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Movie 43 movie review: Emma Stone gets a hickey on her vajayjay

This raunchy comedy is a teenage boy’s wet dream. Naked women, leprechauns and the most poop and fart jokes ever compiled into a...

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters movie review: The dark arts in 3D

In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel aren’t your average Grimm waifs. Jeremy Renner’s Hansel carries a...

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Parker movie review: To catch a thief

Based on a series of books by Donald E. Westlake, this action flick plays out in a world where diamonds are a girl’s best friend and...

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Broken City movie review: Bad mayor

What do you do when the mayor of New York City is bad to the bone? Mark Wahlberg goes head to head with Russell Crowe, collecting...

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Mama movie review: Jessica Chastain has “mommy issues”

In this visually compelling and frightening film, two little girls get taken in by a ghost-mother, whose on-screen presence is...

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Prosecuting Casey Anthony movie review: Not so Bella Vita

What seemed like a slam-dunk case turned out to be far more complicated than anyone could have imagined — especially for prosecutor...

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Gangster Squad movie review: The battle for Emma Stone

It’s 1949 and a new gangster is in the City of Angeles. Mickey Cohen is a thug who has it all – drugs, power, a hot girl – until...

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Quartet movie review: Don’t die until you die.

This sage advice comes from one of the film’s stars, Billy Connolly, as he reflects on his own aging process. With septuagenarian...

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Zero Dark Thirty movie review: Time to catch bin Laden

Detailing the most extensive manhunt in perhaps all of history, this film is told through the eyes of a woman CIA agent, who will...

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Promised Land movie review: Dead cows and big lies

This film takes on one of the most controversial natural gas drilling techniques, called “fracking,” that’s known for its big...

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Parental Guidance movie review: Grandpa unchained

Now that time-outs have become more en vogue than spankings, here’s a comedy starring the fabulously funny Bette Midler and Billy...

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Les Miserables movie review: And the Oscar goes to…

This outstanding film version of the much loved musical boasts some of the world’s most talented actors, who also have lungs of...

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Django Unchained movie review: Bold and bloody

Quentin Tarantino takes on slavery in this wildly violent love story set in antebellum south. Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio face...

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On the Road movie review: Sex, drugs and beat poetry

Before there were hippies, there were beatniks – American youths who experimented with drugs and free love to a soundtrack of jazz...

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This is 40 review: Mammograms, hemorrhoids and cupcakes

Judd Apatow’s comedy about the nitty-gritty of marriage and aging really hits home. Good thing there are plenty of awkward moments...

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Jack Reacher movie review: Cruise reaches for justice

Based on the Lee Child novel One Shot , this action flick has twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the very end. In...

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The Impossible movie review: A mother's miracle

Based on a real-life story, this gut-wrenching film tells the tale of how one family survived the 2004 tsunami while on vacation in...

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The Guilt Trip movie review: The comedic duo of the year

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen are the hilarious, must-see duo of the year in this mother and son road-trip movie that’s sure to...

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Monsters, Inc movie review: The perfect holiday treat

Adding 3-D technology to this classic Pixar movie makes a wonderful holiday gift. A whole new generation will discover the fun of...

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie review:

If you geek out for wizards, trolls and swords, prepare to enter Middle-earth heaven. If fantasy isn’t your thing, then this...

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In Our Nature movie review: Like father, like son

Mad Men’s sexy, silver-fox John Slattery stars in this indie drama about a father’s bitter nature and his son’s desire to break free...