Alonso Duralde
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‘Temptation’ Review: Tyler Perry, Even Sudsier and More Sanctimonious
Who better to shill for the institution of marriage than 43-year-old bachelor Perry, who uses homophobia as a punch line and HIV as a cheap plot gimmick?
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‘The Host’ Review: Invasion of the Boring Snoozers
Replace vampires and werewolves with body-snatching aliens, and you’re left with another dippy Stephenie Meyer love triangle
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‘Room 237’ Review: The Secrets of the Universe, as Hidden in ‘The Shining’
Documentary goes down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and secret meanings in Stanley Kubrick’s classic adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Review: Saturday Morning Cartoon Writ Large
The PG-13 action sequences pile on relentlessly, lest the audience get a chance to breathe…or think
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‘From Up on Poppy Hill’ Review: Teenagers, and a Nation, Come of Age in Another Miyazaki Triumph
No cat-buses or walking castles this time out, but the very human storytelling packs a punch
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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Review: Where Are You, Bruce Willis, Now That POTUS Needs You?
“Die Hard” comes to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. with this thrilling but dopey action flick that keeps things moving even while it defies logic
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‘The Croods’ Review: Dazzling Fun Proves Even a Caveman Dad Can Evolve
Nicolas Cage leads a family of Neanderthals into a whole new world in this amusing and visually stunning animated film for all ages
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‘Admission’ Review: Toss This Tina Fey Rom-Com on the Reject Pile
Despite the presence of Tina Fey and Paul Rudd neither the rom nor the com work here
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‘Spring Breakers’ Review: ‘Where the Boys Are’ – But With More on Its Party-Till-You’re Numb Mind
Harmony Korine deconstructs a cherished teen ritual with this hedonistic horror show of nubile teens, reckless partying and a dreadlocked James Franco
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‘The Call’ Review: Halle Berry Thriller Starts Strong, Gets Hung Up
This suspenseful tale starring Halle Berry as a 911 operator works better as a workplace thriller than as a “Silence of the Lambs” knock-off
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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ Review: Magician Comedy Has Nothing Up Its Sleeve
Despite the presence of Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey, the laughs get shackled up and suspended in a tank of repetitiveness and sentimentality
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Review: Sam Raimi Manages to Fill Some Mighty Big Ruby Slippers
James Franco goes from carny conman to reluctant messiah in this ingenious prequel to the 1939 classic
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’21 & Over’ Review: When an ‘Animal House’ Wants to Be a ‘Breakfast Club’
Raucous comedy from the writers of “The Hangover” can’t nail the pivot from raunchy to poignant, despite the charming cast’s best efforts
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‘Stoker’ Review: When Style Becomes Self-Parody
Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska are buried in stares and significant pauses in director Park Chan-Wook’s overdone American debut
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‘Phantom’ Review: Capable Cast Can’t Keep This Sub Tale From Scuttling
Even with Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner on board, this Cold War true story never reaches adequate depth