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'Pirate Radio': Tune in for cast, soundtrack
More retro than renegade, Pirate Radio is buoyed by spirited performances and infectious tunes. This lightweight British comedy is set in 1966...
USA TODAY, 11/13/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
Uneven 'Mr. Fox' is fantastic, anyway
In his first foray into animation, director Wes Anderson lends his trademark quirky humor to a children's tale, rendering it a sometimes witty, if...
USA TODAY, 11/13/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'2012': Now that's Armageddon!
"We're all gonna die!" In 2012, the mother of all disaster movies, this be-all, end-all of cliches -- best when shrieked at the top of one's...
USA TODAY, 11/13/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'The Box' contains few frights
The characters in The Box are like cardboard cutouts: Some have "foolish victim" labeled on them, and others fall into the category of absurdly...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'Fourth Kind' caught up in UFOs
The most alarming moment in the suspense/horror movie The Fourth Kind is a simple statement: 11 million people in the USA claim to have seen a...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'Christmas Carol' lost in 3-D interpretation
Charles Dickens was hardly a master of subtlety, but it's hard to imagine he would appreciate this frenetic, in-your-face and vapid interpretation...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'Men Who Stare at Goats': It's not baaaaad
Paranormal activity is not just the stuff of low-budget horror flicks. Apparently the military has its own use for psychic disturbances, a concept...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'Precious' is painful, poignant
It's a big week for redemption. Though their tales are worlds and centuries apart, two films grapple with soul-killing pain and financial...
USA TODAY, 11/06/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
'Gentlemen Broncos': Too many hitches in its giddyap
If you didn't know otherwise, you'd swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student -- and not a particularly talented...
USA TODAY, 10/30/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication -
Not much story to propel 'Astro'
Astro Boy feels as if it were cobbled together from extraneous parts. Borrowing from Pinocchio, The Incredibles, Jimmy Neutron, Iron Giant and...
USA TODAY, 10/23/09 by Claudia Puig · More from publication
