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  • `Rocky' offers self-parody

    2006-12-19 08:52

    "Rocky Balboa," the sixth (and hopefully last) installment in the underdog saga of the Italian Stallion, straddles the line between nostalgia and self-parody and frequently teeters toward the latter.

  • Dreamgirls

    2006-12-18 16:33

    As directed by Bill Condon, who also wrote the adaptation of the multiple Tony Award-winning play, "Dreamgirls" tells a familiar story with conviction and pizazz.

  • 'Pursuit of Happyness'

    2006-12-15 14:09

    There is never any doubt that Will Smith's Chris Gardner will muddle through in "The Pursuit of Happyness," that he'll get a job, make some money, find a home and achieve the elusive, intentionally misspelled state of the film's title.

  • Deck the Halls

    2006-12-06 16:02

    Stick-in-the-mud eye doctor is at war with his neighbor over Christmas lights. Add a star if people falling down in the snow is all it takes to make you laugh.

  • Deja Vu

    2006-12-06 15:49

    The film is tense and engrossing. But it lacks exactly what the title advertises: the sense of inexplicable familiarity.

  • Casino Royale

    2006-11-22 14:26

    The last time the proprietors of the James Bond franchise rebooted the series, they did it with Pierce Brosnan.

  • Babel

    2006-11-10 16:29

    Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu can be counted among the charmed circle of directors who have mastered the ability to step back and see the larger picture.

  • Catch a Fire

    2006-10-30 15:39

    This seems like an odd moment to release a movie about South African apartheid. A full 15 years after the scourge ended, there are more pressing issues (AIDS and its orphans) facing the country.

  • Flags of Our Fathers

    2006-10-23 16:11

    It's the story of great heroism on a tiny island, of a photograph taken in 1/400 of a second that wreaked havoc with the lives of everyone in it and influenced the course of a war.

  • Marie Antoinette

    2006-10-23 15:34

    "Marie Antoinette" is not a perfect movie, but it's a very good movie about one of history's most iconic figures.

  • Open Season

    2006-10-08 09:28

    Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher may seem like an odd-sounding comedy team, but in some weird way, they click as voice-actors and cartoon buddies in "Open Season," the first feature from Sony Pictures Animation.

  • The Guardian

    2006-09-29 13:52

    Admit it: Sometimes you get tired of art house movies starring actors who take "their craft" very, very seriously.

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