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"Chernobyl Diaries" Movie Review: A Toxic Waste of Handheld Cameras
By Nick Pinkerton, May 24, 2012
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" Goes Back in Time, but You Still Have to Pay the 2012 Price Men in Black 3
By Nick Pinkerton, May 24, 2012
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" Payback
By Mark Holcomb, May 24, 2012
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" Movie Review: More Sacha Baron Cohen Yuks Than Comedy Revolution The Dictator
By Karina Longworth, May 17, 2012
In The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen, the young, dumb leader of fictional North African nation Wadiya. Under... More>>
"Battleship" Movie Review: Because Every Generation Needs an "Armageddon" Battleship
By Nick Pinkerton, May 17, 2012
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>>
The Prime Minister's Brother Gets a Lot of Love in "Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story" Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
By Ernest Hardy, May 17, 2012
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>>
The Narrow Worldview of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" What to Expect When You're Expecting
By Eric Hynes, May 17, 2012
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>>
Johnny Depp Plays a Vampire Family Man in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows Dark Shadows
By Nick Pinkerton, May 10, 2012
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" Never Synthesizes Into Something Believable The Perfect Family
By Ernest Hardy, May 10, 2012
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" Proves the Brits Have Cornered the Retiree Movie Genre The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
By Nick Pinkerton, May 10, 2012
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" Goes From Sperm Clinic to, of Course, Tampa Natural Selection
By Michelle Orange, May 10, 2012
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>>
Eva Mendes Toils Away With a Generic Script in "Girl in Progress" Girl in Progress
By Melissa Anderson, May 10, 2012
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>>
Superheroes Bump Superegos in "The Avengers" The Avengers
By Karina Longworth, May 03, 2012
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" a Moving Storybook of Cuban Jazz Artists Chico & Rita
By Michelle Orange, May 03, 2012
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" Searches for a Lost Dog in a Forest Full of Sap Darling Companion
By Melissa Anderson, May 03, 2012
"Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms," George Eliot once wrote. That's certainly the appeal... More>>
"In the Family" Takes a Steady Approach to Gay Victimization In the Family
By Andrew Schenker, May 03, 2012
With an incisive understanding of character, believably naturalistic acting, and lengthy scenes that don't feel stretched out so much as given... More>>
A Couple Struggles With Weather, Relationship in "The Five-Year Engagement" The Five-Year Engagement
By Melissa Anderson, April 26, 2012
The Five-Year Engagement is as comfy and cute as the bunny costume Tom (Jason Segel) wears at the New Year's Eve party where he meets Violet... More>>
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Hits All the Kid Pic's Regular Stops The Pirates! Band of Misfits
By Nick Pinkerton, April 26, 2012
The year is 1837. A newly crowned Queen Victoria, voiced by Imelda Staunton and animated in clay as a shrewish little turnip of a woman, decrees... More>>
"Safe" a Preposterously Enjoyable — or Enjoyably Preposterous — Action-Thriller Safe
By Aaron Hillis, April 26, 2012
In Safe, a preposterously enjoyable — or enjoyably preposterous — action-thriller, Jason Statham headlines as disgraced NYPD supercop... More>>
Understated Drama "Monsieur Lazhar" Follows the Wave of Grief Break Across a School Monsieur Lazhar
By Michelle Orange, April 26, 2012
A blanket of white covers Montreal inside and out in Monsieur Lazhar, the understated and affecting Canadian drama that earned an Oscar... More>>
Willem Dafoe a Graceful Force in "The Hunter" The Hunter
By Melissa Anderson, April 26, 2012
Drawing baths and listening to classical music, refined soldier-of-fortune Martin (Willem Dafoe) is sent Down Under by a military-biotech firm... More>>
"Damsels in Distress" a Toe-Tapping College-Girl Fantasy Damsels in Distress
By Eric Hynes, April 26, 2012
On her first day at Seven Oaks College, transfer student Lily (Analeigh Tipton) is scooped up by a trio of prepossessed coeds who school her on... More>>
"The Lucky One" Isn't Lucky Enough to Find Stars With Chemistry The Lucky One
By Chuck Wilson, April 19, 2012
The Lucky One is the seventh movie based on a Nicholas Sparks book — two more are in preproduction — and, well, it's no Notebook. In... More>>
"Chimpanzee" a Family-Friendly Heroes-and-Villains Adventure Chimpanzee
By Benjamin Mercer, April 19, 2012
Disneynature's latest Earth Day release hunkers down in an Ivory Coast rain forest, taming its beasts-in-the-wild raw material into a... More>>
"Overnight" Stars Rachel Blanchard and James D'Arcy in Boring Flight Romance Overnight
By Brian Miller, April 19, 2012
Jenny and Tom (Rachel Blanchard and James D'Arcy) meet on the rebound during a redeye flight from L.A. to New York and strike up one of those... More>>
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  2. Battleship, 25.5 mil, 25.5 mil
  3. The Dictator, 17.4 mil, 24.5 mil
  4. Dark Shadows, 12.6 mil, 50.7 mil
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