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Clouds over "New Moon"

The excitement level for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is so high that it's a shame each ticket can't come with its own miniature fainting couch. Moms, grandmoms, gay men, lesbians, working women in their early- to mid-20s and even preteen-to-teenage ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephenie Meyer,  Catherine Hardwicke,  Chris Weitz,  Paul Weitz,  Kristen Stewart

"Bad Lieutenant": So bad it's good

There's a valuable lesson to be learned from "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans": Two wrongs don't make a right -- it takes at least three. And Nicolas Cage, as detective Terence McDonagh, is a very bad lieutenant: An unrepentant, if highly ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nicolas Cage,  Eva Mendes,  Werner Herzog,  Abel Ferrara,  Steven Bochco

"Broken Embraces" and the ties that bind

"Broken Embraces" offers some of the wild sensuality and go-for-broke passion of early Almodóvar, evoking the florid eroticism of movies like "Law of Desire" and, possibly my personal favorite, the deliciously perverse "Matador," a jungle flower of a ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini,  Bernard Herrmann,  Sophia Loren,  Audrey Hepburn,  Marilyn Monroe

"Pirate Radio" keeps the boat rocking

There are moments in Richard Curtis' rambling ensemble comedy "Pirate Radio" that are so exuberant they're almost enough to carry you past the movie's considerable rough spots. The picture -- whose setup, at least, is based on fact -- takes place in 196 ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BBC,  Richard Curtis,  Bill Nighy,  Tom Sturridge,  Philip Seymour Hoffman

"2012": The end of the world as we know it

Roland Emmerich's latest disaster jamboree, "2012," may be the first movie to have been inspired, at least indirectly, by the teachings of Mother Angelica. Before the release of Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ," Mother A., the ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roland Emmerich,  Martin Scorsese,  Wal-Mart,  Chiwetel Ejiofor,  John Cusack

"Fantastic Mr. Fox": Better than Pixar

Clearly, it's midlife-crisis time for Mr. Fox, who not only moves his family into that new home but reenters a life of crime, enlisting the help of a spacey possum, Kylie (Wally Wolodarsky), to infiltrate the fortresses of three very rich, and very ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pixar,  Michael Gambon,  Roald Dahl,  Quentin Blake,  Wes Anderson

"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away

There's a serious lack of subtlety in mainstream American movies these days; for now, at least, the big studios have all but given up on luring grown-ups back into movie theaters. So there were plenty of reasons to look forward to "The Men Who Stare at ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Clooney,  Jeff Bridges,  Kevin Spacey,  Ewan McGregor,  Uri Geller

The creepy suspense inside "The Box"

About a third of the way through "The Box," I had a distinct sense-memory flash. For just a moment, I was 10 again, halfway through an episode of Rod Serling's "Night Gallery," a show my older sisters had repeatedly warned me not to watch, and it was ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rod Serling,  Richard Kelly,  Richard Matheson,  Cameron Diaz,  James Marsden

"Precious" mettle

How much bad stuff can possibly happen to one protagonist? In that contest, Precious -- the Harlem teenager at the heart of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" -- ranks right up there with any Thomas Hardy heroine. Sixteen-year-old Clareece ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mo'Nique,  Thomas Hardy,  Gabourey Sidibe,  Oprah Winfrey,  Tyler Perry

"The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun

You don't need to have seen Ti West's '80s-horror homage "The House of the Devil" to compile your own list of Halloween don'ts: Don't go in the house, but if you do, don't answer the phone, don't look in the basement and don't go in the attic. Don't go ...

From STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, Salon,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tom Noonan,  Ti West,  Dario Argento,  Jocelin Donahue,  Greta Gerwig

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