Its success is predetermined, but couldn't director Catherine Hardwicke have taken enough care to make a film that doesn't talk down to young people? More
Despite some cringe-making Harlequin Romance moments between homegrown Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the 1940s-set "Australia" defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling. More
Those Beverly Hills Chihuahuas might have run their course, but a Hollywood White Shepherd efficiently marks his territory in this film, an animated adventure about a canine action hero who's inadvertently shipped from his studio to the East Coast. More
The China setting -- both ancient and 1946 -- might prove beneficial thanks to the publicity generated by the Summer Olympics, and the presence of Asian superstars Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh certainly won't hurt. More
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