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Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?

Another African-American life lesson
Janet Jackson as the staid academic “Perfect Patty” delivers a smoldering nugget that lingers on screen long after the moment has passed.

By: TOM MEEK | October 18, 2007

King of California

A surreal oddity that jells
And so as dad persists in scuba-diving in shit, Miranda surrenders her childhood for her father’s delusional shenanigans.

By: TOM MEEK | September 26, 2007

The Bubble

A gay, Middle Eastern Romeo and Juliet
“If a gay suicide bomber goes to Heaven, does he get 72 virgin boys or 72 muscular men?”

By: TOM MEEK | September 26, 2007

Dedication

What it takes to warm up to sociopathic leads
The solid performances and edgy touches by actor Justin Theroux go far, but it’s all wasted on a Grinch.

By: TOM MEEK | September 19, 2007

War

The dumber the better
Despite the stilted dialogue, the porn-star-quality acting, and the incoherent stitching together of action sequences, War does stir some interest.

By: TOM MEEK | August 29, 2007

Balls of Fury

A comic mish-mash
Credit in part Christopher Walken’s evil Feng, a screwy triad boss sponsoring a death-match ping-pong tourney in South America.

By: TOM MEEK | August 29, 2007

The Last Legion

A load of poppycock
The battle scenes look ho-hum in the wake of 300 , as director Doug Lefler sticks stolidly to the old school.

By: TOM MEEK | August 22, 2007

Resurrecting the Champ

Gritty enough
The maudlin turns near the final bell mute Champ’s resonance.

By: TOM MEEK | August 22, 2007

Death at a Funeral

A lively boneyard romp
But gags involving excrement and gay dwarfs from the deceased’s past don’t do justice to the cinematic funeral tradition.

By: TOM MEEK | August 15, 2007

Rocket Science

An authentic script on teen angst
Blitz knows his adolescent cruelty and his adult misbehavior, and he details them with barbed wit and compassion.

By: TOM MEEK | August 15, 2007

Stardust

A visually lush adaptation
Who knew that Matthew Vaughn had an inner Narnia?

By: TOM MEEK | August 07, 2007

Underdog

Lacking the orginal bite
The My Name Is Earl star sounds scruffy enough, but it just doesn’t fit.

By: TOM MEEK | August 07, 2007

Who's Your Caddy?

The gamut of taste
In this big-screen vehicle for pop sensation Antwan Andre Patton, nearly every element of the plot rips off the mangy 1980 comedy Caddyshack .

By: TOM MEEK | August 01, 2007

The Ten

Hallelujah the hodgepodge
Winona Ryder, for example, plays a newlywed who gets sexually liberated by a dummy (the wooden kind).

By: TOM MEEK | August 01, 2007

No Reservations

The side dishes make the feast
The give-and-take among the three leads takes the cake.

By: TOM MEEK | July 24, 2007

I Now Pronounce You Chuck + Larry

Mainstream gay-marriage endorsement
Who knew that Adam Sandler had a political movie in him?

By: TOM MEEK | July 24, 2007

Talk to Me

Giving Petey Greene his due
Not only do the two actors play off each other with perfect synergy, they also take on the eccentricities of the era and the politics of race.

By: TOM MEEK | July 11, 2007

Fido

Dark, potent, gory
It may sound silly, but director Andrew Currie stews together gore, social commentary, screwball camp, and dark comedy with savory potency.

By: TOM MEEK | July 03, 2007

1408

The Shining gets squeezed
If you know your Stephen King, then you know haunted hotels have killer pasts.

By: TOM MEEK | June 27, 2007

La Môme|La Vie en Rose

A wonder of a bio-pic in lush, matted reds
As Piaf, Marion Cotillard is a lioness in the guise of a bird, with large, luminescent eyes that serve as windows into the singer’s troubled soul.

By: TOM MEEK | June 13, 2007

Hostell: Part II

Ocean's Thirteen is the better sequel
Cut a guy’s dick off and feed it to a dog? Just more leftovers.

By: TOM MEEK | June 13, 2007

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