Reviews

  • Summer film: Batman saves the season, a little Sex doesn't hurt
    Independent films went south, but thank the Knight for the blockbuster
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, September 03
    And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper. What else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D. , Bangkok... More >>
  • Logic is as elusive as the terrorists in the uneven but entertaining thriller Traitor
    Don Cheadle plays a soldier in the U.S. Special Forces, a job (and a country) he turns his back on
    By Chuck Wilson
    Wednesday, August 27
    Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures, a Hollywood intellectual, new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads...prepare... More >>
  • Film Highlight: Transsiberian
    By Ed Gonzalez
    Wednesday, August 27
    Though not one for literal smoke and mirrors, master of horror Brad Anderson, with his panache for arousing fear from harried reality and rotted... More >>
  • Hamlet 2: Not To Be
    Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Wednesday, August 20
    In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More >>
  • Film Highlight: Frozen River
    By Ella Taylor
    Wednesday, August 20
    If Melissa Leo were Charlize Theron with artfully applied bags under the eyes, an Oscar nomination would surely be forthcoming for her... More >>
  • Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a wry, thoughtful film from Woody Allen
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, August 13
    Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer-director, will do little to... More >>
  • Film Highlight: The Animation Show
    By Jim Ridley
    Wednesday, August 13
    Less hit-or-miss than the long-running Spike & Mike packages of drawn-to-the-dark-side filth, this touring animation program curated by Mike... More >>
  • In love and on the run in Pineapple Express
    The filmmakers don't act like this is an action movie: it's an idyllic romance interrupted by gunplay
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Wednesday, August 06
    On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More >>
  • Film Highlight: Man on Wire
    By Jim Ridley
    Wednesday, August 06
    Part caper movie, part real-life superhero saga, and entirely engrossing, James Marsh's documentary recounts in Rififi-like detail how a Parisian... More >>
  • Swing Vote offers change you can't believe in
    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in the election-themed comedy
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, July 30
    Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it was. The... More >>
  • Film Highlight: American Teen
    By Ella Taylor
    Wednesday, July 30
    Nanette Burstein, who made the entertaining Robert Evans documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture, spent a year hanging out with a handful of... More >>
  • Step Brothers refuses to grow up
    And that's a good thing when Will Ferrell's your star
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, July 23
    I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More >>
  • Film Highlight: CSNY: Déjà Vu
    By Michelle Orange
    Wednesday, July 23
    Neil Young wanted to tour the country that re-elected George W. Bush, and dole out some demerits, light some fires, and maybe even sell a few... More >>
  • Batman returns in disturbing but dazzling blockbuster
    Heath Ledger's final role is as foil to the Dark Knight
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, July 16
    What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City—if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More >>
  • Film Highlight: Mamma Mia!
    By Ella Taylor
    Wednesday, July 16
    Sure, it's nice that the actors sing their own numbers—Meryl Streep has a fab set of pipes, and the fact that Pierce Brosnan sings like a... More >>
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  1. Tropic Thunder, 14.6 million, 86.9 million
  2. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  3. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  4. Babylon A.D., 11.5 million, 11.5 million
  5. The Dark Knight, 11.1 million, 504.8 million
  6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  7. The House Bunny, 10.2 million, 29.7 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Traitor, 10.0 million, 11.5 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Death Race, 7.9 million, 24.7 million
  12. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  13. Disaster Movie, 6.9 million, 6.9 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. Mamma Mia!, 5.4 million, 132.5 million
  17. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  18. Pineapple Express, 4.4 million, 80.8 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 3.8 million, 30.7 million
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