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Critics Consensus: Jonas Brothers Fizzles (52 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Feb. 26 2009, 04:10 PM

This week at the movies, we've got teenybop pop (Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience, starring Jonas Brothers) and a video game adaptation (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (starring Kristin Kreuk and Michael Clarke Duncan). Plus, we've got an offbeat take on the tale of the Three Wise Men (Birdsong), a death penalty doc (Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead), some philosophical discussions (Examined Life, featuring Cornel West and Slavoj Zizek), and indie relationship comedy (The Trouble with Romance) a coming-of-age conspiracy flick (An American Affair, starring Gretchen Mol), and an immigration drama (Crossing Over, starring Harrison Ford and Ashley Judd). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Fired Up! Gets A Bronx Cheer (19 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Feb. 19 2009, 04:25 PM

This week at the movies, we've got spirited scoundrels who join a cheerleading squad to meet girls (Fired Up!, starring Nicholas D'Agosto and Eric Christian Olsen) and a septuagenarian scofflaw who brings her brand of no-nonsense candor to the slammer (Madea Goes to Jail, starring Tyler Perry and Derek Luke). And that's just what's going wide. In the world of limited releases, we've got a powerful documentary about family dysfunction (Must Read After My Death), a Polish World War II drama (Andrzej Wajda's Katyn), and a documentary about Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll (Eleven Minutes). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Friday the 13th Feels Too Familiar (18 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Feb. 12 2009, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got creepy campers (Friday the 13th, starring Jared Padalecki and Danielle Panabaker), conspicuous consumption (Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy ), and corporate criminality (The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Coraline Is Certified Fresh (28 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Feb. 05 2009, 04:18 PM

This week at the movies, we've got dark whimsy (Coraline, with voice work by Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher); love mishaps (He's Just Not That Into You, starring Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson); a bumbling detective (The Pink Panther 2, starring The Pink Panther 2 and Aishwarya Rai) and some paranormal antagonists (Push, starring Chris Evans and Djimon Hounsou). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Taken Is A Near Miss (32 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jan. 29 2009, 04:25 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a kidnapping plot (Taken, starring Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen); haunted teens (The Uninvited, starring Emily Browning and Elizabeth Banks); and cold comfort (New in Town, starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Inkheart Is Less Than Magical (19 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jan. 22 2009, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got living literature (Inkheart, starring Brendan Fraser and Eliza Hope Bennett); political intrigue (Frost/Nixon, starring Michael Sheen and Frank Langella); domestic strife (Revolutionary Road, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio); and werewolf/vampire conflict (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, starring Rhona Mitra and Bill Nighy). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Paul Blart: Mall Cop Isn't Arresting (24 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jan. 15 2009, 04:25 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a guard with insecurity (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, starring Kevin James); pampered pooches (Hotel for Dogs, starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin); a crazed killer (My Bloody Valentine 3D, starring Jensen Ackles and Jaime King); Brooklyn's finest (Notorious, starring Jamal Woolard and Angela Bassett); and wartime heroics (Defiance, starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Say "I Don't" To Bride Wars (26 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jan. 08 2009, 04:04 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a bridal battle (Bride Wars, starring Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson); a cranky car enthusiast (Gran Torino, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood); mystic monsters (The Unborn, starring Odette Yustman and Gary Oldman); and marital mishaps (Not Easily Broken, starring Taraji P. Henson and Morris Chestnut). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Benjamin Button Rewards the Curious; It's Bedtime for Bedtime Stories (25 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Tuesday, Dec. 23 2008, 03:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a full slate of new flicks: Bedtime Stories, starring Adam Sandler and Keri Russell; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett; Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh; Marley and Me, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston; and The Spirit, starring Gabriel Macht and Scarlett Johansson. This is the time of year when studios start churning out the movies they deem award-worthy; some have already begun generating positive buzz, while other hopefuls have fallen flat. What do the critics have to say? Read this week's Critics Consensus and find out!

Critics Consensus: No To Yes Man; Seven Pounds Is Too Heavy (22 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Dec. 18 2008, 03:30 PM

This week at the movies, we've got self-improvement (Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel), mysterious altruism (Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith and Rosario Dawson), and rodent adventures (The Tale of Despereaux, with voice work by Matthew Broderick and Dustin Hoffman). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Day the Earth Stood Still Is Lost In Space (20 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Dec. 11 2008, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got an alien invasion (The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly), forbidden CG love (Delgo, with voice work by Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt), and seasonal dysfunction (Nothing Like the Holidays, starring John Leguizamo and Debra Messing). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Cadillac Records Rocks, Punisher Hurts (23 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Dec. 04 2008, 02:40 PM

This week at the movies, we've got red-hot rhythm and blues (Cadillac Records, starring Adrien Brody and Beyonce Knowles), vigilante justice (Punisher: War Zone, starring Ray Stevenson and Dominic West), and a kidnapping caper (Nobel Son, starring Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Four Christmases Gets Coal (26 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Tuesday, Nov. 25 2008, 04:01 PM

This week at the movies, we've got yuletide yucks (Four Christmases, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), an epic from Down Under (Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman), and deadly deliveries (Transporter 3, starring Jason Statham). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Twilight Fades, Bolt Electrifies (39 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Nov. 20 2008, 04:03 PM

This week at the movies, we've got angst-ridden teen vampires (Twilight, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson) and celebu-mutts (Bolt, with voice work from John Travolta and Miley Cyrus). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Quantum of Solace is Certified Fresh (11 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Nov. 13 2008, 04:12 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a brand new dose of Bond... James Bond. Quantum of Solace, directed by Marc Forster and starring Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko, is the only wide release hitting theaters; will it leave critics shaken and stirred?

Critics Consensus: Positive Role Models, So-So Soul Men (13 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Nov. 06 2008, 03:58 PM

This week at the movies, we've got Big Brothers (Role Models, starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott), wild animals (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, with voice work by Ben Stiller and Chris Rock), and R&B vets (Soul Men, starring Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Zack and Miri Makes For Laughs (40 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 30 2008, 04:14 PM

This week at the movies, we've got adult film amateurs (Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks); a missing persons mystery (Clint Eastwood's Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich); gangster gunplay (RockNRolla, starring Gerard Butler and Thandie Newton); and an unhappy birthday (The Haunting of Molly Hartley, starring Haley Bennett). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: High School Musical 3 Makes the Grade (39 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 23 2008, 04:38 PM

This week at the movies we've got plucky thespians (High School Musical 3: Senior Year, starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens), fraternal cops (Pride and Glory, starring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell), and systematic slayings (Saw V, starring Tobin Bell and Costas Mandylor). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: W. Has OK Strategery, Max Is A Payne (27 comments)

by Ryan Fujitani and Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 16 2008, 04:59 PM

This week at the movies, we've got presidential redemption, a lethal cop, a raunchy road-trip), and Southern sisterhood. What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Express Scores, Body of Lies Falls Flat (35 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 09 2008, 04:28 PM

This week at the movies, we've got suspicious spies (Body of Lies, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe), gridiron greats (The Express, starring Rob Brown and Dennis Quaid), underground empires (City of Ember, starring Bill Murray and Tim Robbins), and deadly outbreaks (Quarantine, starring Jennifer Carpenter). What do the critics have to say?