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Cave of Forgotten Dreams: Werner Herzog’s 3-D Trip
Land of Forgotten Dreams is an enthralled and mostly enthralling guided tour of what Herzog describes as “one of the greatest art discoveries in the history of human culture
Fast Five: The First Great Post-Human Movie
Forget character and dialogue. In a movie like Fast Five it’s the action, not the acting, that matters
Madea’s Big Happy Family: Tyler Perry’s Drag Ball
Tyler Perry’s latest film looks to continue his streak as the most powerful star whose movies most American moviegoers have never seen
Water for Elephants Review: Under the Big Top with Reese and RPattz
The movie is a flashback to Hollywood’s midcentury, when sentimental best-sellers routinely became films of high purpose
Scream 4 — The Ultimate Shriekquel
Still an old-fashioned whodunit in which people get scared over the phone and killed in person
Top 10 Ways To Survive A Horror Movie
With the release of the fourth Scream film comes a fresh cast of hopeful horror survivors. TIME brings you the rules to follow if you want to make it out alive.
Rio: Birds of a Fabulous Feather
A high-flying romp that’s sunny enough to keep kids enchanted and their parents engrossed
The Conspirator Revisits a Pivotal Chapter of American Law and War
Director Robert Redford delves into the case behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Top 10 Sloppiest Movie Drunks
From Arthur to Withnail, TIME has picked the drunkest in a long line of film alcoholics.
Your Highness: The Ultimate in Lowness
Your Highness’ isn’t just a bad movie, it’s ‘the’ bad movie — a work of ur-awfulness, counterbrilliance and antigenius
Home-Schooling an Assassin: A Hit-or-Miss Hanna
Over-eager in almost every way, Joe Wright’s thriller keeps pressing scenes of deliberate, off-putting weirdness
The Family-Friendly Version of The King’s Speech: No F Words Allowed
Reader alert: This story quotes quite a few four-letter words, all of them spoken by a future King of England. Some readers may wish to skip the dialogue section after the next boldfaced advisory.
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