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Movie review: 'The Dictator'

THE DICTATOR

Paramount Pictures/Melinda Sue Gordon

A year after the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toppling of Hosni Mubarak, as protests against oppressive regimes in Iran and Syria continue to rage, the time would seem ripe for a no-holds-barred satire about the lingering conflicts in the Middle East, a movie that attacks both the despots w... Read more

Movie review: Trite execution renders 'Nesting' unfunny

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Dangertrain Films

PG-13 (scene of drug use, strong language, sexual references); 92 min. Read more

Movie review: 'Darling Companion'

DARLING COMPANION

Sony Pictures Classics/Wilson Webb

PG-13 (sexual content, strong language); 103 min. Read more

Movie review: 'Boy'

BOY

Unison Films

Unrated (strong language, drug use, smoking); 87 min. Read more

Movie review: 'Girl in Progress'

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Pantelion Films/Bob Akester

Can a single tone-deaf, wince-inducing joke, even one that's repeated, kill a movie? No. Not a good film. But a marginal one that has trouble finding its tone? Let's just say wisecracks about spouse abuse don't help Girl in Progress. Read more

Movie review: 'Dark Shadows'

Dark Shadows

Warner Bros.

There's one thing everyone will be able to agree on regarding Tim Burton's cinematic reimagining of the old TV series Dark Shadows: This isn't your mother's gothic soap opera. Read more

Movie review: 'Girl in Progress'

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Pantelion Films/Bob Akester

Can a single tone-deaf, wince-inducing joke, even one that's repeated, kill a movie? No. Not a good film. But a marginal one that has trouble finding its tone? Let's just say wisecracks about spouse abuse don't help Girl in Progress. Read more

The summer packs even more movies

Seeking a Friend

20th Century Fox

Here's a partial list of other notable movies that will be hitting North Texas screens between now and the end of August. Read more

'Bernie' reveals a real Texas tangle

BERNIE

Millennium Entertainment

The real stars of Richard Linklater's Bernie are, unquestionably, the townspeople of Carthage. Read more

'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' is an old-fashioned charmer

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

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PG-13 (sexual content, strong language); 124 min. Read more

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