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"Obsessed"

Hell hath no fury like Beyonce scorned. The diva plays a wife threatened by a psycho rival in this not-so-romantic thriller

By Stephanie Zacharek April 25, 2009

Mike Tyson: Broke, wounded and misunderstood

Are you ready to feel nostalgic about the most notorious ex-heavyweight champ and convicted rapist of the '90s? Hollywood maverick James Toback sure hopes so

By Andrew O'HehirApril 24, 2009 29 letters

The Soloist

Forget the sappy trailer. This triumphant movie about failure has nuance and feeling -- not to mention Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 24, 2009 47 letters

Baseball and a movie

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Handicapping Manhattan's spring movie fling

Newly downsized and shorn of Hollywood glitz, Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival remains a vigorous venue for cinematic discoveries.

By Andrew O'HehirApril 24, 2009

The Tribeca-Sundance throwdown

Is Robert De Niro's big-city festival at war with Robert Redford's ski-slope festival? OK, maybe not. But the backstage drama has the indie world in a tizzy

By Andrew O'HehirApril 23, 2009 13 letters

Earth

The world is a beautiful place -- so stop screwing it up! Disney's lush nature documentary follows three animal families struggling to survive on a planet changing all too rapidly

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 22, 2009 35 letters

Crank: High Voltage

Jason Statham returns as an ass-kicking hit man, but can this adrenalized action film replicate the cheap, sordid thrills of the 2006 original?

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 18, 2009 18 letters

17 Again

Don't hate Zac Efron because he's beautiful. The teen heartthrob is charmingly casual as a washed-up 37-year-old transformed into his hunky high-school self

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 17, 2009 18 letters

State of Play

A smart thriller about the death of newspapers? Russell Crowe plays a reporter clinging to his job, and his principles, in this refreshingly grown-up film

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 17, 2009 14 letters

Roundup: Movies not to miss

Go behind "A Chorus Line" with a riveting backstage doc; the amazing Hiam Abbass in "Lemon Tree"; and the greatest documentarian you've never heard of

By Andrew O'HehirApril 15, 2009 8 letters

Miss Sunshine, plus Lyme disease

Suburban dysfunction, circa 1979, gets an intriguing makeover -- and a great cast -- in the sweet, dark and troubling "Lymelife"

By Andrew O'HehirApril 11, 2009 6 letters

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Miley Cyrus, preteen queen, brings her hit TV show to the big screen. Relax, parents: It's not completely painful!

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 10, 2009 24 letters

Observe and Report

Seth Rogen plays a deranged mall security guard in this twisted comedy that pushes the envelope so forcefully it practically squeals like a pig

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 10, 2009 73 letters

Indie roundup: Movies not to miss

The demigods of Canadian metal face twilight in "Anvil!"; an Arab woman's hoax memoir, not quite deconstructed; and a graceful Iranian fable

By Andrew O'HehirApril 9, 2009 1 letter

Sugar": Best baseball movie ever

OK, so the bar is pretty low. But this moving Dominican-American odyssey (from the makers of "Half Nelson") casts new light on the national pastime

By Andrew O'HehirApril 3, 2009 29 letters

Adventureland

The director of "Superbad" grows up with an engaging movie about young love, crappy amusement parks and the listless days of summer

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 3, 2009 8 letters

Fast & Furious

It's got hot rods, hot women and Vin Diesel. But can this fourth installment in the action franchise capture the cheap thrills of the original?

By Stephanie ZacharekApril 3, 2009 9 letters

Roundup: Movies not to miss

Two men in a taxi face life and death in Ramin Bahrani's gorgeous "Goodbye Solo" -- and then there's the "Citizen Kane" of yurt movies!

By Andrew O'HehirApril 2, 2009 4 letters

Monsters vs. Aliens

Earthlings, beware! It's a battle for world domination as Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Rainn Wilson lend their voices to this animated sendup of '50s creature features

By Stephanie ZacharekMarch 27, 2009 24 letters

The Education of Charlie Banks

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst makes his directorial debut with this surprisingly quiet, introspective film about a sheltered Ivy League student visited by a bully from his past

By Stephanie ZacharekMarch 27, 2009 13 letters

Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss

A funky, lovely weave of Philly tales; an S/M hustler turned safe-sex pioneer; a heavy-metal saga in Old Norse; a Denver slacker turns to crime, and more

By Andrew O'HehirMarch 21, 2009 3 letters

Knowing

Head underground! Nicolas Cage is coming, followed by global disasters and the angel of doom, in this thriller about faith and apocalypse

By Stephanie ZacharekMarch 21, 2009 28 letters

I Love You, Man

Paul Rudd hugs it out -- and gives the finest performance of his career -- in this hilarious bromantic comedy about the unspoken codes of male friendship

By Stephanie ZacharekMarch 20, 2009 26 letters

Duplicity

Julia Roberts is back! And in the charming Clive Owen, the actress has found a true partner in crime

By Stephanie ZacharekMarch 20, 2009 22 letters

Death hops a Mexican freight train

Director Cary Fukunaga talks about his debut film, "Sin Nombre," a crackling blend of crime thriller and docu-realism that dazzled Sundance audiences

By Andrew O'HehirMarch 19, 2009 3 letters

How to starve yourself to death

British artist Steve McQueen's devastating film "Hunger" captures the filthy, excruciating details of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands' legendary hunger strike

By Andrew O'HehirMarch 18, 2009 37 letters