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-- Brian De Palma's fictionalized tale of the gruesome 1940s murder of a real-life wannabe starlet begins as a slow but intriguing character study that gradually unravels into a turgid mess.
-- The comedy troupe Broken Lizard's tale of extreme beer drinking plays out like a college kegger that gets off to a bad start but picks up steam as the suds flow.
--The road trip comedy subverts the genre and instead offers a surprising mix of dark humor and heart, with rich performances from a strong cast.
-- This has a certain subversive elan that keeps it light on its feet, and is a lot more fun than you'd expect from a comedy coming out in the dead of summer.
-- There isn't a single gratuitous minute in Oliver Stone's film, which recreates two Port Authority police officers (Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena) trapped beneath the rubble on Sept. 11. It's visceral and intense.
-- Take "Fame" and suck out all the sex and nudity, take "Romeo and Juliet" and drain it of the preteen suicide and iambic pentameter, and you have this thoroughly formulaic but mildly enjoyable dance movie.
-- Something of a low-budget retread of the "Alien" films, this bloody fright flick still is far better than most of the cliche-ridden dreck that passes for horror.
-- Like the sport it spoofs (NASCAR), the movie has its thrilling moments but mostly feels repetitive -- it's constantly moving but never really goes anywhere.
-- Unlike other recent film versions of TV shows, "Miami Vice" plays it completely straight. Deadly straight, actually. It's so self-serious at times, it'll make you laugh out loud at moments that aren't supposed to be funny.
-- No one could possibly know someone who's as outlandish in his clueless cloddishness as Dupree, Owen Wilson's titular third-wheel character.
-- Even more cartoonish than the original film from 2003, the latest installment in this franchise often feels as if it should star the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
-- Adam Sandler's latest comedy overflows with the juvenile hijinks that made him the cinematic god of idiocy among 13-year-old boys of all ages.
-- There's a difference between storytelling and myth-making. M. Night Shyamalan can be very good at the former, but he's not so hot at the latter with his latest film.
-- Vince Papale making the Philadelphia Eagles roster in a 1970s open tryout is a great story. And it has the added benefit of being (mostly) true.
-- This movie has a clever concept -- the animals walk upright, talk and hang out like humans when the farmer isn't around -- and it handles such sensitive topics as birth and death with unexpected grace.
-- The plot rolls along like an animated, automotive version of that 1991 Michael J. Fox gem, "Doc Hollywood," from its basic plot points to its feel-good conclusion.
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