","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073175/","\"RocknRolla\"","To attempt to recap the plot of Guy Ritchie’s new film “RocknRolla” would probably require flashcards, a dry-erase board and PowerPoint; suffice it to say that while the movie never tires of adding more characters and plot twists to its runnething-over-cup, Ritchie brings enough flash and silliness to the proceedings to make it a fun, if exhausting, ride.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27074674/","\"Happy-Go-Lucky\"","It’s the predictability of most movies that makes the work of Mike Leigh so refreshing. If you’ve ever seen one, you know that his films present unforgettable characters and fascinatingly intimate stories, but do so within structures that feel organic and lifelike, slowly and subtly working their way toward the audience understanding just who these people are and what guides their behavior.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26960958/","\"Blindness\"","In his previous overrated hit films, “City of God” and “The Constant Gardener,” Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles has looked at humanity as wriggling specimens pinned to a board. His movies attach people-puppets to big, bold statements, but the films flounder when those people are supposed to be, you know, multi-dimensional human beings.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26997105/","\"How to Lose Friends and Alienate People\"","After “The Devil Wears Prada” detailed an up-and-comer at Vogue magazine, “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People” attempts to do the same with Vanity Fair. Cross your fingers that Hollywood eventually gets to Field & Stream.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26977740/","\"Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist\"","Despite an appealing cast and a tone of mildly sardonic sweetness, the movie is missing that X factor that makes you understand why the characters fall for each other and gets you to root for them being together. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26961209/","\"Rachel Getting Married\"","Where “Rachel Getting Married” needs the fast-forward button is, oddly enough, when Rachel finally gets married. Up until that point, the film is a compelling mix of painful comedy and revelatory tragedy, but when we get to the wedding reception, director Jonathan Demme gets completely distracted by the musicians he’s cast to perform in the film. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26962944/","\"Flash of Genius\"","Director Mark Abraham spells out for the audience exactly where he’s going with “Flash of Genius,” a bland David-and-Goliath tale of corporate greed and deception that’s based on true events.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26947018/","\"Religulous\"","Bill Maher is preaching to the choir with “Religulous,” a documentary that dissects organized religion, but he’s doing it in his laceratingly funny, typically sardonic way.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26857005/","\"Miracle at St. Anna\"","Director Spike Lee wins a lot of battles in his new film, the World War II–set “Miracle at St. Anna,” but he ultimately loses the war. A powerful cast delivers, and many individual sequences stand out, so it’s too bad that the sum total of the project feels so muddled and excessive.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26871886/","\"Nights in Rodanthe\"","Many critics will no doubt tar this film with the dreaded “Lifetime movie” epithet, but I’d venture a bit further — “Nights in Rodanthe” is the world’s longest General Foods International Coffee commercial.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26859636/","\"The Lucky Ones\"","Soldiers might be clamoring to re-enlist if they all saw as much action in their homecoming as the threesome in “The Lucky Ones.” This is the latest casualty in Hollywood’s unsatisfying parade of war-on-terror dramas, a movie built on improbabilities.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26875177/","\"Choke\"","The novel from “Fight Club” writer Chuck Palahniuk, about a sex addict who pretends he’s choking in restaurants to make money to pay for his demented mom’s hospital care, wasn’t exactly great literature. But the characters felt vaguely real beneath the weirdness — or perhaps because of it — and the story had glimmers of poignancy at which writer-director Clark Gregg’s film hints only rarely.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26741780/","\"Lakeview Terrace\"","If only “Lakeview Terrace” could have been as honest about its intentions. This schlocky suspense flick about African-American L.A. cop Sam Jackson blowing a gasket when a mixed-race couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) move in next door is no deeper than “Unlawful Entry,” but oh, how it wants you to think it has some resonant message about race in the post-riot, new-millennial Los Angeles.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26795629/","\"My Best Friend's Girl\"","Want to spend a seemingly endless 100 minutes watching a dullard trying to decide between a douchebag and a eunuch? Then run, don’t walk, to “My Best Friend’s Girl,” a supremely irritating movie about idiots and their dull quest for unconvincing love.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26795477/","\"Appaloosa\"","If the two paradigms for American Westerns are going to be haunting and beautifully evocative recollections of an era long past (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”) or unambitious but entertaining shoot-em-ups (“3:10 to Yuma”), put Ed Harris’ “Appaloosa” firmly in the latter category, with a few wispy suggestions of artifice lurking in the background.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26776208/","\"Ghost Town\"","You can only wander down this comic road for so long; once you’ve run through a few sight gags, you have to go somewhere else with this old-fashioned, high-concept premise. Unfortunately, director and co-writer David Koepp heads toward sticky sentimentality — and that’s not nearly so good a fit for star Ricky Gervais. The way in which the ghosts find closure, and the visual effect that accompanies that moment, is too feel-good and looks especially cheesy.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26727324/","\"The Duchess\"","If it comes as something of a shock to you that women — even rich, attractive, aristocratic women — weren’t treated particularly well in the 18th century, then you’re the perfect audience for “The Duchess,” based on the true story of Georgiana Spencer, an ancestor of Princess Diana. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26747331/","\"Igor\"","A potentially original premise and an eager voice cast led by John Cusack and Molly Shannon are left to decay amid a clunky story vaguely reminiscent of “Monsters, Inc.” and a clutter of cartoon images often resembling visuals rejected from “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.”
