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Body of Lies

It’s hard to remain a Ridley Scott fan these days. Once a director who could make anything—an Apple computer, a...

Dostana

“I’m gay; he’s my boyfriend,” Kunal (Abraham) lies (?) in order to secure the tenancy of his dream Miami pad with his ‘most special friend’ Sameer (Bachchan). This pretence leads to...

Four Christmases

Ghost Town

Here comes Mr. Jordan, always. Ricky Gervais does what he can to make a shopworn premise likable, but blockbuster...

Gomorrah

One of two Italian films at Cannes that stuck the knife into domestic political and societal corruption (see also Il Divo), Gomorrah won the festival’s Grand Prix. Based on a novel by...

Max Payne

The popular video game gets a big-screen treatment.

My Best Friend's Girl

Meet cute? More like fuck angry. Romcoms don’t get more toxic than this depressing stew of cock jokes, pussy insults and cesspool declarations of love. Self-loathing lothario Tank (Cook) is hired...

Pride and Glory

Bad cop, no doughnut; bad cop movie, no release? Based on a script shelved after September 11 by studio execs nervous about criticizing NYC’s Finest, the long-troubled Pride...

Scar 3-D
To make a 3-D ‘torture porn’ movie is at best opportunist; to make one with flat, boring torture scenes is unforgivable. An odd mix of ’70s slasher-movie plotting and modern charnel house...

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
The son of a Nazi officer befriends a concentration camp inmate in this harrowing, inspiring drama.

The Warlords
It begins in the aftermath of battle. Lone survivor General Pang (Jet Li) staggers from the wreckage a changed man, vowing to conquer...

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Director Kevin Smith ('Clerks', 'Dogma') returns to challenge notions of taste and decency with his latest comedy, ‘Zack and...