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‘Men in Black III’ steps back in time to freshen franchise Really "Men in Black" is the perfect summer-blockbuster franchise. It boasts the high concept…
‘Battleship’ founders under its own weight Miss! OK. Fine, as much as I would like to get away with that one-word review I'm pretty sure…
All-star cast delivers laughs in ‘Expecting’ Pregnancy is a time in a couple's life that is rife with dramatic and comedic possibilities, which makes it…
‘The Dictator’ wrings laughs from torturing sensibilities "The Dictator" is offensive, crude, politically incorrect, absurd, insulting, and vulgar. It also made me laugh from beginning…
No salvation for ‘Dark Shadows’ There is a point about halfway through the latest Tim Burton/Johnny Depp outing "Dark Shadows" where the movie morphs from…
‘Memphis’ hits all the right notes The power of music to change hearts and minds is a common theme in musicals, but rarely has it…
‘The Avengers’ assembles a whole as good as its parts When I was a kid my friends and I used to make a drink called…