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“Mars Needs Moms” cost $150 million to make (excluding marketing) and managed to bring in only $6.8 million in North American ticket sales over the weekend.
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Don’t Take This Hunk at Face Value
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Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land
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Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Jane Eyre,” starring Mia Wasikowska, is a splendid example of how to tackle the daunting duty of turning a beloved work of classic literature into a movie.
Movie Review 'Red Riding Hood'
The Girl Who Sighed Wolf
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Catherine Hardwicke’s “Red Riding Hood” is a goofily amusing screen fairy tale that includes bloodshed, but it’s generally tamer than its often-gruesome source.
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City of Angels Resists Becoming City of Aliens (the Outer-Space Type)
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Movie Review 'Certified Copy'
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A Patch of Rusty Paradise That Might Be Paved
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Cheating on His Fiancée With a Camera
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In Dana Adam Shapiro’s “Monogamy,” a seemingly happy engagement is ripped apart by a man’s voyeurism.
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Eric Mendelsohn’s “3 Backyards” looks at the secrets and lies seething under the surface of a Long Island town.
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‘Black Death’ and Dark Ages Drama
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As it turns out, no one is without sin in “Black Death,” a grungy, cynical little number from the British director Christopher Smith.
Movie Review 'Brotherhood'
‘Brotherhood’: Pledge Night Gone Wrong
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Movie Review 'Mars Needs Moms'
Mars, Moms and More
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Mars, once again, looks to Earth to supplement its female population because, it seems, the women who run Mars think Earth mothers are skilled at child rearing.
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“Making the Boys” is a captivating documentary about the creation of, and reaction to, the breakthrough play “The Boys in the Band.”
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- Don’t Take This Hunk at Face Value
- Movie Review | 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land
- Movie Review | 'Certified Copy': On the Road, Packing Querulous Erudition
- Now Playing: The Usual Chaos
- Video: Goodbye, DVD. Hello, Future.
- A Director’s Toughest Competition
- Movie Review | 'The Adjustment Bureau': Creepy People With a Plan, and a Couple on the Run
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- Conan in the Wilderness
- Movie Review | '3 Backyards': What’s Really Beneath Those Manicured Lawns (and Suburban Smiles)
- Don’t Take This Hunk at Face Value
- Arts, Briefly: ‘Mars Needs Moms’ ... and Paying Customers
- Now Playing: The Usual Chaos
- Movie Review | 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land
- Conan in the Wilderness
- Movie Review | 'Red Riding Hood': The Girl Who Sighed Wolf
- Movie Review | 'Battle: Los Angeles': City of Angels Resists Becoming City of Aliens (the Outer-Space Type)
- Movie Review | 'Certified Copy': On the Road, Packing Querulous Erudition
- Right Man to Handle an Irreverent Alien
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