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We've all experienced the horror of the guest who wouldn't leave. But what if that malingerer were your own child? We find out, in raunchy, raucous "Step Brothers," a movie about 40-year-old "boys" (Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly) forced to share a room when their parents (Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins) marry.
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'Mamma' meager
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You may find that the movie version of "Mamma Mia!" brings out your inner Simon Cowell. It's likely to happen any time Pierce Brosnan gets his mitts on a melody. "You no longer have a license to kill, Mr. Brosnan, and someone should revoke your license to sing."
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Ledger’s final act helps 'Knight' exceed comic-book standard
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Boy, is his face red
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- Thriller is the first test of new 3-D technologyBOX OFFICE and Oscars aside, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" may be the biggest movie of the year.
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Though hit at Sundance, 'The Wackness' is stale
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As a parent, I allow for a certain amount of crap TV and even enjoy some of it. But I have to leave the room during "Drake and Josh."
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Hey, kids, 'Meet Dave'
- Murphy's sci-fi flick cruises at preteen speedLeaving the repulsive "Norbit" far behind, Eddie Murphy returns to good-natured family comedy in the willfully cheesy sci-fi romp "Meet Dave."
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Hey, kids, 'Meet Dave'
- Murphy's sci-fi flick cruises at preteen speedLeaving the repulsive "Norbit" far behind, Eddie Murphy returns to good-natured family comedy in the willfully cheesy sci-fi romp "Meet Dave."
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Though hit at Sundance, ‘The Wackness’ is stale
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It was with some astonishment and displacement that I watched "The Wackness," featuring "D&R" fixture Josh Peck as Luke, a high-school kid who makes mad money peddling marijuana from an ice cream cart.
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Close encounters with a sci-fi classic
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"Journey to the Center of the Earth" star Brendan Fraser says he loves watching kids at preview screenings reach out to touch the lifelike 3-D images.
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