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  • Blood Bath

    By on June 13, 2007

    Blood and guts and gore. Oh my! Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II delivers everything that you would expect from the sequel to the 2005 original:...

  • Cutting Crew

    By on June 6, 2007

    Two films -- one a big budget Hollywood production with a massive marketing campaign, one an indie making its way around smaller theaters. One movie...

  • Shipwrecked

    By on May 30, 2007

    There is a terrifically clever moment in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the third and unlikely final installment in the box-office blockbusting series,...

  • Time Misspent

    By on May 9, 2007

    Is there anything more dreadful than running into that ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend you just can't stand? Now there is. At least the unexpected ex sighting...

  • God Knows

    By on May 9, 2007

    Recounting her initial fears about launching a transgender choir, founder Ashley Moore says, ''Are people going to be able to stop laughing long enough to...

  • Moviegoing Maryland

    By on May 2, 2007

    The Maryland Film Festival kicks off a stunning four-day event today, Thursday, May 3, and runs through Sunday, May 6, with most of the screenings...

  • Web Head

    By on May 2, 2007

    The giddy anticipation of a movie is sometimes better than the movie itself. You enter more excited than you ultimately exit. Such is frequently the...

  • Hot Stuff

    By on April 25, 2007

    Hot Fuzz is a cross between Die Hard and The Full Monty. No, that's not quite right. Maybe it's more like Point Break meets Four...

  • Monsters and Mayhem

    By on April 11, 2007

    Wake up, moviegoing America! Right before your eyes last weekend came an original: a witty, exceedingly well-crafted tribute to the exploitation flicks of the '70s,...

  • Culture Club

    By on April 11, 2007

    A voice-over narration that condescends to the audience isn't the most auspicious start for a film, particularly for Boy Culture, the story of a Seattle...

  • Scene Stealer

    By on April 4, 2007

    I don't want to be premature about this, but it seems Joseph Gordon-Levitt has completely conquered the ''Curse of the T.V. Sitcom Child Actor.'' Many...

  • Switch Blades

    By on March 28, 2007

    To steal the tagline from another skating film, Blades of Glory is a movie about a love/skate relationship. What makes this one unique is that...

  • Long Life Journey

    By on March 21, 2007

    Five and a half years. Is it still too soon for a 9/11 themed movie? And, in the case of Reign Over Me, is this...

  • The Buff Stuff

    By on March 14, 2007

    Lots of hot, sweaty, buff, nearly-naked men. Do you need more convincing to run out and see 300? If so, consider this: It's a visually...

  • Snake on a Chain

    By on February 28, 2007

    First off, an important disclaimer about Black Snake Moan. The snakes are metaphorical -- they did not follow Samuel L. Jackson off the plane. In...