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CHRIS WANGLER

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Rush Hour 3

Increasingly silly skits
Even those famous outtakes that play during the credits appear labored.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 15, 2007

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The Ex

The pratfalls of yuppiedum
The premise here is flawed.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  May 17, 2007

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After the Wedding

Supreme human drama
Subtle direction from rising star Susanne Bier should keep you guessing about the high cost of family secrets.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  April 18, 2007

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The Reaping

Over-serious eye candy
Mixing CSI talk with a lot of evangelical mumbo-jumbo, this over-serious eye candy keeps you on the edge of your seat but never freaks you out.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  April 11, 2007

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Are we done yet?

A brain-dead sequel
Is there a slapstick conspiracy in Hollywood?
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  April 04, 2007

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The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Shakes class lines
The Palme d’Or winner at Cannes 2006, Ken Loach’s drama explores the tensions within an IRA guerrilla unit during the rebellion of 1920-’21.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  March 15, 2007

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I Think I Love My Wife

It'd take a miracle
Chris Rock as a sensitive Manhattan investment banker with two kids?
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  March 15, 2007

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The Italian

Simple, well-acted, ever-so-slightly flawed
At the outset of Andrei Kravchuk’s debut fictional feature, a wealthy Italian couple adopt a resilient six-year-old orphan named Vanya. Watch the trailer for The Italian (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  January 24, 2007

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Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj

Flops without Ryan Reynolds
In this lame Animal House knockoff, one of Van Wilder’s disciples makes waves at a stuffy English university by leading a rag-tag band of misfits against a fratful of uptight bluebloods. Watch the trailer for Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj  (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  December 06, 2006

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The Grudge 2

A sequel by-the-books
From Takashi Shimizu, the director of the Japanese original and the English remake, this by-the-books sequel serves up more fun and random J-horror, marred only by a healthy dollop of confusing back story. Watch the trailer for The Grudge 2  (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  October 18, 2006

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Flyboys

Saved by breathtaking aerial battles
Before the US entered WW1, a handful of American hotheads joined the Lafayette Escadrille, a legendary Allied air squadron in France. Watch the trailer for Flyboys   (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  September 20, 2006

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Feast

Less than fulfilling  
How can 15 minutes of fame last more than 90? Watch the trailer for Feast  (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  September 20, 2006

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Idlewild

Outkast's uneven making-it movie
Outkast’s music, like the rest of the film, is respectful of the past but most uneven. Watch the trailer for Idlewild  (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 30, 2006

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Pulse

Has a draining effect
A hacker (Jonathan Tucker) kills himself under bizarre circumstances. Watch the trailer for Pulse  (Quicktime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 17, 2006

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Accepted

The summer’s most irreverent comedy
Coolster Steve Pink’s edumacational attack on the whole college experience just might make you think twice about the Mongol horde of freshmen set to descend on our fair city. Watch the trailer for Accepted  ( Quicktime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 17, 2006

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Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

A syrupy and annoying Lion King knockoff
Remember those Far Side cartoons in which the cows act like cows only for the sake of the farmer and in reality are just like us? Watch the trailer for Barnyard  (Quicktime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  August 09, 2006

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You, Me and Dupree

Not formulaic enough
Formulaic might have been okay. But this vacuous comedy about a predictable slacker who moves in with a pair of lame-ass newlyweds isn’t nearly formulaic enough. Watch the trailer for You, me and Dupree  (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  July 19, 2006

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Free Zone

A real weeper of a performance from Natalie Portman
For the first five minutes (no exaggeration) of Amos Gitai’s wayward road movie, Rebecca (Natalie Portman) sits in a parked SUV in Jerusalem, sobbing.
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  July 05, 2006

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Click

Gooey, Capra-esque plea for respectability from Sandler
In his latest and possibly most banal plea for respect, Adam Sandler plays an architect trying to juggle the demands of family and work. Watch the trailer for Click (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  June 28, 2006

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Nacho Libre

Doesn't work as offbeat sports movie or geek chic
Sophomore slump 1, Napoleon Dynamite director 0. Watch the trailer for Nacho Libre (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER  |  June 21, 2006
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