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Entries by Marshall Fine from 05/2009

Angels & Demons: Clanky and Clunky

| Posted 05.13.2009

The mechanism creaks and groans as Tom Hanks tools around Rome, trying to halt an imminent threat to blow up Vatican City in Ron Howard's clanking film of Dan Brown's Angels & Demons.

Night at the Museum 2: Why? Why? Why?

| Posted 05.20.2009

If Ben Stiller is such a comic genius, what is he doing in these movies?

Give Reboots the Boot

| Posted 05.26.2009

As much as I enjoyed Star Trek, it was a guilty pleasure. Here was yet another movie that was devoted to selling us something we already had.

Up: First Great Film of the Year

| Posted 05.27.2009

You'd think that WALL-E would be a tough act to follow - but here comes Pixar with Up, a movie that matches that Oscar-winner for heart, laughs and pure excitement.

Interview: Director, Star of Oscar-Winner Departures

| Posted 05.28.2009

As director Takita and Motoki, the film's star told me in a recent interview in New York, Departures has always been "the little movie that could."