Goes Back in Time, but You Still Have to Pay the 2012 Price
By Nick Pinkerton

Can any one of the millions of Americans who saw Men in Black 2 in 2002 describe its plot today? A single scene? Chances are, if you saw both MIB… More >>

Debt as a Philosophical Condition in "Payback" Debt as a Philosophical Condition in "Payback"
By Mark Holcomb

This riff on Margaret Atwood's 2008 book-length essay, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, avoids the traps of recent social-problem documentaries. But if there's value in Payback's all-encompassing… More >>

"The Dictator" Movie Review: More Sacha Baron Cohen Yuks Than Comedy Revolution "The Dictator" Movie Review: More Sacha Baron Cohen Yuks Than Comedy Revolution
By Karina Longworth

In The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen, the young, dumb leader of fictional North African nation Wadiya. Under Aladeen's rule, oil-producing, uranium-enriching Wadiya is a hostile threat… More >>

"Battleship" Movie Review: Because Every Generation Needs an "Armageddon" "Battleship" Movie Review: Because Every Generation Needs an "Armageddon"
By Nick Pinkerton

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that's so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Battleship, which I swear to God is described in its Wikipedia… More >>

The Prime Minister's Brother Gets a Lot of Love in "Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story" The Prime Minister's Brother Gets a Lot of Love in "Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story"
By Ernest Hardy

In an old news clip that is played in the documentary Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, a newscaster says, "You can tell a lot about a people by the… More >>

The Narrow Worldview of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" The Narrow Worldview of "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
By Eric Hynes

Heidi Murkoff's mega-best-selling manual, What to Expect When You're Expecting, actually makes perfect sense as a vehicle for Hollywood, an industry banked on bathroom humor. But while the book's journey… More >>

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