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26741993/","\"Hounddog\"","I have no idea what the unfortunate audience at Sundance had to endure, but I can attest that what’s about to hit U.S. screens is a laughably lurid, vulgar parade of barefoot children, Gothic stereotypes, and “Fetch me a Co-Cola” dialogue you thought had gone out with “God’s Little Acre” and “Tobacco Road.” (I was more than once reminded of the humid 1961 sex melodrama “Claudelle Inglish,” which contained lines like “Tell me Ah’m pretty — pretty all ovah.”)","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26661877/","\"Righteous Kill\"","It’s not that “Righteous Kill” is despicably awful — and heck, compared to “88 Minutes,” Pacino’s previous collaboration with director Jon Avnet, it’s a work of art — but the movie is so dreadfully by-the-numbers and predictable that comparing it to a TV cop show would be an insult to TV cop shows.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26628197/","\"Burn After Reading\"","“Burn After Reading,” the Coen Brothers’ follow-up to their Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men,” feels like an oddly tentative mix of genres; one gets the impression that with just a few cuts, the film could be a gut-busting laugh riot or a taut bit of suspense. What actually wound up on screen, however, feels like all and none of the above at the same time.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26627361/","\"The Women\"","Writer-director Diane English’s version of “The Women” tries to stay true to the original work while giving all the characters jobs and relative independence, and the result rings false; as either a contemporary look at women’s lives or as a bubbly farce, “The Women” flops on all fronts. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26644308/","\"Towelhead\"","If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, “Towelhead” would be the result. With equal parts dark comedy and even darker drama, this coming-of-age tale takes an unflinching look not just at the awkwardness of growing up but the potential pain and humiliation.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26565534/","\"Bangkok Dangerous\"","I suppose the title “Bangkok Tedious” wouldn’t have sold many tickets, but it’s a much more honest assessment of the flimsy “Bangkok Dangerous,” the latest in a series of films in which Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage dares us to ever take him seriously again.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26513534/","\"Ping Pong Playa\"","By this point, we’ve seen so many movies about the underdog, the Big Game and the rescue of the family honor, that it’s almost impossible to tell that kind of story with a straight face. Which is what makes “Ping Pong Playa” such a surprising treat — this low-budget comedy keeps its tongue in cheek while simultaneously making us actually care about who wins the tournament.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26459654/","\"Babylon A.D.\"","When French filmmaker Matthieu Kassovitz (“Hate,” “Gothika”) recently complained that Fox chopped up his new movie “Babylon A.D.” to look “like a bad episode of ‘24,’” my heart went out to him. Having seen the film, however, it’s hard to know exactly whom to blame for its shrill mediocrity.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26458099/","\"College\"","“College sucks,” observes one character in this new movie, and one can definitely say the same thing about “College.” Like a fraternity hazing, the film is sexist, gross, and simultaneously homophobic and homoerotic; like a freshman dying of alcohol poisoning, it’s not funny in the slightest.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26408616/","\"Traitor\"","There’s exactly one interesting twist in “Traitor” — Don Cheadle’s character winds up being a double agent — but since the movie’s called “Traitor,” even that one surprise is squandered. (This information is also imparted in the trailer and TV spots, so relax, all you spoiler-phobes.)
