"Crank" a worthy piece of escapist fun
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The 2006 summer movie  season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of "Crank," a  jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed  escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise.
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This improbably enjoyable thriller contains enough decent jokes, crackerjack car chases and plot convolutions to make the price of the ticket seem like a reasonable bargain.
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Hallo is enjoyable fare if you like the Rafi-Mecartin brand of filmmaking, and Mohanlal.
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A frenetic remake of a cult classic shows how each film generation finds its own tone and terrors
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If you are in the mood for leggy heroines blasting down zombie armies with absurdly large automatic weapons, the sequel to "Resident Evil" gives very good value for the money.
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A second run-through of the Star Wars galaxy, Lego-style, is a blast, if not exactly taxing. Hey, play with your wife or your cellmate -- it's all good. By Lore SjÃ¶berg.
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Rise of the Machinesâ¢ scuttles a little closer
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Somehowâtalent, maybe?âMartin Cruz Smith has found a way to make his Arkady Renko series always live up to the promise of 'Gorky Park.'
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Any film that uses the  Carpenters&#39; pop hit &quot;We&#39;ve Only Just Begun&quot; for scares instead  of sentimentality must be credited with a quirky sense of  humor. The presence of John Cusack in the cast -- actually,  he&#39;s almost the entire cast -- confirms the movie&#39;s hip,  humorous approach to the horror genre.
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Alexander Payne's latest is one of the year's most entertaining movies.
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Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav is a fun film.
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A TIME critic's take on the cantankerous director of MASH and other sprawling social comedies
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Richard Foreman has thoughtfully whipped up a dazzling exercise in reality-shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful.
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Our favorite genre-busters will roll, creep, slither, bounce, and wriggle their way into your free time--if you give them a try.
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As anyone who saw the  classic 1981 film "My Dinner With Andre" knows, Wallace Shawn  is an engaging conversationalist. Hearing him yammer on about  sundry topics in his almost comical voice is a source of  entertainment in and of itself.
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This  is not your great-grandmother's "The Jew of Malta," but it  certainly is fun.
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This story can make you money -- if it's true.