Playwright Martin McDonagh breathes unabashedly obscene, new life into the overly familiar mismatched-buddy formula with "In Bruges," a comedy about hit men sent into hiding in the quaint Belgian town. Full story »

As usual in Hollywood, Oscar night looks like the same people will generally be collecting the same prizes. Yet some suspense remains for a few of the main awards. Full story »

"Be Kind Rewind," the latest fantasy from the exceedingly fertile imagination of writer-director Michel Gondry, contains a wonderful nugget of an idea that will appeal to both regular moviegoers and hard-core film geeks alike. Full story »

Sitting through the offbeat teen comedy "Charlie Bartlett" makes you feel as if you've just watched three episodes of a new TV series you can't wait to see more of — one that's so funny and smart and unpredictable, it would probably only survive one season on the air, if that, then gain a cult following on DVD. Full story »

After all those hits and all those decades of playing together, U2 is still a tremendous live act — which makes the idea of a three-dimensional concert film seem sort of redundant. Full story »

If someone remade "Rashomon" with "Bourne" sensibilities, it might look something like "Vantage Point." Full story »

Director Jose Padilha's "Elite Squad," a movie about police violence in Rio de Janeiro that caused controversy in Brazil, won the top Golden Bear award over the weekend at the annual Berlin film festival. Full story »

The globe-trotting thriller "Jumper" leaped to a weekend box office win with $27.2 million. Full story »

Surely it's not too early to feel nostalgic for 1992. Full story »

"The Spiderwick Chronicles" might not be in the same fantasy league as the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling. But the family flick based on the books of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black is an all-around class act, even if its world of ogres and goblins is a bit stale in the wake of its more ambitious cousins in the over-the-rainbow genre. Full story »

An awful creative decision stonewalls "Jumper," rendering what could have been a special action film into a gooey snoozer periodically boosted by nifty special effects. Full story »

There's a moment in "Fool's Gold" when Matthew McConaughey, as a flaky treasure hunter, finds himself stranded in the middle of the ocean, bobbing up and down as he clings to an ice chest, baking in the stillness of the sun and praying that someone will come by and rescue him. Full story »

No one dons a "Big Momma's House" fat suit in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins," yet the Martin Lawrence family reunion comedy is just as awash in silly caricatures as his earlier Deep South franchise. Full story »

The title "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights — Hollywood to the Heartland" gives a fair impression of what's in the movie. Full story »

"Strange Wilderness" takes a talented cast and a promising premise and strands them in the woods with hardly a laugh at their disposal. Full story »