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The Strong, Silent Type

The Blind Side only looks like a football movie Ed Symkus

The Day Planet 51 Stood Still

Beyond the critters, there isn’t much going on in the Rock’s latest kids film Alicia Wyborney

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Some people find the drunk idiot at the party absolutely hilarious. Others can't stand him. That's Always SunnyDaniel Walters

DJ Hero

Guitar Hero's spawn puts a plastic turntable on your lap Marty Demarest

A Woman in Berlin

In the last days of the Third Reich, Russian soldiers’ systematic rape of German women was never a secret.  Erika Prins

Don't Panic

Roland Emmerich has made the funniest end-of-the-world film ever. We don't think he intended to. MaryAnn Johanson

Full of Static

In Pirate Radio, the plot and tone don’t rock at all. It’s a movie adrift. MaryAnn Johanson

The Goats of War

Psychic spies bring slapstick to the Iraq desert. War hasn’t been this much fun since 1812. Ed Symkus

Photo: Amy Sinisterra

Curriculum Vitae

The Professor Film series is like going back to college. Without tests. Plus drinks. Luke Baumgarten

Flying into the Sun

Amelia isn’t a thrill a minute, but it’s that rare story of a woman who lives life on her own terms MaryAnn Johanson

Teenage Dirtbag

Worth watching for the Inland Northwest color, this feature shot in Kootenai County in 2005 fails to rise above the level of local interest  Joel Smith

Mild Thing

Director Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved book isn’t terribly wild MaryAnn Johanson

Less is Moore

It’s a familiar shtick by now, but with less camera mugging by Michael Moore, Capitalism gets its point across Ed Symkus

Springboard

The Yardbirds: more than just some guys who played with Clapton Jeff Echert