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Year Ends with a Thud in New Year’s Eve

Director Garry Marshall ups the ante from Valentine’s Day, recruiting half of Hollywood to star in this sentimental dreck.

Year Ends with a Thud in New Year’s Eve

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Moves Slowly

For those who can endure it, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has a nice payoff. But until then, the film moves at a snail’s pace.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Moves Slowly

The Sitter Makes You Want to Stay Home

Starring Jonah Hill, this bawdy comedy takes the premise of 1987’s Adventures in Babysitting and adds lots of raunch.

The Sitter Makes You Want to Stay Home

Meaning’s at the Heart of Arthur Christmas

Comic adventure turns into a heartfelt story about traditions, the meanings behind them and the relationships at their core.

Meaning’s at the Heart of Arthur Christmas

The Muppets Are the Holidays’ Best Act

The Muppets showcases how fascinating characters trump over-the-top stunts any day of the week—even when they’re puppets.

The Muppets Are the Holidays’ Best Act

Hugo More Than a Film History Lesson

One of the year’s best family movies, Hugo ends as an engaging film-history lesson but also taps into deeper human emotions.

Hugo More Than a Film History Lesson

Marilyn Well Acted but Inconsequential

My Week with Marilyn is frothy, passing by breezily and requiring little effort of its viewers to dig beneath the surface.

Marilyn Well Acted but Inconsequential

Twilight Dims with Breaking Dawn – Part 1

The first of the last of The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is a violent, sexually-charged, blood-spattered film.

Twilight Dims with Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Happy Feet Two Lacks a Lightness of Step

The same characters are basically in place from its Happy Feet predecessor, but Happy Feet Two simply lacks a lightness of step.

Happy Feet Two Lacks a Lightness of Step

Family Matters in The Descendants

While the quirky sensibilities of Alexander Payne’s previous efforts emerge here, The Descendants is his most tender film to date.

Family Matters in The Descendants

Melancholia Goes from Grim to Grimmer

Melancholia examines depression and cold-eyed rationality that grew from Lars von Trier’s own struggles with depression.

Melancholia Goes from Grim to Grimmer

Jack and Jill Goes Downhill in a Hurry

While there are definitely more laughs than expected, it still doesn’t take long for a juvenile Jack and Jill to go downhill.

Jack and Jill Goes Downhill in a Hurry

Like the Man, J. Edgar Is Flawed, Intriguing

An engaging depiction of a prickly, powerful man filled with all sorts of prejudice and contradiction.

Like the Man, J. Edgar Is Flawed, Intriguing

Young People Love Like Crazy

What is love once a relationship’s initial heat cools into the long-term commitment a young couple thinks they want?

Young People Love Like Crazy

Tower Heist a Perfectly-Timed Caper

In the era of Occupy Wall Street, Tower Heist ends up being a perfectly-timed, wish-fulfillment caper for the 99%.

Tower Heist a Perfectly-Timed Caper

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