Movie Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THOR'
Have Golden Locks, Seeking Hammer
By A. O. SCOTT
"Thor," directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE BEAVER'
Leave It to the Beaver to Do All the Talking
By MANOHLA DARGIS
A depressed toy manufacturer fails to commit suicide and begins communicating through a hand puppet. Nasty and brutish, the beaver owns the film.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'SOMETHING BORROWED'
New Lovers and the Old Triangle
By A. O. SCOTT
"Something Borrowed" is a comedy of marriage and a love triangle made up of Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'OCTUBRE'
The Difference a Baby Can Make
By MANOHLA DARGIS
"Octubre," a Peruvian film, shows how life changes for a shabby moneylender in Lima when an infant is left on his bed.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'HARVEST'
The Family That Stays Together Frays Together
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Robert Loggia stars as the dying patriarch of a Connecticut clan in "Harvest," directed by Marc Meyers.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'JUMPING THE BROOM'
2 Families Put Asunder Just Before the 'I Dos'
By A. O. SCOTT
In "Jumping the Broom" a nuptial weekend is the backdrop for a trousseau full of revelations revolving around class conflict between the two bridal families.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THERE BE DRAGONS'
A Guess-the-Flavoring Game, and Then Along Comes a War
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"There Be Dragons," Roland Joffé's new film, is the story of a lifelong rivalry as well as a Spanish Civil War saga.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'EXTRAORDINARY STORIES'
H Plus X Plus Z, Formula for 3 Intersecting Lives
By PAUL BRUNICK
"Extraordinary Stories," by the Argentine director Mariano Llinás, is a contagiously playful and thrillingly inventive work.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'DAYDREAM NATION'
Picking Up Extra Credit, and Teacher, After School
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"Daydream Nation" is Mike Goldbach's directorial debut, but the film belongs to its protagonist, Kat Dennings, who portrays a precocious teenager with a snide edge of defiance.
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