movie-reviews news and headlines. FOR PERSONAL, PRIVATE AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY en-us Copyright All rights reserved. For personal, private and non-commercil use only. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Movie Reviews 30 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/images/ahnmedialogoxml.gif http://www.allheadlinenews.com/news/Movie Reviews 133 70 http://allheadlinenews.com/briefs The latest top breaking news, U.S., world, business, politics, entertainment, celebrities, sports, technology, and more. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016910353 (AHN) - Believers of this tingly horror thriller will find it upsetting, while detractors will dismiss it as half-baked (or just plain faked) Alaska. As Steven Spielberg reminded us in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the first kind of alien encounter is a sighting, the second is evidence, and the third is contact. Now we add another card to the deck: the fourth kind, which involves alien abduction. The Fourth Kind is a horror thriller about alien abduction, all right, but there's nothing kind about it. It's based on "actual case studies," as they say. Hmmm. Maybe. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016910353 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:49:03 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016910294 (AHN) - This version of A Christmas Carol might scare the dickens out of the wee ones. But, visually at least, it wows the rest of us. The motion-capture process showcased by director Robert Zemeckis in 2004's Polar Express and again in 2007's impressive Beowulf is once again on display. But the technology that combines live performance and animation has been improved to the point that what many complained about as the "dead eye effect" among the human characters is no longer a problem in the director's third foray into the brave new world of performance capture. This latest version of Charles Dickens' yuletide classic is an animated retelling of the tale that's relatively faithful to the source material. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016910294 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:47:53 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016895324 (AHN) - "More of this is true than you would believe." That's the legend that kicks off this quirky comedy, which was, I kid you not, inspired by actual events. But the many who stare at this quirky, herky-jerky non-turkey soon realize that, truth shmooth, dramatic license has been rather freely indulged. Not, as they say, that there's anything wrong with that. Loosely -- oh, so loosely -- based on Welsh author Jon Ronson's 2005 nonfiction best-seller, TMWSAG is a surrealist exploration of eccentricities in the U.S. government's defense budget spending. In its most inspired moments -- which are not constant but are at least frequent -- this fanciful, farcical film, replete with sight gags and zippy one-liners, recalls such great military satires as Dr. Strangelove and Catch 22. But while it lacks their cohesiveness and impact, it nonetheless remains thoroughly unpredictable and zanily entertaining. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016895324 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:32:14 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016836982 (AHN) - The sequel to the theatrical flop and DVD cult hit, The Boondock Saints, brings back the Irish brothers played by Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery. This time the vigilante/assassin siblings return from Ireland to seek vengeance for the death of a priest. They've been living quietly on their father's (Billy Connolly) sheep farm in Ireland, out of reach and out of touch, for the last eight years. But when they find out that a Boston priest whom they both greatly admire has been murdered in their trademark manner so that they are implicated as the killers, they decide to bring their kind of justice to those responsible and clear their name in the bargain. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016836982 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:29:48 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016826525 (AHN) - Well, if you're a big Michael Jackson fan, this is it. This posthumous concert documentary is a self-described "glimpse" of the King of Pop preparing to perform that's been designed, as the film announces early on, "for the fans." That tells you two things: that the memorable Michael Jackson standards (Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Man in the Mirror, etc.) won't be ignored or omitted, and that nothing, whether documented or not, will be included that will be upsetting to those who cherish his memory. In other words: this isn't journalism, it's entertainment. And Michael Jackson remains a mystery. But one who dazzles with his dancing and singing. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016826525 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:21 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016813253 (AHN) - Who says documentaries have to be deadly serious? Good Hair delves into the roots of its subject and manages to make its share of valid sociopolitical points even though its tone is playful and its pace is brisk. Comedian Chris Rock serves as host-narrator-writer-producer. It was his own five-year-old daughter who inspired the film when she asked him, "Daddy, why don't I have good hair?" To answer her, Rock interviews celebrated African-American women, who help to explain why some turn to straightening, and others to extensions, braids, weaves, relaxers, or dreads. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016813253 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:46:32 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016771939 (AHN) - Get ready for another vampire movie that bites the neck that feeds it. This fantasy-adventure is loosely based on the first of four Young Adult "Cirque du Freak" trilogies by Darren Shan. It's about two teens who wander into a traveling freak show emceed by a mysterious magician played by John C. Reilly. One of the teens recognizes him from a book he has read about the undead and suspects that he's a vampire. He's right. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016771939 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:46:47 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016748966 (AHN) - It's every kid's fantasy: having super-strength, X-ray vision, blistering speed, and the rocket-propelled ability to fly. But it's also every kid's nightmare: being rejected by dad, being told you're not who you think you are, and not really fitting in anywhere. That's the double-edged sword unsheathed in Astro Boy, a CG-animated science fiction adventure about a little robot boy who looks like Bob's Big Boy But Smaller and who acts like Mighty Mouse and, in Japan, is nearly as famous and familiar an icon as Mickey Mouse. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016748966 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:42:07 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/content-services/web/ Get instant access to affordable and easy to use news, weather and other content for your website. News, Sports, Celebrity Gossip, Entertainment content and more... delivered automatically. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016701987 (AHN) - What's it feel like to be nine years old? Watch Where the Wild Things Are, then we'll talk. Where the Wild Things Are is an edgy, fleshed-out, live-action adaptation of the classic 1963 children's storybook by Maurice Sendak. It's unique and it's powerful and it's marvelous. It may look like a children's film and sound like a children's film -- and no one's saying that kids cannot see it and enjoy it -- but it's not so much for nine-year-olds as for folks who were once nine and perhaps later raised little ones who became nine at some point. Interestingly, the slight book has very little in the way of text: it's a picture book, really, with just a handful of sentences. But director Spike Jonze has done a terrific job of expanding the narrative. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016701987 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:07:13 GMT http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016701839 (AHN) - With Gerard Butler's vigilante going Charles Bronson one or two better, Law Abiding Citizen wants to be a Death Wish for the new century. Well, it manages that, all right. This exploitative revenge thriller, which co-stars Jamie Foxx, has a sadistic streak that puts a sour taste in your mouth in its very opening scene that stays there until the final credits roll. By the time the central character has started auditioning for the next Saw sequel, we're squarely in torture-porn territory. The script pretends to be interested in questioning the justice system. But nobody in charge means a word of this. Distinctions between right and wrong, between heroes and villains, between testing boundaries and stampeding over them, are secondary to the film's main concern: setting up its violent set pieces for maximum slobber value. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016701839 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:57:42 GMT http://www.journalismjobsite.com Jobs for news and media pros. Search and Find Journalism Jobs.