Movie ReviewsMovie Review | 'It’s Complicated' Reviewed by MANOHLA DARGIS In the pleasurable, daffy if at times daft “It’s Complicated,” Meryl Streep takes a character and makes you love her. Movie Review | 'Sherlock Holmes' Reviewed by A. O. SCOTT There are worse things than loutish, laddish cool, and as a series of poses and stunts, “Sherlock Holmes” is intermittently diverting. Movie Review | 'Police, Adjective' Reviewed by A. O. SCOTT True to its title, the new Romanian film “Police, Adjective” is a story of law enforcement with a special interest in grammar. Movie Review | 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' Reviewed by MANOHLA DARGIS Terry Gilliam’s latest is a full three-ring affair, complete with puffs of smoke, glitter and grunge, some hocus-pocus, mumbo jumbo and even a dwarf. Movie Review | 'Sita Sings the Blues' Reviewed by A. O. SCOTT “Sita Sings the Blues,” Nina Paley’s new animated film, is ambitious and visually loaded. Movie Review | 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' Reviewed by NEIL GENZLINGER The latest adventures of Alvin, Simon and Theodore find them pursuing the rock-star careers they began in the 2007 “Alvin” film. Movie Review | 'Up in the Air' Reviewed by MANOHLA DARGIS One of the pleasures of “Up in the Air” is that its actresses share the frame with George Clooney as equals, not props. News & Features Reviewed by A. O. SCOTT We may flee to the multiplex or the Netflix queue hoping to escape troubles at home or out there in the world, but those troubles have a habit of following us on our adventures.
 By MANOHLA DARGIS With all the seismic industry shifts there were movies to love, even from Hollywood.  By STEPHEN HOLDEN To this critic, truthfulness in films, no matter how painful, is preferable to sugar-coated reality paraded as art.  By BROOKS BARNES The film “It’s Complicated” received an R rating for a scene in which two stars share a joint, kicking up attacks on the M.P.A.A. for being out of touch. By MICHAEL CIEPLY A California appeals court on Monday rejected Roman Polanski’s request that his decades-old sex case be dismissed.  By WILLIAM GRIMES Mr. Wood was a film critic who published the first serious work in English on Alfred Hitchcock.  By SARAH WHEATON The actress got her start in the sleeper hit “Clueless” and is best known for her parts in “Girl, Interrupted” and “8 Mile.”  By BROOKS BARNES Premium-price tickets will help the industry reach more than $10 billion in ticket sales by the end of 2009. Go to Movies » DVD On DVD this week are Lewis Milestone’s war drama “A Walk in the Sun” and John Huston’s 1987 film “The Dead.” Go to DVD » | |
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