الجمعة، 22 يوليو 2011

Movies Update: Reviews of 'Captain America,' 'Friends With Benefits' and More

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Movie Reviews

Chris Evans in
Movie Review | 'Captain America'

Hey, Brooklyn, Where'd You Get Those Muscles?

By A. O. SCOTT

"Captain America," like its unapologetically corny hero, is propelled by unpretentious and plucky ingenuity.

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in
Movie Review | 'Friends With Benefits'

It's Just Sex. We're Just Friends. You Know the Rules. Etc., Etc.

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Will Gluck's "Friends With Benefits," starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake, is a romantic comedy about romantic comedy.

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Brit Marling in a scene from
Movie Review | 'Another Earth'

Living in a Different World, Searching for a Second Chance

By MANOHLA DARGIS

A coming-of-age story with a science-fiction angle, "Another Earth" explores unspeakable grief.

Nikita Ramsey and Jade Ramsey in
Movie Review | 'The Myth of the American Sleepover'

The Night Belongs to Teenage Yearning

By A. O. SCOTT

"The Myth of the American Sleepover" looks at the unsteady mixture of sophistication and naïveté that is central to modern American teenage life.

The Windies team in 1976.
Movie Review | 'Fire in Babylon'

A Look at West Indies Cricket

By MIKE HALE

"Fire in Babylon" is a history of the West Indies' dominance of international cricket in the 1970s and '80s and the symbolic weight its teams carried in a post-colonial era.

Kristin Scott Thomas as a journalist researching the Holocaust in
Movie Review | Sarah's Key'

The Horror of Yesterday and the Everyday of Today

By RACHEL SALTZ

"Sarah's Key," directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, is an adaptation of a best-selling novel by Tatiana De Rosnay, following a journalist's investigation into a Holocaust tale.

The translator Svetlana Geier, subject of the documentary
Movie Review | 'The Woman With the 5 Elephants'

Diligently Turning Dostoyevsky German

By MIKE HALE

A documentary by Vadim Jendreyko about a translator and her eventful life.

News & Features

Ameena Matthews, right, a member of a team of

Captivating Films, Complicated Truths

By A. O. SCOTT

Five vastly diverse and fascinating documentaries resist easy summary.

Olivia Wilde in Los Angeles.

Look Past the Beauty, if You Can

By BROOKS BARNES

Olivia Wilde, who has seven films in various stages of production, is determined to show Hollywood that she is more than a pretty face.

Nikki Reed, a star in the coming

Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest

By BROOKS BARNES

The "Twilight" phenomenon showed no signs of abating at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where a studio presentation drew hundreds of ravenous fans.

Summer Movies: Some Have a Blast

By A. O. SCOTT and MANOHLA DARGIS

Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott answer reader questions about summer blockbuster movies.

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Herbert Marshall with Jeanne Eagels in

A Tragic Actress's Twilight, Burning, Not Dimming

By DAVE KEHR

"The Letter" (1929) featured Jeanne Eagels, who influenced Bette Davis (the remake's star). "Zazie Dans le Métro" was Louis Malle's nod to the New Wave.

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Photos & Video

Video: Critics' Picks: 'This is Spinal Tap'

A. O. Scott looks back at Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary.

Slide Show: Two Worlds, Not Quite Colliding

Images from "Another Earth," a film that blends drama with science fiction.

Slide Show: Films at NewFest

Images from some of the films playing at NewFest, a New York film festival featuring movies with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes.

Showtimes & Tickets

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Mekado Murphy
 Movies Producer
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