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Prospero Año y Felicidad

Over the last few years we've seen a number of modestly budgeted middlebrow Tyler Perry-inspired comedies like This Christmas and The Perfect Holiday about...

I’ll Be Watching You

The end of 2008 is proving to be a busy time for Anthony Vasiliadis. The 27-year-old's short film Technophiliac played at last month's Lone...

Movie Blues

The overheated but enjoyable Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess, the Polish immigrant (whose last name was changed from the similarly pronounced...

Meet the Parents

Let's start with what makes Four Christmases different from most other Hollywood holiday comedies. (Note that I said "different from" instead of "better than.")...

Wizard of Oz

It's been seven long years since we've seen a movie from Baz Luhrmann. The insanely original Australian director tried to make a film a...

Infinite Jest

It's high time that America discovered Steve Coogan. The 43-year-old needle-nosed native of Manchester, England, is hugely popular in the U.K. as the star...

Splinter Cell

A satisfyingly little thriller in danger of getting lost at the multiplex, Traitor works better if you haven't seen the TV spots. Don Cheadle...

Make It Rainn

Modestly watchable, The Rocker is nowhere near the level of Almost Famous or The School of Rock, this decade's great movies about rock bands....

Teen Dreams

The title of American Teen makes me suspicious. Just as it was with the excellent late-1990s TV miniseries American High, the word "American" in...

Movie Shoot

Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder. With a...