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The life and crimes of John Dillinger in this fast and furious film.

"They're all about where people come from. Nobody seems to wonder where somebody's going." So says the Depression-era bank-robber-cum-folk-hero... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 02, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Now playing.

Though hardly landmarks of narrative or animation art, the first two Ice Age films were warm and goofy and appealing; John Leguizamo's adorably... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: July 02, 2009

Whatever Works: Enthusiasm, Curbed

Not even the great Larry David can salvage Woody's shtick.

Character is destiny — at least for Woody Allen's Whatever Works. Allen's exercise in Woody Allen nostalgia opens with a snatch of Groucho... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: June 25, 2009

Transformers: The Mighty Have Fallen

Michael Bay can't live up to Michael Bay in Part 2.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a bewildering, noisy, sloppy, cynical piece of work, a movie that sneers at the audience for 147 minutes... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: June 25, 2009

The Proposal: Victim of Circumstance

Once more down the aisle.

Fifteen minutes after seeing The Proposal, I'd forgotten I'd seen The Proposal. Well, that's not entirely true: By then, it had simply merged in... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: June 18, 2009

Imagine That

Now playing.

Eddie Murphy is a Denver investment consultant, Evan, with a workaholic schedule that leaves little space for 7-year-old daughter Olivia (Yara... More>>

By Nick Pinkerton

Published: June 18, 2009

Blood on the Tracks in The Taking of Pelham

In this subway series, the original wins.

Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a primer in which subway hijackers test how long... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: June 11, 2009

Land of the Lost

Now playing.

Notwithstanding all the boomer studio executives who grow misty-eyed recollecting nerdy childhoods parked in front of the Krofft brothers'... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: June 11, 2009

Vegas, Babies

Peter Pans head for the Strip in Todd Phillips's The Hangover.

What Fletch was to plaid-checked water-cooler wits in the '80s, what National Lampoon's Van Wilder was to college-bound douches at the dawn of... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: June 04, 2009

Tyson

Now playing.

The face of Mike Tyson stares out from the screen like a sentry — intent, sober, watchful. The camera sits close, the framing is tight, and... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: June 04, 2009

Drag Me to Hell: Heaven Can Wait

Hell is much more fun. Sam Raimi, welcome back.

Sam Raimi wants to go home again. Often a drifting virtuoso in the years before finding his Spider-Man gig, with Drag Me to Hell Raimi defaults... More>>

By Nick Pinkerton

Published: May 28, 2009

Up Soars in Entirely Unexpected Ways

First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly Boy Scout, finds his inner child during a series of... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: May 28, 2009

Rudo y Cursi

Now playing.

Not quite The Further Adventures of Cain & Abel, the second coming of Beavis & Butt-Head, or Peyton Meets Eli, but energetic fun nonetheless,... More>>

By J. Hoberman

Published: May 28, 2009

Save Yourself from McG's Terminator

What a drag.

Both warning and advertisement, the Terminator films are technophobic teases, selling tickets by promising this decade's model of killing... More>>

By Nick Pinkerton

Published: May 21, 2009

Kirby Dick Outs Closeted Pols in Outrage

Director Kirby Dick doesn’t actually stick his camera under any Capitol Hill bathroom stalls in the new documentary Outrage, but his goal is... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: May 21, 2009

Summer Movie Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

"The cinema is not a slice of life but a piece of cake," Alfred Hitchcock once said, and if that's true, summertime is when we gorge —... More>>

By Chuck Wilson

Published: May 14, 2009

Angels and Demons Has a Need for Speed

In theaters Friday.

At the tail end of The Da Vinci Code, having traipsed around scenic Paris and London for over two hours to find out whether the Holy Grail was... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: May 14, 2009

Star Trek Goes Warp Factor 10

J.J. Abrams's latest is proof that a franchise can live long and prosper.

It's difficult for this longtime Trekkie to review J.J. Abrams's relaunching of the U.S.S. Enterprise. It's difficult to dispassionately dole out... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: May 07, 2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Now playing.

Without fail, the dullest installment in any superhero movie franchise is the origin story, during which audiences eagerly awaiting The Big Bad... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: May 07, 2009

Matthew McConaughey Is Scary Bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Two weeks after jowly Matthew Perry transformed into pretty Zac Efron to relive his adolescence in 17 Again, Warner Bros. releases Ghosts of... More>>

By Melissa Anderson

Published: April 30, 2009

John Waters Brings His Filthy World to MGLFF

For one night, the "Pope of Trash" reigns over South Beach.

In 1972, not long after getting kicked out of New York University for smoking marijuana, John Waters released Pink Flamingos, a film he'd shot... More>>

By P. Scott Cunningham

Published: April 30, 2009

Obsessed

Now playing.

How long does it take Sasha to get fierce in this almost-tongue-in-cheek Fatal Attraction retread? Too long — and even after Beyoncé... More>>

By Melissa Anderson

Published: April 30, 2009

The Soloist

Joe Wright turns a beloved L.A. Times series into schlock.

The Soloist opens with newspapers thudding onto lawns, a quaint sight that makes the movie practically a period piece, even though the events... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: April 23, 2009

Dito Montiel's Fighting Lacks Punch

Writing about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the 2006 debut film by director Dito Montiel, I likened it to the sort of crude but fascinating... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: April 23, 2009