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Sweet, silly and solid enough to entertain most anybody, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs insists that even carnivorous reptiles can learn a little something from the cooperative approach. ()
Kenneth Turan reviews Public Enemies, a dazzling film about a great American outlaw. ()
Film critic David Edelstein reviews The Hurt Locker. ()
June 26, 2009 · It's been 20 years since Michelle Pfeiffer, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton teamed up for Dangerous Liaisons. In Cheri, they tell a very different kind of love story. ()
June 26, 2009 · The adrenaline rush of war is front and center in Kathryn Bigelow's film — the first war movie in a while that feels as if it could have starred John Wayne. (Recommended) ()
June 30, 2009 · Writer Aravind Adiga won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his novel The White Tiger. Now, he has a book of 14 short stories set between the assassinations of two Indian leaders — one in 1984 and the other in 1991. Alan Cheuse says that in Between the Assassinations, Adiga reveals great breadth and depth in the hearts of his characters. ()
June 26, 2009 · Even by Hollywood standards, My Sister's Keeper is shoddy goods. It's an arm-twisting weepie that panders to our reflexive need to blame someone for a no-fault tragedy. Critic Ella Taylor isn't buying. ()
June 25, 2009 · Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. tells the tale of an Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery — and executed by her fellow villagers nonetheless. Mark Jenkins has a review. ()
June 24, 2009 · Punishingly brutal, stupefyingly techno-sophisticated, the sequel to 2007's summer hit is amazing — if only because you'd think something so outrageously gigantic would leave behind at least a little impression when it's done. ()
June 25, 2009 · With the release of her sixth album Seya, Oumou Sangare has gone from an outsider who sang about taboo subjects like polygamy and forced marriage to a major national celebrity. ()
June 19, 2009 · There was a time when Woody Allen's characters were both funny and recognizably human. Sadly, the work necessary to accomplish that looks to be something the writer-director can't be bothered with anymore. ()
June 12, 2009 · Sam Rockwell may be engaging enough to convince audiences that Moon is what it means to be: a brain-teaser for the thinking sci-fi crowd. But the film's plot goes slack just when it should be soaring. ()
June 5, 2009 · A self-satisfied film about insecure people, Sam Mendes' film has mustered several genuine assets, but it squanders them all — and ends up being not nearly as special as it wants to be. ()
May 29, 2009 · With visual magic, high-adventure excitement and an intelligent look at one of Hollywood's persistent taboos, Up isn't just good; it's among the groundbreaking studio's best. (Recommended) ()
June 22, 2009 · Illinois writer Jean Thompson has a new book of stories out called Do Not Deny Me. It is a collection stories with wit, humor and a fictional primer on how Americans live day to day. ()
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