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When in Rome (PG-13)
Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel get a 91-minute demonstration of why it’s sometimes better just to stay in television with When in Rome, another romantic comedy torture device inflicted on couples looking for an innocuous date movie.
Edge of Darkness (R)
Mel Gibson gives the Boston accent a whirl and tries to unpretty himself enough to be believable as an old-school Boston police detective in Edge of Darkness, a not-great-but-not-awful airport novel of a movie.
Extraordinary Measures (PG)
Harrison Ford curmudgeons his way through Extraordinary Measures, a patience-trying Lifetime-movie-ish weepy about sick kids and their dedicated dad.
Tooth Fairy (PG)
Dwayne Johnson puts some pink tights and a fluffy tutu on his pro-wrestler’s frame in the silly family comedy Tooth Fairy.
Legion (R)
Angels battle for the future of humanity in the underwhelming Legion, which is kind of what would happen if John Milton wrote a Paradise Lost offshoot with more fighting, less poetry and an extremely pat ending.
Crazy Heart (R)
Country music can be really good — so we are reminded by Crazy Heart, a movie that also has a rich and enjoyable portrait of an aging former country star and his various vices.
A Single Man (R)
A man contemplates his life in coolly fabulous surroundings in A Single Man, a movie written and directed by fashion designer Tom Ford.
The Book of Eli (R)
Denzel Washington is all kinds of bad-ass in the post-apocalyptic action snackfood The Book of Eli.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (PG-13)
Terry Gilliam dresses a looney tunes story in a pair of circus-clown crazypants in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which, yes, is Heath Ledger’s last film.
The Spy Next Door (PG)
Another wince-inducing action comedy uses Jackie Chan’s charm and a goofy outtake reel to keep the audience from walking out on The Spy Next Door, which, in addition to its action/comedy duties, is a family movie.
Film reviews by Amy Diaz
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