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The Ring

James Kelley Young - who prefers to be addressed by his middle name - was born on an Air Force base in Tokyo, but...

Denis the Menaced

For years I detested Chris Columbus, the Hollywood director who spent the 1990s turning out sanitized, highly profitable family farces (Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire)...

Midyear Movie Lists

I was recently asked to take part in a poll of critics and fans about the 50 greatest movies of all time. The results...

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Brothers Bloom (PG-13) There's much to admire and much to feel uneasy about in this comedy-thriller about two adopted brothers and con artists...

Kvetch

"If you're stupid enough to want a feel-good movie, go get yourself a foot massage," says Boris Yellnikoff (Larry David) to the camera early...

G-Mann

Michael Mann's latest film, Public Enemies, is based on Bryan Burrough's voluminous history of the early days of the FBI, when the fledgling bureau...

A More Crowded Oscar Race

For more than 60 years, five films have been nominated each year for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Yesterday, the Academy announced that...

Film Shorts

OPENING: Chéri (R) Dangerous Liaisons director Stephen Frears, writer Christopher Hampton, and star Michelle Pfeiffer reunite for this drama about a retired Parisian courtesan in...

Go, ‘Bots

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a sequel to a movie based on a cartoon based on a toyline. Dubious source material to some...

A Season With Verona

Away We Go is directed by Sam Mendes, but you'd never guess that this scruffy comedy was by the same guy whose previous dramas...