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Latest Movie Reviews San Fernando Valley Sun "John Carpenter's The Ward"- When you go to a horror movie that's set in a mental institution, you know things aren't going to turn out the way they initially seem. We are dealing with insane characters here, and the presumption that they provide an ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie Reviews: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two, The Tree of ... The Birmingham Post Its giant screen is needed to do justice to the scale of the movie. Of course the story and performances have to work at least as well as the flashy computer effects, otherwise you're left with an empty shell like Transformers 3. ... See all stories on this topic »

Capsule Reviews: 'Harry Potter,' 'Tabloid' ABC News But the end of this staggeringly successful movie franchise, an epic fantasy saga spanning eight films over the past decade, provides a necessary emotional catharsis for Harry and for us. Even those who aren't ardent Potterphiles might find themselves ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Early Reviews: Clumsy Mistranslation Indie Wire (blog) Read the early reviews and watch the trailer below. Fox Searchlight opens the film July 15. While critics applaud the director for featuring actors who are relatively unknown in the United States (Li Bing Bing and Gianna Jun), some are confused by the ... See all stories on this topic » Indie Wire (blog)

Capsule reviews of films now playing in area theaters Myrtle Beach Sun News 05 R (sex, potty mouths and potty humor) CARS 2 ★★ 1 / 2 Mater, the little tow truck who could, is the hero of of this sequel to the movie widely considered the lemon in the Pixar cornucopia. Despite Mater's bucktoothed charm, John Lasseter fails to ... See all stories on this topic »