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"The Cat in the Hat" The only way they could have desecrated the memory of Dr. Seuss any more was to say he loved to eat children.
'Haunted' lacks charm, humor
What is it with Hollywood? If one formula works, then why not do it again, right? Wrong. "The Haunted Mansion" is hot on the heels of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," the surprise hit of the summer. Only what "The Haunted Mansion" lacks is Johnny Depp,who made the other movie the hit it was.
'Missing' comes up short
Westerns seem to be coming back into style - now it's just a matter of creating something new. Ron Howard's latest is "The Missing," and stars Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Jones, a white man who left his family to live with a tribe of Native Americans.
Weak acting, plot keeps 'Timeline' from ticking with audiences
What do you get when you have five gallons of ice cream and one gallon of manure? Well, it's either something you won't eat, or the new Richard Donner film, "Timeline." The trouble begins when a mysterious technology company funds a group of archaeologists on a dig in Europe.
'Master' a satisfying high seas adventure
It's nice to see Peter Weir put himself among recent filmmakers who are reviving epic flicks. But "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" deserves to sit with the mediocre rather than the good.
