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Babylon A.D.
DIESEL SNOOZES THROUGH SLOPPY 'BABYLON A.D.'
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Looking less like he's trying to save the planet than like he's fighting off a really bad hangover, Vin Diesel punches, shoots but ultimately dozes his way through the sloppy sci-fi actioner "Babylon A.D." A noisier, costlier version of "Children of Men," yet lacking that film's social-political significance and jaw-dropping direction, scribe-helmer Mathieu Kassovitz's heftiest production to date may also be his least successful effort ... Full Review
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Traitor
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"... brandishes physical verisimilitude and intelligent seriousness but proves unable to really get inside its chameleon-like central character." Full Review
Death Race
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"As hard as metal and just as dumb ... Basically a souped-up gladiatorial battle on a racetrack ..." Full Review
The House Bunny
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"Elevated via a strong script ... 'The House Bunny' is a blissfully broad comedy that should catapult Anna Faris into a singular kind of stardom ..." Full Review
Hamlet 2
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"... a comedy with a lot of great-in-description ideas that play about half as funny. ... amusing but unevenly inspired ..." Full Review
The Longshots
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"A surprisingly tepid directorial effort by Limp Bizkit nu-metal rocker Fred Durst, the pic seldom deviates from the genre-cliché playbook ..." Full Review
I.O.U.S.A.
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"...an alternately amusing and alarming primer on America's off-the-charts fiscal irresponsibility ... [a] highly informative documentary ..." Full Review
Cthulhu
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"... the acting is so emotionally unhinged and erratic it borders on camp, diluting any suspense ..." Full Review
Tropic Thunder
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"... apart from startling, out-there comic turns by Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, the antics here are pretty thin, redundant ..." Full Review
The Rocker
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"It's the kind of role ready-made for Jack Black ... and [Rainn] Wilson makes the most of it in this well-crafted, feel-good satire." Full Review
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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"... will serve its purpose as a quick fix for die-hard fans who simply can't wait for the new Cartoon Network show to debut ..." Full Review
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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"... a sexy, funny divertissement that passes as enjoyably as an idle summer's afternoon in the titular Spanish city." Full Review
Mirrors
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"... reflects little beyond [the director's] desire to push his genre into less punishing and more profitable territory." Full Review