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26411270/","\"Frozen River\"","“Frozen River” is a bit of a miracle itself: a small movie with hugely moving performances, one with a vivid sense of place that’s never pretentious in its indie aesthetic.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26331310/","\"House Bunny\"","The only funny stuff in “House Bunny” is in that coming-attractions preview, and everything else is moronic, predictable, clunky and borderline misogynist.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26293805/","\"Hamlet 2\"","“Hamlet 2” has lots more in common with “Tropic Thunder” than just an August release date. Both films feature the brilliantly funny Steve Coogan as a director who’s in way over his head, and both films hit their comic targets with deadly precision, resulting in wall-to-wall laughs.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26352720/","\"Death Race\"","One gets the suspicion that the script for “Death Race,” a new remake of the brilliant 1975 violent political satire “Death Race 2000,” wasn’t so much written as it was cobbled together from ideas pulled out of the Cliché Hat. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26294931/","\"The Rocker\"","\"The Rocker\" might really have rocked if it didn't feel like a cover of a couple of superior comedies. The first and most obvious is \"School of Rock.\" As a shlumpy, 40ish drummer who missed his shot at heavy metal stardom, Rainn Wilson is pretty much channeling Jack Black here.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26159161/","\"Tropic Thunder\"","Actor-director Ben Stiller’s satire of pampered Hollywood actors and out-of-control action epics mines humor from a wide variety of sources, resulting in a film that delivers wall-to-wall laughs even if, by the time it’s all over, you realize you don’t give a tinker’s damn about anyone on screen.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26159391/","\"Vicky Cristina Barcelona\"","Send the word to the legions of frustrated Woody Allen fans: “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is a glorious return to form. Funny, intelligent, provocative and heartfelt, the film will remind moviegoers why they ever loved Woody Allen. It’s too bad that Whit Stillman already took “Barcelona” as a title, because this film bookends nicely with one of Allen’s masterpieces, “Manhattan.”
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26159685/","\"Star Wars: The Clone Wars\"","“Star Wars” lovers have had to deal with lots of heartbreak in the past few decades, from Jar Jar Binks to dozens of different video versions to Greedo shooting first. And now there’s “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” an uninspiring animated addition to the series that takes us back to a time long, long ago that many of us never wanted to revisit — namely, Episodes I-III.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26055447/","\"Pineapple Express\"","With “Pineapple Express,” however, the hit-making producer delivers another brilliantly funny comedy about man-children who finally decide to get their act together. As with “Superbad” — also written by “Pineapple” scribes Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg — Apatow and company uncover lots of laughs by working past gay panic to explore the furthest reaches of buddy-movie bonding.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26015571/","\"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2\"","You get the feeling that the makers of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies, as this sequel to the 2005 sleeper hit feels like the Teen People version of an old Hollywood “women’s picture,” the sort of vehicle that kept Joan Blondell and Ann Sothern busy before and during World War II. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26015658/","\"Elegy\"","Sensitively directed by the talented Isabel Coixet — a Spanish director who’s a master at somber, rainy-day-at-the-rocky-beach movies — the film spins its tale of love and loss in a way that feels simultaneously shattering and hopeful.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25915285/","\"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor\"","No movie featuring a sword fight between Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li can be classified as a complete waste of time, but you’ve got to slog through a lot of stale clichés to get to those transcendent two minutes. And in a summer when even the latest Indiana Jones movie is a pale copy of its predecessors, who wants to see a second-rate Indy rip-off?","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25972554/","\"Swing Vote\"","It’s been eight years since the head-to-head standoff of the 2000 presidential elections, and all we have to show for it cinematically is “Swing Vote,” a disappointingly weak comedy about an entire election coming down to one drunken loser.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25890883/","\"Man on Wire\"","The word “documentary” doesn’t begin to do justice to James Marsh’s achievement. The British filmmaker was inventive enough to approach the material as if it were a high-stakes heist, with some elements of character study and even French farce thrown in for good measure.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25834499/","\"The X-Files: I Want to Believe\"","Here’s a mystery for FBI agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) to solve: Why are the “X Files” movies so disappointing? Scully and Mulder return for “The X Files: I Want to Believe,” which often feels like a routine serial killer flick with some offensive plot twists.