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MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'

If you squint, the Narnian ruins resemble Middle Earth's Helms Deep after battle. The gallant Pevensie siblings recall the Harry Potter crew. And Reepicheep, a swashbuckling mouse, possesses a giant ego in inverse proportion to his tiny frame - just like "Shrek's" rakish Puss'n'Boots.

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'My Brother is an Only Child'

It's bad enough when you hate your brother for being an annoying little jerk. The sibling relationship gets a lot more complicated when you're growing up in politically tumultuous 1960s Italy, he's a neo-fascist and you're a communist. Now those are some dinner table arguments.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Noise'

A tale of obsession and vigilantism cut with humor and a little Hegel, Henry Bean's "Noise" is a satisfyingly screwy New York story in which a successful businessman/family man jettisons all because he can't stand the cacophony on the street.
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THE MOVIE MASOCHIST: A jerk's progress

It may seem pointless to complain that most romantic comedies are too formulaic, but one can always try.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Speed Racer' is a day-glo void

"Speed Racer" runs for a gluteus-deadening 2 hours and 9 minutes.
MOVIE REVIEW: No luck finding surprises in `Vegas'

Come on, now. You already know "What Happens in Vegas."
Capsule reviews of `Speed Racer' and other films this week

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Son of Rambow'

Somewhere under the "rambow" - more precisely, circa 1982 in a theater playing "First Blood," which introduced Sylvester Stallone as troubled Vietnam vet John Rambo - two irresistible forces forged a wary bond.
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'Sex and the City,' at 40 and even maybe (gasp) 50

Early on in the new "Sex and the City" film - and don't worry, we're not spoiling the plot here - Carrie and longtime love Mr. Big are in bed together. A passionate interlude? Nah, they're just reading. Except they both need glasses, and there's only one pair.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Iron Man'

For its first 40 minutes, "Iron Man" isn't just a good superhero movie.
It's a good movie.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Smart People' not smart enough

"Smart People" is a smart movie, but it's not smart enough. So much effort was put into the snappy dialogue that no one noticed the story falls apart in the final 20 minutes.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' wrings belly laughs from formula

The Judd Apatow formula is so well-known by now that it might as well carry one of those "TM" trademarks. Nerd meets girl, nerd is afraid to get girl or gets girl pregnant, nerd loses girl, nerd obsesses over girl.
MOVIE REVIEW: Li, Chan are reason to see 'The Forbidden Kingdom'

A lot of time and effort could be wasted on explaining how the cinematography of "The Forbidden Kingdom" is at times stunning or how the writing has all the depth of a fortune cookie.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Visitor' deftly combines drama with issues

Like a shrewd salesman who keeps his suitcase to the side, Thomas McCarthy's "The Visitor" doesn't immediately announce itself as a movie about immigration policy. Instead, this enormously affecting, thought-provoking drama does it the smart way - by seducing us with sympathetic characters and compelling scenarios, then holding all of it in escrow until we whip out the checkbook.