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Does it sort of look like she's jerking him off? A little bit? | Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox Australia is the sort of sprawling, historical epic that just isn't made much anymore. For that reason alone, I'll go see it (since Nic and Baz don't otherwise do it for me). Four Christmases, on the other hand, is the type of movie that is made all too often these days by skittish studios. Vince...

if Will Smith fell down in the forest, would anyone care? | Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Hancock wasn't a terrible movie, but--like everything in which Will Smith meddles--it was mediocre and toothless. It would have been a better movie if superhero Jason Bateman had played the, uh, superhero. I don't get 24. Never have. Never will. I mean, don't people realize that it's Kiefer Sutherland up there on the screen. Anyone really scared of...

All your base are belong to us! | Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment As little as a week ago, forecasters were estimating that Twilight would bring in $45-60M in its opening weekend. Those guesses have proven to be way low as the teen vampire romance stormed the box office with a stunning haul of $70.5M. As you might expect, plans are already underway for multiple sequels. Quantum of Solace slumped badly in its second weekend...

If only the woman I loved looked at me like this. | Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Whereas a minor film like Twilight (and I liked me some Twilight!) employs adolescents to tell a story about adolescent love, a truly powerful film like Slumdog Millionaire succeeds magnificently at the much trickier challenge of using adolescents--and even children--to convey the realmless and redemptive power of unconditional love. Furthermore, it shares with the audience one of the...

Okay, wait! Rosalie should have been so much hotter! Alice is perfect. | Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment No one is really sure what's going to happen at the box office with Twilight this weekend. My personal take is that it will radically over-perform the early guesses of ~$45M. America, never underestimate the desire and resolve of teenage girls. Didn't you learn anything from Titanic?! Bolt is worth seeing just to hear the grating but...

When you can live forever what do you live for? | Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment It's difficult to review a film that is so purposefully intended for an audience other than myself. With its focus on chaste and forbidden love, Twilight is clearly aimed at those young teenage girls for whom actual, physical love is still some spectral thing and for whom dizzying romance is all. From the first moment that Bella Swan's eyes...

Johnny 5 experiences late-career resurgence! | Photo courtesy of Pixar Pixar continues its phenomenal string of delivering fantastic films with Wall-E. It may be their best yet. Ben Stiller recovers some of his lost comedic magic with Tropic Thunder (though it's really Downey who owns the movie.) Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 would have benefited from more Blake Lively and changing the setting to a Swiss nudist colony. Werner Herzog may not be the...

Craig is so Method that he actually uses real bullets. | Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures Quantum of Solace raced to the top of the box office this weekend taking in a huge $70.4M to become the biggest opener in the history of the James Bond series. It easily eclipsed the former record of $47.1M set by Die Another Day. Madagascar 2 was a distant second but still managed to haul in a very healthy...

Doorless cars never really caught on, did they? | Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures The real stars of Quantum of Solace aren't Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko, but stunt coordinator Gary Powell and his army of crack stunt performers. From the thrilling opening car chase along narrow mountain roads to the explosive and fiery conclusion in the desert, rarely does so much as five minutes pass before yet another huge spectacle is splashed across the...

Keep your head down while I pull off this latest impossible shot! | Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures Its story may not be as strong as that of Casino Royale, but Quantum of Solace delivers some true spectacle in its wonderfully creative stuntwork. Go ahead and see Slumdog Millionaire now because it's the movie everyone will be telling you to see in a few weeks. Christmas Tale is a richly cynical film about a...