Reviews

  • Traitor
    Logic goes out with the intrigue in ho-hum "thriller" Traitor
    By Chuck Wilson
    Thursday, August 28
    Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads...... More >>
  • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
    Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance
    By Jim Ridley
    Thursday, August 28
    In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome." So wrote... More >>
  • Hamlet 2
    Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Thursday, August 21
    In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More >>
  • Frozen River
    Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom
    By Ella Taylor
    Thursday, August 21
    When I heard that Quentin Tarantino handed the Grand Jury Prize for best feature to Courtney Hunt's Frozen River at this year's Sundance Film... More >>
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces — and other stuff — in Woody Allen's (winning!) latest
    By Scott Foundas
    Thursday, August 14
    Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer/director, will do little to... More >>
  • Tropic Thunder
    Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Thursday, August 14
    Early buzz out of Hollywood pegged Tropic Thunder, directed and cowritten by star Ben Stiller, as the end-all and be-all of movie-biz parodies... More >>
  • Pineapple Express
    Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Thursday, August 07
    On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More >>
  • Brideshead Revisited
    A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source
    By Ella Taylor
    Thursday, July 31
    Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote that "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can... More >>
  • Swing Vote
    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote
    By Scott Foundas
    Thursday, July 31
    Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it were. The... More >>
  • Step Brothers
    With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay, and company still don't wanna grow up. Thank God for that.
    By Scott Foundas
    Thursday, July 24
    I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More >>
  • The Dark Knight
    Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns
    By Scott Foundas
    Thursday, July 17
    What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More >>
  • Mamma Mia!
    But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.
    By Ella Taylor
    Thursday, July 17
    I've always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it's-good hip way but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day, howling... More >>
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Thursday, July 10
    At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if... More >>
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel
    By Chuck Wilson
    Thursday, July 10
    Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro,... More >>
  • Hancock
    Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Thursday, July 03
    The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable,... More >>
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  1. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  2. Tropic Thunder, 16.3 million, 65.8 million
  3. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  4. The House Bunny, 14.5 million, 14.5 million
  5. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  6. Death Race, 12.6 million, 12.6 million
  7. The Dark Knight, 10.5 million, 489.4 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 5.7 million, 25.0 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  12. Pineapple Express, 5.5 million, 73.8 million
  13. Mirrors, 5.0 million, 20.2 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. Mamma Mia!, 4.3 million, 124.5 million
  17. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 4.2 million, 93.9 million
  18. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. The Longshots, 4.1 million, 4.1 million
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