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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Bruno' review: Laugh. Wince. Repeat. | 2 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        &amp;ldquo;Bruno&amp;rdquo; contains moments of explosive, outrageous, I-can&amp;rsquo;t-believe-what-I&amp;rsquo;m-seeing hilarity. At the same time, the second feature (after &amp;ldquo;Borat&amp;rdquo;) from satiric agent provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen points out the limits of his guerrilla comedy style.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;I Love You, Beth Cooper': Not really | 1 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        &amp;ldquo;You know, this is not fun any more,&amp;rdquo; our bloodied and beaten young protagonist complains about an hour into &amp;ldquo;I Love You, Beth Cooper.&amp;rdquo; We&amp;rsquo;re way ahead of you, pal.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Moon' does sci-fi right | 3 stars ]]></title>
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        Good science fiction is less about shiny hardware than human imagination. &amp;ldquo;Moon&amp;rdquo; is darn good science fiction.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Summer Hours': A quiet, profound family study | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        &amp;ldquo;Summer Hours&amp;rdquo; &amp;mdash; a quiet study of a French family in the wake of a death &amp;mdash; features no big outbursts, no raging melodrama. Instead  it offers conversation, gentle observation and delicate melancholy.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Food, Inc.': A horror movie with a message | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        I&amp;rsquo;m happy to have any appetite at all since watching &amp;ldquo;Food, Inc.&amp;rdquo; Director Robert Kenner&amp;rsquo;s documentary is powerful. Maybe even life-changing.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' review: Fun has its &lsquo;Age' limit | 2 stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11 CDT</pubDate>
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        In a nutshell, the third film in the successful &amp;ldquo;Ice Age&amp;rdquo; series is a mediocre  standard bearer for a genre that kids love and adults tolerate. Doubtless it will make piles of money, but the Law of Diminishing Comedic Returns looms large, and the gags seem increasingly hollow  in a basically weak product.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Public Enemies' review: Johnny Depp is wanted, so very much | 3 stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        Is there any role Johnny Depp cannot make his own? Last seen as a singing Victorian barber and serial killer in &amp;ldquo;Sweeney Todd,&amp;rdquo; the human chameleon has effortlessly mutated into Depression-era desperado John Dillinger for director Michael Mann&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Public Enemies.&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Whatever Works': Larry David cranks it up | 2 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        Even second-rate Woody Allen beats most of the junk littering our movie screens. So let&amp;rsquo;s be thankful for &amp;ldquo;Whatever Works,&amp;rdquo; despite it working only half the time.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   'Cheri': An affair to forget | 1&frac12; stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:18 CDT</pubDate>
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        The last time Michelle Pfeiffer and director Stephen Frears got together, the result was &amp;ldquo;Dangerous Liaisons,&amp;rdquo; a film that today looks as good and plays as well as it did back in 1988. Alas, &amp;ldquo;Cheri&amp;rdquo; isn&amp;rsquo;t in the same league. Not even close.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   'My Sister's Keeper:' An emotional drama | 3 ½ stars ]]></title>
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        &quot;Weeper&quot; doesn&#39;t begin to describe &quot;My Sister&#39;s Keeper.&quot; Yet that pejorative cheapens a film that overcomes an obscenely melodramatic setup to come by its tears honorably.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Away We Go': A comedy with feeling | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        &amp;ldquo;Away We Go&amp;rdquo; is a road-trip comedy. It&amp;rsquo;s also one of the best films about love I&amp;rsquo;ve ever seen. Not sex. Not romance. Love.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is robotically dull | 1 ½ stars ]]></title>
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        Something is seriously amiss when a movie as noisy and frenetic as &#147;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&#148; is so boring it puts you to sleep.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Valentino: The Last Emperor': A stylish love story | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        You needn&amp;rsquo;t care about high fashion to get into &amp;ldquo;Valentino: The Last Emperor,&amp;rdquo; an engaging documentary about the 40-year reign of Valentino Garavani. At 77, Valentino, who has dressed Jackie Kennedy and scores more of the world&amp;rsquo;s most glamorous women, is in many ways an incomplete person. He&amp;rsquo;s such a total aesthete that day-to-day reality holds little interest for him.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;The Proposal' is too predictable | 2 stars ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:15 CDT</pubDate>
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        Is Sandra Bullock the female Matthew McConaughey? Or is Matthew McConaughey the male Sandra Bullock? Pondering this pop-culture conundrum kept my mind occupied while watching &amp;ldquo;The Proposal.&amp;rdquo      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Year One': A disaster of biblical proportions | 1 star ]]></title>
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        So which is worse: the recent &amp;ldquo;Land of the Lost&amp;rdquo; or today&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Year One&amp;rdquo;? Well, these &amp;ldquo;comedies&amp;rdquo; are equally mirthless, but at least &amp;ldquo;Lost&amp;rdquo; has plenty of expensive CGI eye candy. &amp;ldquo;Year One&amp;rdquo; is so cheap, the papier mache is still wet on the walls of Sodom.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3' is a riveting ride | 3 stars ]]></title>
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        You don&amp;rsquo;t go to a movie by Tony Scott looking for subtlety and subtext. But give him a good story and Scott delivers.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;Every Little Step' a powerful &lsquo;Chorus Line' documentary | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        &amp;ldquo;A Chorus Line,&amp;rdquo; a groundbreaking work when it debuted in 1975, is too often today viewed as a clich&eacute;. That perception is turned inside out by the new documentary &amp;ldquo;Every Little Step.&amp;rdquo;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   &lsquo;The Hangover' will make you laugh (and wince) | 3 stars ]]></title>
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        If there is any justice in the universe, &amp;ldquo;The Hangover&amp;rdquo; will make Zach Galifianakis a household name. Holy heck, he&amp;#8217;s funny. And he wears a man-purse better than anyone in Hollywood.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Pixar's &lsquo;Up' is sublime | 3 &frac12; stars ]]></title>
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        If you had to leave Pixar&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;Up&amp;rdquo; after watching only the first 15 minutes, you&amp;rsquo;d still walk away satisfied.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian' is a struggle | 2 stars ]]></title>
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        Busy is not the same as clever. This distinction eludes the makers of &amp;ldquo;Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.&amp;rdquo; They figured that if they kept Ben Stiller racing from one special effect to another, nobody would notice that the movie isn&amp;rsquo;t about anything.      
    
  

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