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Actor Johnny Depp has fond memories of his first machine gun.

Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” proves that the advance of technology is not always pretty.

“My Sister’s Keeper” is a shameless weepy, one of the most manipulative and fundamental of genres, but it also raises some surprisingly difficult and thought-provoking ethical questions.

The title of Woody Allen’s new comedy, “Whatever Works,” might define what the filmmaker has been up to the last few years.

How many committees did it take to come up with the subtitle for the “Transformers” sequel?

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Making a solid summer comedy starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross and Hank Azaria should be so easy, a caveman could do it.

Harold Ramis has directed some of the most popular comedies of the past 30 years, including "Caddyshack," ''Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This." But his smartest career decision may have been rejecting one high-profile job.

You put food in your mouth every day. But do you know exactly what you’re consuming when you pick up chicken breasts at the grocery store or drive though a fast-food restaurant for a cheeseburger?

Threatened with deportation to Canada in “The Proposal,” Sandra Bullock resorts to a dodge that works only in movies and sit-coms: She arranges a quickie marriage to an American citizen.

“Moon” does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over.

To reprise his role as Sam in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” Shia LaBeouf played with pain – and paid with flesh.

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The way the original 1974 film’s title has been condensed tells you everything you need to know about the direction “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” is headed. In these fast-paced, mixed-up times, it simply takes too long to spell out the numbers.

The words “Eddie Murphy family comedy” are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover.

Movies about pregnancy all too often feature mad dashes to the maternity ward, delivery-room histrionics and bumbling, hovering relatives.

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As we learn from “My Life in Ruins,” the Greek word for mojo – or zest for life – is “kefi.” Nia Vardalos’ character has lost hers and needs to get it back.

You’d be forgiven for thinking “The Hangover” is a documentary.

“Land of the Lost” was the highlight of my Saturday mornings in the mid-1970s. How could it not be? I was 10, and it had dinosaurs in it.

HOLLYWOOD – Dan Aykroyd has waited two decades for the "Ghostbusters" film franchise to come back from Hollywood's great beyond, and now it's so close he can feel it in his bones.

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"Up” may not quite rank as Pixar’s finest film (I lean toward “Ratatouille”), but it is certainly the animation studio’s oddest and bravest picture, and possibly its most beautiful.

LOS ANGELES – When you need an old grouch, Edward Asner is your man.

The “Terminator” series, with one exception, has a knack for rising above low expectations.

This week the "Terminator" franchise returns to theaters with its darkest chapter yet, a relentless, spirit-crushing vision of the future where humans are snuffed by killer robots. There are not a lot of lighthearted moments in this film, but you might hear chuckles in the theater during the screen credits because of one line: "A McG film."

WASHINGTON – Not since Charlton Heston told a "dirty ape" what to do with his stinking paws has an actor been so tormented by a monkey.

“Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” is one of those sequels in which “bigger” is supposed to mean “better,” in which more characters, more sight gags and more action are supposed to add up to more fun.

• DreamWorks said it wanted to make a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. “provided that there is unity” among the civil rights icon’s children.

• Are there boundaries to declaring the next “Amer­ican Idol” champ early? Apparently, nothing can contain the likes of Adam Lambert.