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Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Despite the presence of the Humane Society on set, this Disney romp humiliates its canine cast by imbuing them with the worst kind of anthropomorphism. Why can’t those crazy,...

Blindness

‘The Constant Gardener’ director returns home to direct a version of the Portuguese novelist José Saramango’s ‘unfilmable’ 1990s novel. Another ‘Diving...

Disaster Movie

At least the title is partly true: This would-be satire is indeed a disaster. Scary Movie creators Friedberg and Seltzer return to their hit-or-miss formula of bite-sized...

Eagle Eye

Let’s see if your eagle eye is working: After being falsely accused of high crimes (North by Northwest), our heroes find the whole of modern technology turned against them...

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

How To Lose Friends & Alienate People

Conflicted British journo Sidney Young (Simon Pegg) used to poke fun at celebrity culture in his left-field London mag, but, now...

Igor

Like a pesky little brother, Igor tries to ape the goth cool of Tim Burton’s early films (“Vincent,” “Frankenweenie”). Alas, the choice of mushy John...

Lakeview Terrace

Though the connection is never mentioned explicitly, Lakeview Terrace is named for the Los Angeles district where Rodney King was beaten in 1991—the natural backdrop...

Miracle at St. Anna

Of all Spike Lee’s considerable gifts, it’s his ear for dialogue that’s best served him through a spotty ten years....

Mirrors

Something’s happened to France’s Aja on his way from making 2003’s farmhouse spooker High Tension, one of the most insistently nerve-shredding imports in recent...

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

An emo cover version of a John Hughes comedy, Peter Sollett’s tale of two music-obsessed teens updates the template...

Nights in Rodanthe

Nicholas Sparks’s novels are to Harlequin romances as international coffees are to Nescafé: Marketed as having a little dash of class, they’re still ersatz java. With the odd...

Righteous Kill

In ‘Heat’, they only shared the screen for one all-too-brief scene. Now Al Pacino and Robert De...

Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys

A mother’s best intentions don’t guarantee that her child will turn out well. “There are always outside influences,” as Alice (Woodard) says, and as her best friend, Charlotte (Bates),...