Alonso Duralde
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‘Broken City’ Review: Tangled Political Web Gets Snarled in This Wobbly Thriller
Private eye Mark Wahlberg gets snarled in NYC mayor Russell Crowe’s ambitions, but the promising script’s ballot box is overstuffed
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‘A Haunted House’ Review: Who Needs Ghosts When You’re Terrified of Women and Gays?
Marlon Wayans’ lazy “Paranormal Activity” spoof scores the occasional cheap laugh in this toxically inane comedy
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‘Gangster Squad’ Review: Slick and Bloody Good, but We’ve Seen It Before
This cops-and-mobsters movie starring Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling goes nowhere new, but there’s enough period gloss and violent verve to keep it entertaining
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‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ Review: One Interesting Idea, Dozens of Stupid Ones
Leatherface gets upgraded from boogeyman to misunderstood monster in a sequel awash with inane slasher clichés
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‘A Dark Truth’ Review: Cheesy Thriller With Political Aspirations
Andy Garcia and Forest Whitaker star in a conspiracy drama whose big ideas are undercut by cheeseball, direct-to-DVD–worthy writing and directing
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‘Promised Land’ Review: The Message Overwhelms the Medium
Gus Van Sant’s latest, starring and written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski, takes a strong stand against fracking. Which is enough for a PSA, but not a movie
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‘Parental Guidance’ Review: Avoid These Grumpy Old Know-It-Alls
The occasional moments of charm in this Billy Crystal-Bette Midler vehicle are buried in a reactionary “Grandfather Knows Best, Every Single Time” mentality
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‘On the Road’ Review: Aren’t We There Yet?
Director Walter Salles can’t make “Motorcycle Diaries” lightning strike twice, instead proving that Jack Kerouac’s novel was probably better left unfilmed
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‘This Is 40’ Review: A Little Heavy on the White Whine
Judd Apatow’s one-liners are as sharp as ever, but this midlife-crisis comedy reveals a worldview that feels a little precious and pampered
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‘Jack Reacher’ Review: A Great/Terrible Stinker/Delight
Whether you’re loving or hating Tom Cruise’s new action tentpole, just wait five minutes — you may change your mind entirely
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Review: Like a Really Good ‘Law & Order’ – With Waterboarding
Kathryn Bigelow’s dissection of the hunt for Osama bin Laden starts strong and features memorable performances but fizzles a bit by the time boots hit the ground
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‘The Guilt Trip’ Review: Not Like Buttah, but Better Than Margarine
Laughs and learning are on the itinerary in this sweet-natured comedy more likely to appeal to Barbra Streisand’s demographic than Seth Rogen’s
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‘Amour’ Review: A Wrenching But Essential Look at a Disintegrating Life
Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant give powerful, heartbreaking performances, but neither they nor the film give in to sentimentality
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‘Django Unchained’ Review: Blaxploitation and Spaghetti Westerns Make a Delicious Combo
Except for a few laggy bits, Quentin Tarantino’s funny, violent take on past genres spotlights great turns from Foxx, Waltz and a shockingly loose DiCaprio
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‘Les Misérables’ Review: I Dreamed a Nightmare
A confluence of bad decisions and worse performances make this a punishing endurance test — and Anne Hathway is so singularly awful, she’s got the Oscar wrapped up