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Movie Reviews by Reel People: 'Our Idiot Brother' Friday Flyer To keep with the feel of an indie movie, we hear lots of folksy music throughout. "Our Idiot Brother" is 90 minutes and rated R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout. This dramedy is more dramatic than comedic, but doesn't do ... See all stories on this topic » Friday Flyer

A good movie, and a bad one, packed into one Movies section Chicago Tribune By James Janega Friday's movie reviews run the quality gamut, with "Higher Ground" receiving three-and-a-half stars and "A Good Old-Fashioned Orgy" getting zero stars. So I trucked over to Movies Critic Michael Phillips' cubicle to ask him about it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ask Mick LaSalle: Taking the piss out of Mick San Francisco Chronicle Dear Sam Stutt: You may very well be on to something, but even so, that's no excuse for a nice young man to be wasting the English summer reading movie reviews from thousands of miles away. Shouldn't you be out rioting somewhere? ... See all stories on this topic »

Letter - Movie review FM.co.za However, a movie reviewer should at least do some work to understand that which he reviews I think you must either employ someone competent to do your movie reviews or you need to scrap them entirely. A while ago (FM Life May 27), you carried a review ... See all stories on this topic »

PaulRom Reviews: Justice League #1 Comic Book Movie My first non-movie review is on none other than the first issue of the infamous DC reboot/relaunch, Justice League #1. Is it a promising start for the DCnU or not? Hit the jump for my take... Note: The following review contains some mild spoilers. ... See all stories on this topic » Comic Book Movie

because my reviews can't be bought (so I need you to help support them) Flick Filosopher (blog) The article isn't about movie reviews, but it could be. At the moment, the movie studios don't need to pay for positive reviews, because moviegoers are happy to post glowing, uncritical comments about movies on fanboy sites and places like the IMDB. ... See all stories on this topic »

Reviews for Madonna's WE Are Not OK New York Magazine What are critics saying about the movie, which charts the real-life love story of Wallis Simpson and the throne-abdicating King Edward VII? "Screamingly, inadverdently funny in parts ... By intercutting newsreel, fantasies and careful re-creations of ... See all stories on this topic » New York Magazine

The Muppets Take Manhattan / Muppets from Space - Blu-Ray Reviews RockStar Weekly With a new Muppets movie coming in November, it's nice to see some of the original movies come to life on Blu-ray for the first time. The Muppets Take Manhattan and Muppets From Space are two films that get a high-definition release this month courtesy ... See all stories on this topic » RockStar Weekly

Venice Film Festival: Early thumbs up for Polanski's 'Carnage' Los Angeles Times Roman Polanski's "Carnage" had its world premiere Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, and early reviews -- rather glowing -- are trickling in. The movie, adapted from the Tony-winning play "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza, is a dark comedy about two ... See all stories on this topic »