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Box office winners

Humbug! ‘A Christmas Carol’ has no spirit

Charles Dickens' classic tale is buried in extraneous 3-D whizbangery that takes the heart out of this special story. Full story

‘Brothers’ loses something in translation

‘New Moon’ is
boring — eternally so

The end not soon
enough for ‘2012’

‘The Blind Side’ focuses on the feel-good

The redemption-minded sports flick serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist and that drains the film of the kind of subtle nuances that might have separated it from other Hollywood Hallmark-like efforts. Full story

In theaters

De Niro shines in ‘Everybody’s Fine’

Robert De Niro offers a master class of mannered, minimalist acting but if he had a bit more room to roam into the dark corners of his character, the movie's fast path toward late-life insight would have felt more earned. Full story

‘The Road’ strives,
but leads to nowhere

‘Ninja Assassin’ is
bloody — and dull

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