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25802030/","\"Step Brothers\"","Oddly enough, though, this latest batch of emotionally stunted man-children from Judd Apatow (he co-produced) demonstrates that shocking, filthy humor may be the only way to present these kinds of characters without smothering them in sentimentality.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25786696/","\"Brideshead Revisited\"","As “The Dark Knight” is comic-book nerd holy scripture, “Brideshead Revisited” serves the same purpose to fans of a genre I personally refer to as Fancy British People Sitting Around Staggeringly Huge Mansions Being Civilized. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25804740/","\"American Teen\"","The intimate way in which director Nanette Burstein tracks the lives of a group of seniors in small-town Indiana brings this familiar story to life, and it should make viewers feel nostalgic, regardless of how long it’s been since they walked those crowded, chaotic halls.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25692364/","\"The Dark Knight\"","Does “The Dark Knight,” director Christopher Nolan’s second take on the Batman legend, radically subvert the paradigm of the superhero movie? Not really. Does it shake up that paradigm with a smart script, consistently strong performances and a dazzling visual style? Boy, does it ever.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25681184/","\"Mamma Mia!\"","While ABBA will no doubt augment their considerable personal fortunes thanks to this movie, nothing about “Mamma Mia!” boosts the group’s aesthetic legacy. Stay home with “Muriel’s Wedding” — or, even better, the “Thank You for the Music” CD box set — instead.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25739694/","\"Space Chimps\"","This weekend, while the PG-13 audience gets the thrill of seeing “The Dark Knight,” the youngsters are stuck with “Space Chimps,” a G-rated mess of a movie that’s the worst thing to happen to the space program since loose insulation tiles.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25642768/","\"Meet Dave\"","The premise of a man-sized spaceship filled with tiny aliens trying to figure out their way around Earth holds plenty of potential, but since it’s an Eddie Murphy family vehicle being directed by the hacky Brian Robbins (“Norbit,” “Varsity Blues”), “Meet Dave” becomes a mushfest where everyone learns to love and grow and whatnot.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25608486/","\"Journey to the Center of the Earth\"","The idea of ancillary marketing for “Journey to the Center of the Earth” feels redundant — this movie is already its own video game and its own theme park attraction. And if you’re 12, that’s awesome. Adults, however, may find the movie somewhat rougher going.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25589261/","\"Hellboy II: The Golden Army\"","Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 “Hellboy,” based on the popular Mike Mignola comics about a spawn of Satan who heroically helps humanity fight off beasts and bad guys from all dimensions, was no classic, but it’s certainly looking a lot better now that “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” is hitting theaters. Despite a handful of creepy and visionary sequences, this sequel remains limp and unengaging.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25465603/","\"Hancock\"","While the idea of a drunken and misanthropic superhero getting a P.R. makeover is certainly a promising one, “Hancock” mishandles the opportunity horribly. No expense was evidently spared on special effects, but it’s too bad the script didn’t get a similar level of TLC.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25480277/","\"The Wackness\"","In “The Opposite of Sex,” Christina Ricci’s character disparagingly refers to the “and nothing was the same again after that summer” genre of movies. And while “The Wackness” technically fits into that category — and also into the category of “Sundance movies about quirky dysfunctional white people” — the strong performances lift it out of the world of cliché and turn it into one of the year’s more pleasant surprises.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25481037/","\"Trumbo\"","Based on the play by Trumbo’s son, Christopher, director Peter Askin’s film features actors performing Trumbo’s letters, with archival footage and new interviews sprinkled in between. One at a time, they stand on a stark stage without the aid of sets or props, looking straight into the camera, often in extreme close-up. The lighting is crisp and provides a disarming intimacy.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25502339/","\"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson\"","Director Alex Gibney, an Academy Award winner this year for the documentary “Taxi to the Dark Side,” explores the conflicting sides of Thompson’s larger-than-life personality in clear-eyed fashion. He has created a film that’s fair and thorough.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25337920/","\"Wanted\"","If you like your summer popcorn movies to be bloody, frenetic, energized, adrenaline-pumping and utterly bananas, “Wanted” is the movie you’ve been awaiting. