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Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man Leaves Us Tingling
The Amazing SpidermanReview in a Hurry: Though the very idea of rebooting Spider-Man only five years after the last sequel enraged geeks everywhere, The Amazing Spider-Man is just that. Andrew Garfield is less the...
Movie Review: Magic Mike Is Worth the Dollar Bills
Magic Mike, Channing TatumReview in a Hurry: Channing Tatum bares all as a male stripper with a heart that's almost as big as what's hidden in those tear-away pants. Director Steven Soderbergh's high energy abs...
Movie Review: Ted Is Stuffed With Raunchy Humor
Ted, MARK WAHLBERGReview in a Hurry: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane delivers his first live-action feature starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and a computer-generated talking teddy bear that's just as...
Movie Review: Take This Waltz Has Two Left Feet
Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Take This WaltzReview in a Hurry: Nope, don't take this Waltz. The sophomore feature from writer/director Sarah Polley centers on sophomoric Margot (Michelle Williams), a married writer who is all atwitter...
Movie Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World's Finds Salvation in Its Comedy Skits
Seeking a Friend for the End of the WorldReview in a Hurry: In the last few days before an asteroid is scheduled to hit the Earth and destroy all life, Steve Carell and Keira Knightley?having both recently broken up with...
Movie Review: To Rome With Love Is Sealed With a Clever Bacio
To Rome with LoveReview in a Hurry: Under the spell of Roma, Jesse Eisenberg is smitten with Ellen Page even though his girlfriend is the adorably insecure Greta Gerwig. There's magic afoot (again) in Woody...
Movie Review: Brave Is No Incredibles?but See the Latest Pixar Flick Anyway, Because: Bagpipes!
BraveReview in a Hurry: Bring the wee bairns and the wizened pappy, ye sods. This Pixar film may not boast the pitch-perfect storytelling of Ratatouille or Incredibles, but it has belly laughs aplenty...
Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Slays Undead and the Living Alike
Abraham Lincoln Vampire HunterReview in a Hurry: Hey, it doesn't suck. Historical revisionism of monstrous proportions, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter presents the Great Emancipator as America's first...
Movie Review: That's My Boy Happily Serves Up Signature Sandler
Thats My BoyReview in a Hurry: With a screenplay by Happy Endings' David Caspe, a return to hard-R raunch and costars like Andy Samberg and Vanilla Ice, Adam Sandler just might have made the funniest...
Movie Review: Rock of Ages Is Ready to Rock
Tom Cruise, Rock of AgesReview in a Hurry: Thanks to 1980s mashups and plenty of star wattage, Guitar Hero: The Movie is here! Anyone who's ever strapped on a plastic guitar to channel their inner Journey knows the...
Movie Review: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Is a Bad Trip
Elizabeth Olsen, Jane Fonda, Catherine KeenerReview in a Hurry: Kind of a drag, man. Jane Fonda stars as a hippie granny who tries to reconnect with her estranged lawyer daughter (Catherine Keener) and grandkids. Despite a few dope moments,...
Movie Review: Madagascar 3 Is Super Funny, Despite Being a Threequel About Talking Animals
Madagascar 3 Review in a Hurry: Third time's a charmer. In this fur-ociously entertaining sequel, Alex the Lion and his zoo crew try to get home to New York by joining a traveling...
Movie Review: Prometheus Packed With Great Acting, Big Ideas?and Monsters!
Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Prometheus Review in a Hurry: Director Ridley Scott's (sorta) Alien prequel arrives with much secrecy, a stellar cast, and groundbreaking 3-D visuals. The...
Movie Review: Robert Pattinson Kisses, Seduces and Repeats in Bel Ami
Robert Pattinson, Bel AmiReview in a Hurry: Not bloody awful, but not magnifique either. Robert Pattinson plays a social-climbing scoundrel who seduces wealthy women in 1890s Paris. Twihards thirsting for a Pattinson fix...
Movie Review: Snow White and the Huntsman's Killer Queen Is Magical
Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman, SWATHReview in a Hurry: A beautiful queen's reign is threatened by her entitled brat of a stepdaughter. This version of the classic fairy tale isn't that much of a reimagining. But when...
Movie Review: Chernobyl Diaries Radiates Suspense
Chernobyl DiariesReview in A Hurry: Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli puts down the shaky cam and heads to the Ukraine. A group of young, attractive, and seriously naive "extreme tourists" pay a local...
Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom Simply Sings
Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Moonrise KingdomReview in a Hurry: Ah, young love. An "emotionally disturbed" orphan ditches his scouting troop to run away with the object of his adolescent obsession, a local "troubled" girl....
Movie Review: Men in Black 3's Will Smith Is Still Fresh When Battling Aliens in the Past
Men In Black 3, Will SmithReview in a Hurry: When his partner K is erased from history, Agent J must time travel to 1960s New York to save him and prevent an alien invasion. The series returns with great eye candy, good...
Movie Review: Battleship's Got Game on the Big Screen
Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, BattleshipReview in a Hurry: With a roster of hotties?Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna?versus ginormous space crafts, Battleship is an alien invasion flick with too earnest...
Movie Review: What to Expect When You're Expecting Doesn't Deliver Laughs
Matthew Morrison, Cameron Diaz, What to Expect When You're ExpectingReview in a Hurry: Inspired by Heidi Murkoff's mega-selling manual, uneven What to Expect profiles five couples whose lives are upended by pregnancy. What to expect when you're watching:...