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Capitalism: A Love Story"Capitalism: A Love Story" isn't Michael Moore's strongest or most focused film but the subject matter is still an important one and his ability to deliver hard facts in a light and entertaining way is still the filmmaker's strongest suit.
Comingsoon.net Thursday, October 08, 2009The Message (Feng sheng)Film Reviews: A full-bore WWII spy whodunit that plays like an Asian cross between "Clue" and "Now, Voyager."
Variety Thursday, October 08, 2009Couples RetreatStarring: Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Faizon Love, Jean Reno Review: A toddler pees at the start of the mirthless mess that is Couples Retreat and poops just before the end credits roll. How fitting. You too will want to speedily flush this comic waste matter from your memory. Could Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, swingers forever in my comedy universe, really have written and starred in such crap? And what dirt do they have on newbie director Peter Billingsley (Ralphie from A Christmas Story) that he lets them get away with it? You'd expect the plot — four couples undergoing relationship therapy on a tropical island — to be at least serviceable. Think again. Get more news and reviews from Peter Travers on the Travers Take In a long movie (nearly two hours), Vaughn still has time to play Guitar Hero (plug) while his wife... Rating: 1 Star
Rolling Stone Thursday, October 08, 2009'Couples Retreat'Vaughn, Favreau and company phone it in -- all the way from Bora Bora -- in this disappointing relationship comedy.
Hollywood Thursday, October 08, 2009Review: 'Chelsea on the Rocks' only so-soChelsea on the Rocks RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Documentary. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Rated R. 88 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley.) "Chelsea on the Rocks" is a fond if sometimes scary look back at Manhattan's Chelsea...
SF Gate Thursday, October 08, 2009Review: 'Couples Retreat' can't cut itCouples Retreat RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)Comedy. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis. (PG-13. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) If I were a marriage counselor, and if I ran an exotic resort for couples looking to solidify their...
SF Gate Thursday, October 08, 2009Review: 'The Boys Are Back' and they're boringThe Boys Are Back RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)Drama. Starring Clive Owen, Laura Fraser and Nicholas McAnulty. Directed by Scott Hicks. (PG-13. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Particular fans of Clive Owen will want to see him in "The Boys Are Back," and...
SF Gate Thursday, October 08, 2009Sawasdee BangkokFilm Reviews: Given free reign to tell a short story set in the capital, nine Thai directors come up aces in "Sawasdee Bangkok."
Variety Thursday, October 08, 2009Movie Review | 'The Damned United': A Soccer Coach Divides and Doesn't Conquer"The Damned United" is the rare sports movie that deals with - indeed positively relishes - humiliation and disappointment.
New York Times Thursday, October 08, 2009Movie Review | 'Bronson': Portrait of the Criminal as a Performance ArtistNicolas Winding Refn's "Bronson" is a highly stylized and embellished film biography of a man known as the most famous prisoner in Britain.
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