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25374861/","\"WALL-E\"","Film tells a love story between two robots against the backdrop of an Earth that’s been destroyed by waste and consumerist overkill. While the film’s most daring gambits pay off in full, the inclusion of a standard outwit-the-bad-guys storyline dulls the magic that “WALL-E” so often achieves.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25247556/","\"Get Smart\"","If director Peter Segal and writers Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember didn’t want Maxwell Smart to be a bumbling boob, fine, but they haven’t given him much of a personality.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25213879/","\"The Love Guru\"","In the hands of Mike Myers, “The Love Guru” is a failed stew made up of mugging, penis jokes, horrible puns, and feel-good mantras but not one single laugh.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200696/","\"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl\"","The first two-thirds of “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” are engrossing for both parents and kids. Unfortunately, the film insists on a crime plot that simply goes nowhere.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25084314/","\"The Happening\"","“The Happening” is a big snooze, riddled with awful dialogue and unconvincing performances, all underlined by a dreadful score. If this was the movie to rescue the reputation of self-styled genius Shyamalan after the disaster of “Lady in the Water,” then it’s back to the old drawing board.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25122330/","\"The Incredible Hulk\"","While “The Incredible Hulk” will thrill fanboys with its many references to both the comic book and TV incarnations of the character, this new movie, in its own way, also leaves something to be desired. Letterier hits all the usual action-movie beats before building to an inert climax. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24935597/","\"Kung Fu Panda\"","Plot-wise, it’s every “Rocky” and “Karate Kid” movie taken to a wonderfully ridiculous extreme, but even if you know exactly where “Kung Fu Panda” is going, it’s a mostly entertaining journey. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24952749/","\"You Don't Mess With the Zohan\"","Coming on the heels of the superior “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” the new Adam Sandler vehicle “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” confirms that Hollywood comedies have moved past the “too soon” phase and are now ready to lampoon global politics after 9/11. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24970924/","\"The Promotion\"","The writer of “The Weather Man” and “The Pursuit of Happyness,” directing for the first time with “The Promotion,” has taken a group of solid actors and thrown them together in a flimsy comedy. It’s weirdly off-kilter: The gags are steady and repetitive but the tone is all over the place.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24989640/","\"Stuck\"","The title tells you everything you need to know about the tone it takes with this ghastly subject matter: “Stuck.” Cult horror director Stuart Gordon plays the material absolutely straight, but with a twisted sense of humor.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24761493/","\"Sex and the City\"","Writer-director Michael Patrick King has cannily avoided trying to open up the material too much in taking it to the big screen. It’s simply an extension of the groundwork that the show already laid down, and for “Sex” fans who have waited four years for another fix, that’s all it has to be.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24864698/","\"The Strangers\"","If you’ve ever lain awake wondering what Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games” would be like if it were remade as a dopey American slasher flick, your prayers have been answered. “The Strangers” is one of those inane fright fests that relies upon the victimizers being omniscient and omnipresent while the victims are complete morons.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24715861/","\"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\"","“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” has a strange hollowness, as if you were watching an action-adventure from someone who had borrowed all of Steven Spielberg’s script beats and pyrotechnics and none of the joy. Unfortunately, it’s Spielberg himself who’s the guilty party here.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24761760/","\"Postal\"","Notoriously bad director Uwe Boll is back, this time with a comedy. And guess what, he doesn't do comedy any better than he does action. The main point of this pointless post-9/11 “comedy” revolves around two groups competing to steal a warehouse full of phallic “Krotchy” dolls with the hope of using them for various nefarious purposes.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24731895/","\"War, Inc.\"","“War, Inc.”, a new political satire co-written by and starring John Cusack, reminds us that it’s possible to agree with a movie’s agenda while simultaneously despising the movie itself. A thuddingly heavy-handed comedy about corporations profiting both from wars and from their aftermath, the film contains not one honest-to-goodness laugh. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24731365/","\"The Children of Huang Shi\"","There’s an air of sanctimony hanging over “The Children of Huang Shi” like a shroud made of good intentions. Audiences with a weakness for photogenic children overcoming adversity may find themselves moved, but the movie’s creaky formula wears thin fast.
