Movie critic Craig Outhier's irreverent guide to the best and worst of what's now playing in theaters. This week: The romantic comedy 'Definitely, Maybe' is definitely worth seeing, but Will Ferrell's flabby, pale body? Don't think so.
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1. “Definitely, Maybe”: Are you, like me, in Oscar detox? Check out this romantic comedy. Funny. Insightful. No killers or oilmen.
2. “Caramel”: Nadine Labaki’s sweet-sad ensemble drama is the best movie set in a Lebanese beauty parlor that you will see all month.
3. “Juno”: Up next for Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, her own Steven Spielberg-produced cable series about a woman with multiple personalities.
4. “Penelope”: Christina Ricci dons a pig nose, still dangerously cute.
5. “The Other Boleyn Girl”: It’s “Masterpiece Theater” meets “Wild Things.” Two words: Boleyn sandwich. |
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1. “Witless Protection”: In real life, Larry the Cable Guy is a Harvard-educated ethnologist who speaks 12 languages. True story.
2. “Bonneville”: Yawnaville, more like.
3. “Fool’s Gold”: Matthew McConaughey and his bongos laugh all the way to the bank.
4. “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”: Wasn’t this an old Jim Croce song from the ’70s? More Martin Lawrence hogwash.
5. “Semi-Pro”: Will Ferrell puts up an air-ball in this scattershot sports comedy. |
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