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Romantic formula down to boring perfection review

Nicholas Sparks writes “beach novels” for people whose vacations are too short for anything heavy and whose tastes are pretty far from the cutting edge. And the movies made from his books are cinematic sand castles — sappy, old fashioned and utterly forgotten by the next time the tide rolls in.

Continuing films:

Travolta in familiar role review

In the space of just a few weeks, we have movies starring Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and John Travolta. It’s like the early ’90s all over again.

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Counting to 10 is complicated for Oscar's best pic - 02/10/2010

It used to be that picking a best-picture Oscar winner was as easy as one, two, three. Academy members would open their ballots, choose a favorite, and the nominee with the most votes would take home the top Academy Award. Not this year. It turns out that counting to 10, as in this year's expanded list of 10 best-picture no

Angelina Jolie visits Haiti with UN refugee body - 02/10/2010

Angelina Jolie met with Haitian earthquake survivors living in camps and visited a flattened school Wednesday, the second day of a visit as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency. The actress, representing the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, flew by helicopter to the southern city of Jacmel where she visited

Next 'Spider-Man' movie to be in 3-D - 02/10/2010

The new "Spider-Man" plans to swing closer to movie theater audiences. The next Spidey movie will be filmed in 3-D and is scheduled for release July 3, 2012, Sony Pictures announced Wednesday. The fourth installment is being directed by "(500) Days of Summer" filmmaker Marc Webb following the departure of Sam Raimi

Uzbek filmmaker convicted of slander - 02/10/2010

An Uzbek film director was convicted of slander on Wednesday for making a documentary on wedding rituals in the authoritarian ex-Soviet state, but released on amnesty, the artist and her lawyer said. Umida Akhmedova said the court in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, found her guilty of slander and "offense through mass media."