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Review: Title only clever part of `Ruins'

As we learn from "My Life in Ruins," the Greek word for mojo — or zest for life — is "kefi." Nia Vardalos' character has lost hers and needs to get it back.

Tarantino's "Basterds" surprisingly tame war movie

History will not repeat itself for Quentin Tarantino.

Review: Machines dominate in fourth `Terminator'

We have seen the future in "Terminator Salvation," and the future is noisy.

Contrived `Management' is heavy on quirk

It's easy to forget that Jennifer Aniston truly can act.

Review: `Angels & Demons' more summery than solemn

Blessedly, "Angels & Demons" is more entertaining and less self-serious than its predecessor, the dense and dreary yet enormously successful "The Da Vinci Code."

Vatican paper: 'Angels & Demons' film is harmless

Reviewers at the Vatican's newspaper have passed judgment on "Angels & Demons," finding the religious thriller commercial and inaccurate, but concluding it is "harmless" entertainment and not a danger to the church.

Escapism, fantasy mark summer movies in recession

Times are tough and getting tougher, and as the summer movie season's first half launches on Friday with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Hollywood is banking on escapist fare and fantasy flicks to cheer recession-weary audiences.

Review: `Tyson' a knockout documentary

He wants your heart, he wants to eat your children.

Review: This is `Earth,' and it's spectacular

It's fundamental, cycle-of-life stuff that happens all day, every day, year-round, worldwide.

Review: `Lymelife' wallows in suburban cliches

Are you aware that the suburbs aren't nearly as idyllic as they may appear?

Efron is footloose but song-free in "17 Again"

In a recent "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketch, Zac Efron despaired that life was aimless beyond his "High School Musical" movies, but in real life the heartthrob is on a mission to transform his image.

Review: `State of Play' a slick political thriller

"State of Play" looks like a provocative, '70s-style political thriller, and it's the murder of a young woman — a rising congressman's mistress — that drives the narrative.

Review: You've seen `17 Again' — again and again

"17 Again" is one of those movies that requires you to suspend all disbelief and assume that someone who looks like Zac Efron could, in 20 years, turn into someone who looks like Matthew Perry.

'Monsters vs. Aliens' fuels booming box office

Hollywood's overflowing cash registers rang even louder on Sunday as the cartoon "Monsters vs. Aliens" scared up the biggest opening of the year at the North American box office.

Review: Performances elevate `Charlie Banks'

"The Education of Charlie Banks" marks the surprisingly sensitive directing debut of Fred Durst, the lead singer of Limp Bizkit, whose hits include the oh-so-catchy "Break Stuff."