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  • 'Perfect Stranger' a perfect mess

    2007-04-16 10:28

    For its big finish, the screwy erotic thriller "Perfect Stranger" goes for the murder mystery equivalent of the double axel followed by a triple lutz, a quadruple toe loop and, for all I know, a quintuple bypass.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    2007-03-27 13:44

    The latest big-screen incarnation of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is closer in spirit to the original comic book than the animated TV series that baby-sat at least a generation of youngsters.

  • `Blades' offers a few laughs

    2007-03-27 10:51

    He's done NASCAR racing and soccer. Now Will Ferrell is on to figure skating, with "Blades of Glory" offering a few prime gags but a flimsy premise that loses its novelty quickly.

  • `The Host' intense, darkly funny

    2007-03-07 08:31

    An update of the classic Asian monster movies of yore, "The Host" boasts a wicked sense of humor and vastly improved special effects.

  • 'Music and Lyrics' an odd combo

    2007-02-14 08:40

    "Music and Lyrics" is a weird little hybrid of a romantic comedy that's simultaneously too fluffy and not whimsical enough.

  • 'Hannibal' prequel isn't rising to the top

    2007-02-12 16:13

    In one of the few playful moments in Hannibal Rising, the evil genius with an advanced taste for humans dons a samurai mask that resembles the face guard Doctor Lecter wore to keep his fangs off innocent flesh in Silence of the Lambs.

  • Capsule reviews of this week's new films

    2007-02-02 08:35
  • 'The Hitcher' is a harrowing ride

    2007-01-25 11:12

    So you re probably thinking, not again - not another remake of a horror movie.

  • `Alpha Dog' has realistic bite

    2007-01-18 10:41

    They aren't exactly likable characters, the drug dealers and stoners and wannabe gangsters of "Alpha Dog."

  • Sundance a click away for film buffs

    2007-01-18 10:33
  • Zhang Yimou lets his imagination fly...to a wall

    2006-12-29 14:17

    After twenty years of making movies about the poor country life in China, director Zhang Yimou has switched to portraying ancient, affluent China, albeit in an unusual way, in his latest flick 'Curse of the Golden City'.

  • Inert 'Marshall' aims to inspire

    2006-12-21 10:34

    "We Are Marshall" is a football movie that isn't really about football, yet somehow manages to perpetuate every cliche of the genre.

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