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The House Bunny

By Patty Jones

If there’s one thing Anna Faris proves in The House Bunny, it’s that you can star in a film that’s got all the substance of a push-up bra and still demonstrate the blissfully inspired comedy chops of Lucille Ball crossed with Judy Holliday.

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Death Race carnage takes aim at 21st-century America

By Mike Usinger

Although nowhere near as slyly subversive or cartoonishly clever as the 1975 cult classic that inspired it, beneath the smoke, shrapnel, and body parts this movie still has something to say.

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Frozen River

By Patty Jones

Starring Melissa Leo and Misty Upham. Rated PG. Opens Friday, August 22, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

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Chop Shop

By Ken Eisner

Starring Alejandro Polanco and Isamar Gonzales. Unrated. Plays Friday to Wednesday, August 22 to 27, at the Vancity Theatre

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The Longshots

By John Lekich

Starring Keke Palmer and Ice Cube. Rated PG. Opens Friday, August 22, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

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Fly Me To The Moon

By Ken Eisner

For a movie that so desperately wants to “inspire” children in the audience, Fly Me to the Moon is alarmingly packed with confused messages.

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Hamlet 2

By Ken Eisner

Although it’s definitely aimed at people who see a lot of movies and are happy to mock various genres and show-biz pretensions, Hamlet 2 itself is repetitive and condescending. And its humour is so scattershot that you can’t determine what the filmmakers were trying to achieve, other than getting some big laughs at virtually everyone’s expense.

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The Rocker

By Ken Eisner

In Hollywood comedies, guys are lovable children who refuse to grow up. They also apply the wisdom of sages to compensate for otherwise destructive schoolyard sensibilities. To illustrate, please check IMDb for the résumés of Jerry Lewis, Bill Murray, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and any other SNL veteran we might be forgetting. Jack Black also deserves a place on this list, with his Rock School turn the most apt during any discussion of The Rocker, which brings TV veteran Rainn Wilson into the man-child fold.

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Ranbir Kapoor shines in Bachna Ae Haseeno

By R. Paul Dhillon

A star-making performance by Ranbir Kapoor leads the way in this fresh portrait of young India, which is a real break from the past of conservative, straight-laced heroes and virtuous heroines.

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God Tussi Great Ho

By Itrath Syed

Rami Jaffery, the director of God Tussi Great Ho, continues to deny that his movie is a remake of Bruce Almighty, but this film is, indeed, a cheap facsimile of the original, albeit with a few minor adjustments.

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Mirrors

By Steve Newton

Kiefer Sutherland has many chances to show off the gun-pointing and flashlight-holding he perfected on TV’s 24 in this ridiculous and disappointing supernatural-horror flick.

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

By Ken Eisner

Woody Allen’s latest comedy about two American girls who join a roguish painter for a weekend is his most thoughtful and satisfying film in many years. The characters may be childish, but the movie is definitely grown-up.

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Love Me No More

By Mark Harris

In French director Jean Becker's tensely directed film, an advertising executive savages family, friends, and complete strangers with brutal honesty on the eve of his 42nd birthday,

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

By Ron Yamauchi

Featuring marionette-like animation and a new character annoying enough to rival Jar Jar Binks, the latest entry to the sci-fi series truly tests a nerd's commitment to the Jedi.

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Bottle Shock

By Ken Eisner

This overwrought crowd beater about California wine country is desperate to be a Sideways wtih Hallmark Card aspirations. The only glimmers of pleasure in the movie, however, come from Alan Rickman.

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Tropic Thunder

By Ken Eisner

This gore-filled and explosively-funny movie sets its sights on sending up Hollywood war movies, in particular Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and anything involving Sly Stallone.

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Singh Is Kinng

By R. Paul Dhillon

Is Singh (Punjabi for lion) really Kinng? Don’t believe the hype. The best way to watch this half-baked nonsense is to get high so you can have a real trip when the hip-hop/bhangra–fusion dance numbers do their magic. Otherwise, you’ll have to endure a very thin plot stretched over two-and-a-half hours of mindless slapstick.

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Kismat Konnection

By Itrath Syed

Those expecting Kismat Konnection to have some of the indefinable magic of Shahid Kapur’s last hit, Jab We Met, will be sadly disappointed. Despite being set in Canada and having a female lead with brains and a social conscience, this new offering fails to inspire.

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Amal

By Ken Eisner

Starring Rupinder Nagra and Roshan Seth. In English and in Hindi with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, August 8, at the Ridge Theatre

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Conversations with My Gardener

By Mark Harris

Starring Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Pierre Darroussin. In French with English subtitles. Rated PG. Opens Friday, August 8 at the Park Theatre

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Man on Wire

By Ken Eisner

A documentary by James Marsh. Rated G. Opens Friday, August 8, at Fifth Avenue and Cinemark Tinseltown cinemas

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American Teen

By Ken Eisner

A documentary by Nanette Burstein. Rated G. Opens Friday, August 8, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

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Baghead

By Ken Eisner

Starring Ross Partridge and Greta Gerwig. Rated PG. Opens Friday, August 8, at the Cinemark Tinseltown

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Pineapple Express

By John Lekich

A bit like parachuting Cheech and Chong into the middle of Rear Window, Pineapple Express could just be the funniest movie you’ll see all summer.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

By Patty Jones

One of the truly impressive things about The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 and its predecessor, the first Pants, is just how well four teenage girls can share a pair of Bedazzled blue jeans.

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