http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F Philly.com movie reviews and headlines. en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:58 GMT 2009-11-07T14:31:58Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69447722&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091107_Press_button__make_movie_die.html Whatever you do, do not accept delivery of The Box, a package that doesn't know where it is going nor how to get there. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:58 GMT 12b042eb18da69a74ff5f68fada9c599 2009-11-07T14:31:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69447717&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091107_Our_critics__selections.html An Education Carey Mulligan shines as the Oxford-bound honors student courted by a mysterious suitor twice her age (Peter Sarsgaard) in this resonant story directed by Lone Scherfig from Lynn Barber's memoir. PG-13 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2320d46ea4a8b89d29eda60e6056a0ed 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69447752&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091107_Our_critics__selections_1.html An Education Carey Mulligan shines as a suburban British teen, circa 1962, who falls for an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) in this beautifully turned coming-of-age tale, adapted from journalist Lynn Barber's memoir by writer Nick Hornby and director Lone Scherfig. Funny, sad, subtle, real. R Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT be60a8c4c6691eb1359951cd69060747 2009-11-07T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69354497&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106__Goat_-to_guy__Jedi_knight_Ewan_McGregor_plays_a_reporter_on_the_trail_of_a_big__baaad_story.html 'THE MEN Who Stare At Goats" is a fictionalized adaptation of a novel based on actual events involving real people. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:19 GMT b468a6ae30fd7422704d0ab0473f1015 2009-11-06T17:11:19Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305532&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Nice_effects__but_spirit_needs_to_visit.html As Ebenezer Scrooge (not to mention The Grinch), Jim Carrey aims to put a lump of coal in the Christmas stocking and a lump of emotion in the throat. That he fails is not for lack of effort. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:09:08 GMT 56b32a7bd85b4242456257fe99cfcc42 2009-11-05T20:09:08Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305592&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Glorious_satire_of_far-out_military_tactics.html As goofy as the glint in George Clooney's eye, The Men Who Stare at Goats offers a terrific adaptation of the nonfiction book of the same name, one that chronicles U.S. "alternative warfare" programs. That is, military operations that explore ps Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:11:43 GMT 53d25850b4bdf93a487d111fd601ec87 2009-11-05T20:11:43Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305642&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Inquirer_Critics.html @ In the Mix: Dan DeLuca writes about pop music and culture. http://go.philly.com/ inthemix @ Flickgrrl: Carrie Rickey offers her take on movies. http://go.philly.com/ flickgrrl Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT b939ae0a2b32d6bcdfb5f85ffabc93e5 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305572&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Repertory_Films_showing_this_week.html Repertory Films Ambler Theater 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler; 215-345-7855. www.amblertheater.com. Opera at the Ambler: Cosi fan Tutte. $26. 11/8. 12:30 pm. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) $8.75; $6.75 seniors and children. 11/11. 7:30 pm. Black Orpheus (Brazil/France/Italy, 1959) $8.75; $6.75 seniors and children. 11/11. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 1b1afff52c4749153c6646b6c8ec23b9 2009-11-06T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69302807&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2FFrom_Board_Game_to_Big_Screen.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:01:36 GMT 67bbc3387551d66b39fd2ab754a355b7 Carrie Rickey 2009-11-05T20:01:36Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69303357&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091105_christmas_carol.html There are four ghosts in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," but most movie versions have downplayed the story's pee-your-pants potential. That changes with "Disney's A Christmas Carol," a Robert Zemeckis animated movie that uses the latest 3-D and computer-graphic artistry to bring up the scare quotient in Dickens' classic story. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:45:18 GMT 74083d0e40d90b6c4a1843f677ad7d4b 2009-11-05T19:45:18Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305597&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Tender_and_suspenseful_study_in_love.html A 2009 foreign-language Oscar nominee, the Austrian thriller Revanche ("revenge") is a slow-burning, character-rich study in desperation, grief, vengeance, loyalty, and love. It's the sort of arthouse entry - in German, mostly - that gets you thinking about an English-language remake. But really, why should there be one? Hollywood has a sorry history of messing these things up, and writer/director Götz Spielmann's movie - beautifully shot, beautifully acted - is just about perfect as is. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:30:08 GMT 2e93bad33f2e359231b55d8dba7293bc 2009-11-05T20:30:08Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305537&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_A_South_African_tale_in_living_color.html Based on the improbable-but-true saga of Sandra Laing, the dark-complected daughter of light-complected Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era, Skin is a surreal melodrama of arbitrary racial labeling that estranged a woman from herself, her family of origin, and the father of her children. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:24 GMT f1ed810020be7a91e817bdc36d7e9854 2009-11-05T20:25:24Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69305587&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091106_Town_s_alien_visit_mildly_scary.html 'There's something going on in this town that we don't know about." "They're not from here." "Do you honestly believe that you were forcibly removed from your bedroom by a member of an alien race?" Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:19:46 GMT 5c6e42fc5463664740856828f2c021fb 2009-11-05T20:19:46Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69303337&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091105_men_who_stare_at_goats.html "The Men Who Stare At Goats" is the latest Hollywood look-in on the Iraq war and, well, it's not "The Hurt Locker." In fact, it's not the least bit interested in capturing any kind of boots-on-the-ground reality, and I guess the title is your first clue. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:57:37 GMT b47b144dc03979c364b683094c561f0e 2009-11-05T19:57:37Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=69303347&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091105_Fooled_ya__Fourth_Kind_uses_Internet_to_trick_moviegoers.html "The Fourth Kind" takes its title from the sliding scale of alien encounters - sighting, evidence, contact and abduction. Oh, those boorish extra terrestrials. Haven't they skipped a few steps? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:45 GMT 7e0df1914564b7484f2cc86894fd9f78 2009-11-05T19:40:45Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=67880807&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091031_Our_critics__selections.html Coco Before Chanel In Anne Fontaine's portrait of the influential designer, Audrey Tautou, the fetching gamine of Amélie, is the determined and prickly peasant who would dress princesses. PG-13 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT bb0d39031a8e6bd62dbff7568451d09e 2009-10-31T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=67880842&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091031_Our_critics__selections_1.html An Education Carey Mulligan shines as a suburban British teen, circa 1962, who falls for an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) in this beautifully turned coming-of-age tale, adapted from journalist Lynn Barber's memoir by writer Nick Hornby and director Lone Scherfig. Funny, sad, subtle, real. R Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT d0c1489f6113ba9a364f239f1c0218aa 2009-10-31T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168076&44=67562537&32=3796&7=195392&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F20091101_On_Movies__Jeff_Bridges_abides__and_works_like_crazy.html TORONTO - In The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jeff Bridges plays Bill Django, a military man who returns from Vietnam to embrace the '60s counterculture headlong - the whole Aquarian Age, flower power, altered states of consciousness thing. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:01:00 GMT e76f5cf275ef3abe6702a6d66480c0aa 2009-11-01T09:01:00Z