Reviews
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‘Person of Interest’ Just May Deserve Yours (Review)
What do you get when you cross Batman with “Lost” with Jesus? A solid CBS procedural
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‘X Factor’: Great, If You Like Watching Desperate People Play the Lottery (Review)
Cruel knockoff of “American Idol” looks for drama in contestants’ financial straits
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NBC’s ‘Playboy Club’ — Where the Bunnies Try Not to Be Fluffy (Review)
The show could be a little less “Mad Men” and a little more “Dukes of Hazzard”
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Review: The Best Tricks in ‘Straw Dogs’ Are the Old Ones
Nobody needed to remake the Sam Peckinpah classic, but this potboiler offers a few sleazy thrills
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Review: John Landis’ Gravedigger Comedy ‘Burke and Hare’ Arrives D.O.A.
Even winning performances from Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis can’t breathe life into this moribund farce
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In ‘Apollo 18,’ It’s Not Just the Moon That’s Made of Cheese
Fake documentary wants to be “Paranormal Activity” on the moon, but the scares are lost in space
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Review: ‘Brighton Rock’ a Stylishly Nasty Noir Update
Rowan Joffe updates the Graham Greene story to the 1960s but keeps the twisted characters and murky morality
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‘Conan the Barbarian’: Ahnuld, Where Are You Now That the Remake Needs You?
This reboot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger hit is swords, sorcery and stupidity
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‘Final Destination 5’: You Can Cheat Death, But You Can’t Escape the Writing or Acting
The good news: The 3D, by James Cameron cohort Steve Quale, is way better than average
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‘The Guard’: A Crime Fighter With a Pint of Ale and Brass Balls
First-time director John Michael McDonagh may be slightly out of his depth, but the strong performances by Brendon Gleeson and Don Cheadle save this Irish cop tale
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Returns to Form on Sunday
It took a few episodes, but Larry David hits his stride with his latest
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‘A Little Help’: You Think Job Had Problems? Pity Poor Jenna Fischer
“Office” star shines in a dramedy that marks an impressive directorial debut for Michael Weithorn
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Review: Deadheads, Bible-Thumpers Collide in a Bewildered ‘Salvation Boulevard’
Mocking extremists is about as easy as finding a needle in a needlestack, so why isn’t this Greg Kinnear vehicle funnier?
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Review: John Carpenter’s ‘The Ward’ Scares Up Other Director’s Tricks
You’d never guess that this was the same guy who shocked and suprised us in “Halloween”