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all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24600327/","\"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian\"","There’s a lot to like about this film, if you can make it past the “without faith you are nothing” message and the “crush the swarthy infidels” subtext. The Pevensie siblings are back to help Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) take back the kingdom of Narnia. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24629674/","\"How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer\"","America Ferrera plays the youngest among three generations of women who discover themselves, and their sexuality, during a long, hot summer in an Arizona border town. The film is definitely low budget, and won’t win any cinematography awards, but it is a charmer.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24489076/","\"Speed Racer\"","Overstimulation, anyone? The Wachowski brothers update the animated \"Speed Racer\" series into a live action free-for-all, but unfortunately, they forgot to include a plot. The special effects also create the equivalent of a cinematic ice cream headache.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24510618/","\"What Happens in Vegas\"","Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as two opposites who meet and marry after a drunken night in Vegas. They're ready for an annulment, but then Kutcher wins $3 million on Diaz's quarter. Wacky hijinks ensue. Best thing about this predictable comedy is the supporting cast.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24491729/","\"The Fall\"","Director Tarsem Singh (\"The Cell\") is back with another film that has eye-popping visuals and a completely ridiculous story. A man (Lee Pace) meets a little girl (Catinca Untaru) in a hospital and tries to charm her with outrageous tales.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24372701/","\"Iron Man\"","Robert Downey, Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a boozing, womanizing weapons manufacturer, who decides to start fighting evil by making his own special Iron Man suit. While the big-screen debut of the armor-plated Marvel Comics hero may feature technology that’s way ahead of reality, a very human heart beats within this souped-up action machine.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24409610/","\"Made of Honor\"","Just when Patrick Dempsey realizes he has feelings for best pal Michelle Monaghan, she announces her engagement to another man and asks him to be her maid of honor. This oddly misogynistic chick flick paints women as despicable, pathetic and/or man-hungry. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24412774/","\"Redbelt\"","Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as a Jiu-Jitsu instructor who gets pulled into the world of professional fighting by a seemingly random series of events. David Mament constructs a fascinating story, but if you think about it for more than a minute, it completely falls apart.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24390188/","\"Son of Rambow\"","Two boys become unlikely friends and work together to make their own version of \"Rambo\" in early '80s England. The film maintains just the right tone throughout with its guileless, makeshift charm.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298068/","\"Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo\"","The pot-loving protagonists of the cult hit return in the sequel, and while the comedy is as low-brow and outrageous as ever, this new movie actually scores more points off the nation’s paranoid and repressive post-9/11 mindset than all of Hollywood’s hand-wringing war-on-terror dramas put together.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24243332/","\"Baby Mama\"","Tina Fey stars as a woman who wants to have a baby and so she turns to the blue-collar, foul-mouthed Amy Poehler to be her surrogate. The performances are strong, but the movie softens its rough edges (and thus its laugh) in favor of warmth. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24277399/","\"Deception\"","Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman star in this \"thriller\" about a secret sex club and the mysterious woman (Michelle Williams) that McGregor meets there. The film collapses into such a ridiculous pile of plot twists and double crosses, that there’s nothing pleasurable about it — guilty or otherwise.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24263702/","\"Standard Operating Procedure\"","Ultra-smart documentarian Errol Morris strikes again, this time with a compelling look at the soldiers involved in the Abu Ghraib. They simply speak about what happens, and Morris doesn't condemn them, but he doesn't excuse them either. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24161673/","\"Forgetting Sarah Marshall\"","Thanks to a terrific script by Jason Segel, who also stars, and perfect pacing from first-time director Nicholas Stoller, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is the kind of smart and satisfying movie you’ll watch over and over without feeling guilty.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24135543/","\"The Life Before Her Eyes\"","Diane (Uma Thurman) has to deal with her wild past and a school shooting that changed her life. Just when you think you’re getting an interesting movie about women and their travails and triumphs, the whiffs of a Shocking! Twist! Ending! begin to appear. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
all_moviereviews[i++] = new Array("http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24164489/","\"Forbidden Kingdom\"","Watching Jet Li and Jackie Chan face off is swollen with anticipation and indeed thrilling. The rest of the movie is a solid, though forgettable, family-friendly action flick. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
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