الجمعة، 30 مارس 2012

Movies Update: Reviews of 'Bully,' 'Mirror Mirror' and More

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Movie Reviews

Alex is one of the subjects of the documentary
Movie Review | 'Bully'

Behind Every Harassed Child? A Whole Lot of Clueless Adults

By A. O. SCOTT

Lee Hirsch's documentary "Bully" arrives at a moment when bullying is being redefined as a social problem.

Julia Roberts and Nathan Lane in
Movie Review | 'Mirror Mirror'

Who's the Most Self-Absorbed of Them All?

By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Snow White character in "Mirror Mirror" deviates only a bit from the heroine of the classic tale. This time Lily Collins is armed and suited for action.

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Mohamed Nasheed at the Copenhagen climate summit, where he sought to broker a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Movie Review | 'The Island President'

In Paradise, and Closer Than Ever to Disaster

By A. O. SCOTT

In "The Island President," the documentary filmmaker Jon Shenk turns his camera on the uglier realities of life and politics in the Maldives.

Movie Review | 'Intruders'

Telling Scary Stories and Then Living Them

By MANOHLA DARGIS

In "Intruders," Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's horror film starring Clive Owen, the chills come from a ghoul, Hollow Face, and from directorial sleights of hand.

Helene Bergsholm as a hormone-crazed Norwegian teenager in
Movie Review | 'Turn Me On, Dammit!'

She Lets Her Sexuality Loose, and the Phone Bills Mount

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "Turn Me On, Dammit!" a hormone-addled teenager longs to escape her tiny Norwegian village.

Sam Worthington as Perseus tussles with a Cyclops in
Movie Review | 'Wrath of the Titans'

Fisherman Off to a Mission in the Underworld

By ANDY WEBSTER

In this sequel to the 2010 "Clash of the Titans" remake, Zeus asks his demigod son for help, as the battle for supremacy between the gods and the Titans goes on.

News & Features

Nanni Moretti in a scene from

Who Died and Made You Pope?

By JOHN ANDERSON

Nanni Moretti's "We Have a Pope" takes a comedic look at the Vatican and a reluctant cleric just elected to the top job.

In his first leading man role in a decade, Billy Crystal will appear with Bette Midler as grandparents in

In Hollywood, an '80s Moment

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

At a time of plunging DVD sales and an up-and-down box office, Hollywood is doubling back on past hits, like "Dirty Dancing," and stars like Bette Midler and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Anders Danielsen Lie (left, with Kjaersti Odden Skjeldal) portrays a drug addict almost out of a recovery center in Joachim Trier's

Rehabilitating the Alienated and Addicted

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Among the offerings in the second half of the New Directors/New Films festival are "Oslo, August 31st," "Breathing," "Teddy Bear" and "Twilight Portrait."

DVD

A still from John Ford's

How the West Was Filled With Loss

By DAVE KEHR

John Ford's "Fort Apache" (1948), one of the great achievements of American cinema, has been released in a magnificent Blu-ray edition by Warner Home Video.

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Photos & Video

Slide Show: The Fairest of Them All?

A look back at some of the film and television adaptations of fairy tales.

Video: Exclusive Clip: 'We Have a Pope'

A scene from Nanni Moretti's film "We Have a Pope."

Showtimes & Tickets

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Mekado Murphy
 Movies Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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