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'Extract' is strictly vanilla

EXTRACT Rating: ** (out of five) Mike Judge is hard to figure. The guy busted through back in the early 1990s with Beavis and Butthead, that...
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Summer Movie Power Rankings, The Long-Awaited Sequel

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Every other week throughout the rest of the summer, we’ll be ranking the biggest summer movies as they’re released (see previous rankings...
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Do you have a 'Beth Cooper' moment in you?

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To drum up interest for the upcoming teen romance 'I Love You, Beth Cooper', the movie's producers are tapping into social media in a big way....
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Summer Movie Power Rankings

Every other week throughout the rest of the summer, we’ll be ranking the biggest summer movies as they’re released. The rankings have...
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Is 'Nine' the next musical hit? Check out the new trailer

Ever since Chicago took home a bunch of Oscars back in 2003, the movie industry has been proclaiming the triumphant return of the musical. It always...
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Ed Asner, Summer Movie Star? You can look it 'Up'

If you were coming up with a list of this summer's most unlikely movie stars, Ed Asner would have to be at the top of the list, wouldn't he? I mean,...
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Tarantino unveils new "Inglourious Basterds" footage on Idol

Quentin Tarantino showed up this week on American Idol as a "mentor" to the remaining contestants, tutoring them on how best to deliver...
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'Adventureland': A cotton-candy comedy

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AdventurelandRating: *** (out of five)Anyone going to see “Adventureland” and hoping that it will be some kind of “Superbad 2”...
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I Love You, Man: Bromance at its funniest

I Love You, Man Rating: ****1/2 (out of 5) Get ready for the latest movie catchphrase: The Bromance. It's cine-slang for a romantic comedy (or...
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Who will watch The Watchmen? You know who you are.

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'WATCHMEN'Rating: *** (out of five) 'Watchmen' isn't a bad movie - at least from a technical and visual effects standpoint, it's actually a pretty...
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