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Fri Feb 17 12, 3:06PM | Disqus comments

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (review)

So bad that the projector attempted suicide multiple times during the opening-day public showing I attended.  | read it »

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Thu Feb 23 12, 12:35AM | Disqus comments
green for yes

A Better Life (review)

This is a gentle, honest, heartfelt film, but it does not have much to offer beyond an earnest respect for a segment of American society that is too often derided. Not that that is not a good thing...  | read it »
Sat Feb 18 12, 11:25PM | Disqus comments
yellow for maybe

Arrietty (aka The Secret World of Arrietty) (review)

While perfectly pleasant and an entirely suitable option for anyone looking to take small children to the movies, it is a disappointingly minor entry in the annals of Studio Ghibli...  | read it »
Sat Feb 18 12, 10:34PM | Disqus comments
red for no

Jack and Jill (review)

There has always been something meanspirited about drag, but the meanness of this appalling movie descends to a cruel new low...  | read it »
Sat Feb 18 12, 9:24PM | Disqus comments
red for no

The Woman in the Fifth (review)

Oh, deliver us, please, from tiresome male fantasies...  | read it »
Wed Feb 15 12, 5:05PM | Disqus comments
green for yes

Midnight in Paris (review)

Midnight in Paris becomes the butt of its own gentle joke... perhaps the most Woody Allen joke ever, one that wraps up a paralyzing self-awareness in a redemptive self-deprecation to, finally and splendidly, laugh with great good humor at itself.  | read it »
Mon Feb 13 12, 5:18PM | Disqus comments
green for yes

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (review)

It’s still a not very good movie. But... It’s still Star Wars.  | read it »
Fri Feb 10 12, 11:18PM | Disqus comments
yellow for maybe

Carnage (review)

Sometimes it’s easy to separate the artist from his art. Roman Polanksi’s latest makes this really tough.  | read it »
Fri Feb 10 12, 9:17PM | Disqus comments
yellow for maybe

The Woman in Black (review)

I consider it a tremendous mark in favor of The Woman in Black that not once during its running time did I think, Hey, wait, wouldn’t Harry Potter have a spell to deal with this?  | read it »
Fri Feb 10 12, 6:11PM | Disqus comments
green for yes

Big Miracle (review)

A surprisingly pleasant dramatization of the true story told through the eyes of the TV news reporter who broke the story and the Greenpeace activist who worked tirelessly to embarrass the powers that be into helping free three whales stuck in Alaskan ice...  | read it »

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openers

02.17 (U.S./Canada)
yellow for maybe The Secret World of Arrietty
red for no Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
gagged smileyThis Means War [trailer]
question markUndefeated [trailer]
02.17 (U.K.)
green lightExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close [trailer]
red for no The Woman in the Fifth
red for no Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
02.24 (U.S./Canada)
gagged smileyAct of Valor [trailer]
question markGone [trailer]
question markTyler Perry's Good Deeds
question markWanderlust [trailer]
green lightTomorrow, When the War Began [trailer]
02.24 (U.K.)
green lightRampart [trailer]
green lightRed Dog
yellow for maybe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [trailer]
yellow for maybe Black Gold
red for no Safe House
question markOne for the Money [trailer]
question markBlood Car

box office

02.17-02.20 (U.S./Can.)
red for no Safe House ($27.5m)
red for no The Vow ($26.6m)
red for no Journey 2: The Mysterious Island ($25.9m)
red for no Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance ($25.5m)
gagged smileyThis Means War [trailer] ($20m)
green lightStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D ($9.9m)
green lightChronicle ($9.2m)
yellow for maybe The Secret World of Arrietty ($8.7m)
yellow for maybe The Woman in Black ($7.8m)
green lightThe Grey ($3.7m)
02.10-02.12 (U.K.)
yellow for maybe The Woman in Black (£3.2m)
green lightThe Muppets [trailer] (£2.7m)
green lightStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (£1.5m)
red for no The Vow (£1.1m)
green lightChronicle (£1m)
red for no Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (£.9m)
green lightThe Descendants (£.74m)
green lightWar Horse [trailer] (£.58m)
red for no Jack and Jill (£.52m)
red for no Man on a Ledge (£.42m)

coming soon

03.02 (U.S./Canada)
question markProject X
question markDr. Seuss' The Lorax
green lightThe Snowtown Murders
question markBeing Flynn
question markTim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie [trailer]
03.02 (U.K.)
gagged smileyThis Means War [trailer]
question markWanderlust [trailer]
question markProject X
green lightHunky Dory
yellow for maybe Carancho
03.09 (U.S./Canada)
question markJohn Carter [trailer]
question markSilent House
question markA Thousand Words
question markSalmon Fishing in the Yemen [trailer]
question markThe Decoy Bride
question markFriends with Kids
03.09 (U.K.)
question markJohn Carter [trailer]
question markBel Ami [trailer]
question markThe Raven [trailer]
question markThe Decoy Bride
question markTrishna

decipher


gagged smiley my reaction under gag order for now
green light worth paying multiplex prices for
yellow light worth seeing, but wait for DVD, unless your favorite actor is in it
red light give it a miss
  E my review currently embargoed

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