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Movie Reviews by Reel People: 'Conan the Barbarian' Friday Flyer Okay, that was another movie, but you get the idea. He explains, "When I thirst, I thirst for blood; when I'm cold, I long for the cold edge of steel." Hey, we all have our quirks, but not like the disturbed ancestor of Edward Scissorhands. ... See all stories on this topic » Friday Flyer

Movie reviews: 'The Names of Love' and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' Minneapolis Star Tribune In this adorably daffy movie, Bahia (Sara Forestier), a politically engaged, sexually uninhibited Parisian, comes up with an innovative way to promote her progressive agenda. She sleeps exclusively with right-wingers, be they Islamophobic French ... See all stories on this topic »

Movie reviews: 'September 11th: Memorial Edition,' 'The Letter' and more WXYZ Solondz's vision is no more accurate to contemporary reality or truth than an action movie or a sci-fi fantasy. Its value, instead, is in its elucidation of the director's singular consciousness and the struggle at work within that consciousness. ... See all stories on this topic » WXYZ

Theater Talkback: The Good That Comes From Bad Reviews New York Times (blog) This week, Jason Zinoman, a New York Times freelancer and the author of "Shock Value," a book about horror-movie directors, explores the meaning and purpose of bad reviews. Last week, a neighbor from down the hall stopped me in front of our building to ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Citizen Patriot play reviews: Are they being missed? The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com If a play is running two, four, six weeks, perhaps the readers of the Cit-Pat would like to know if it's worth their time to attend. Are we stopping movie reviews? Who cares what happened in the movie theatre last night? ... See all stories on this topic » The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com

Madoff Victim Reviews New Madoff Doc Daily Beast What the hell, it was a free movie. The chance to earn a minimal writing stipend. (Small change is a windfall for the bag lady.) And it was a slow week in August. So I said "why not?" to reviewing Chasing Madoff, a new documentary about the ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

ProMMAnow.com book review: Men of Warrior Pro MMA Now The MMA community is eagerly awaiting the release of the upcoming MMA movie, Warrior. Early reviews are generally positive about the film's portrayal of mixed martial arts as a sport, and many people (myself included), hope that this movie can give the ... See all stories on this topic » Pro MMA Now

Capsule Reviews of Films Playing at Local Theaters Daily Herald [C-] CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (2 hrs., 4 min.; PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action) The biggest comic book superhero of this season's summer slate delivers the summer's best comic book superhero movie. ... See all stories on this topic »

Zoe Saldana in 'Colombiana': What the Critics Are Saying Hollywood Reporter And, while the action-packed movie is receiving mixed reviews, critics seem to be unanimous in their fascination with the lithe actress' figure ... rather than her acting. "There are guilty pleasures to be had in this frenzied B starring Zoe Saldana ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter