This forgivably derivative teen comedy has slightly less heart or hormones than its two predecessors, but Cera and co-star Kat Dennings breathe life into a familiar duet.
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A new movie is not unlike an invention. In both cases, a creative entrepreneur identifies a need in the marketplace and makes a pitch to an investor.
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In this documentary discourse on religion, comedian and self-described agnostic Bill Maher doesn't totally succumb to cynicism, but the venal sin of sarcasm keeps a funny film from ascending to wisdom.
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"Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is an allegory about class struggle disguised as a flea-bitten family film.
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Spike Lee's last film, "Inside Man" (2006), was among his best - so it's disappointing that the World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna" finds director Lee back on his soapbox.
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Romance novels and pornography are two sides of the same fat coin. They both peddle fantasies that dupe ordinary people into playing the mating game.
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The most amazing film of the year introduces us to a superhero — in a documentary about Hurricane Katrina.
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Why do so many comedians yearn to be romantic leads? You'd think that being funny would be enough fun.
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The movie amounts to little more than a melodramatic, cop-from-hell scenario. But the film is nonetheless an arresting experience.
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When you learn that the movie you've just seen — and liked, despite your better judgment — belongs to a new genre called mumblecore, where do you go for a definition? Wikipedia, of course.
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Drenched in dreamy nostalgia and spiced with surreal whimsy, "I Served the King of England" is likely to strike most moviegoers as an oddball confection. But those who cherish originality may find it worth a look.
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Tyler Perry's latest piles on the drama.
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Pssst! Can you keep a secret? "Burn After Reading," Joel and Ethan Coen's farcical follow-up to the Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men," is more fizzle than sizzle.
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Women deserve more than this trite dramedy.
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Punk rocker's bio scratches the surface
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Writer's letters torch Hollywood blacklist.
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"Transsiberian" is a thriller in the grand tradition, with intriguing characters and situations and a terrific payoff.
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One of the coolest and most entertaining films of the year, "Traitor" combines the energy of the Jason Bourne flicks with the ambition of such classic political thrillers as "Z" and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
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Fate is artibrary, and 'Heaven' is beautiful.
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"Frozen River" is a small, well-observed story that boasts fine performances from Leo and Upham and a palpable sense of atmosphere.
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One of the coolest and most entertaining films of the year, "Traitor" combines the energy of the Jason Bourne flicks with the ambition of such classic political thrillers as "Z" and "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
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"Transibberian" is an exhilarating ride.
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In 'Death Race' the acting, with the possible exception of the estimable McShane, is wooden, the plot is sometimes unbelievable and the dialogue is often clichéd?
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Andrew Garfield ("Lions for Lambs") is outstanding in this tale of a young man with a terrible secret in "Boy A."
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What is it about tweed jackets with elbow patches that make coeds so compliant?
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