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Sacha Baron Cohen plays Admiral General Aladeen, the authoritarian, anti-Semitic and unexpectedly sympathetic protagonist of The Dictator.
'The Dictator' Rules With A Satirist's Fist
()There was Ali G, Borat and Bruno — and now, in The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen has a new character to add to his repertoire: the capricious ruler of an oil-rich country who travels to the U.N. to assert his right to have nuclear warheads.
Movie Reviews
A Teenage 'Hick,' Looking For Trouble On The Road()
May 10, 2012 A Nebraska teen trades a dysfunctional family for the lights and lures of Sin City — and falls in with a worse crowd than any she'd ever had to deal with at home.
Movie Reviews
Pregnant And Puzzling Over How The 'Parts' Will Fit()
May 10, 2012 In an endearing film about the fear of becoming a parent, a technologist still adjusting to her pregnancy goes on a road trip to visit family.
Movie Reviews
In Childhood, When 'I Wish' Equals An Action Plan ()
May 10, 2012 After a divorce, a young Japanese boy becomes obsessed with reuniting his family — and hopes that what he's heard about the power of wishes can make it happen.
Movie Reviews
'America': A Gleefully Violent Pop-Culture Pushback()
May 10, 2012 In a black comedy taking aim at American popular culture, a middle-aged man with terminal cancer (Joel Murray) decides to kill lowlifes — including texting moviegoers and reality TV stars. Critic Ella Taylor says God Bless America is a one-trick pony, but delivers venomous cultural criticism.
Movie Reviews
'Dark Shadows': A Vampire Returns, Without His Bite()
May 10, 2012 Johnny Depp stars in Tim Burton's feature-film adaptation of the cult Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, about an 18th-century vampire transplanted to the 1970s. Critic and longtime Dark Shadows fan David Edelstein says the camp sendup of the show is lifeless and unfunny.
Movie Reviews
When Mystery Writer Meets Pinup Girl (Who's Dead)()
May 10, 2012 When the body of a Marilyn Monroe-look-alike is found after an apparent suicide in a sleepy French town, a Paris-based mystery novelist decides to investigate. Critic Mark Jenkins says the film is a smart if outlandish whodunit.
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'Where Do We Go?' Lebanese Women Pave The Way()
May 10, 2012 A group of women are determined to stop their hotheaded men from starting a religious war in Where Do We Go Now?, a bittersweet comedy from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki. The film has broken box office records in the Middle East.
