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Kobe is ready for his close-up in Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work

Kobe Bryant may be the leader of the hated Los Angeles Lakers, but his new documentary has a lot of treats for anyone interested in an immersive NBA experience.

Movie review: Wrenching but brilliant Precious will challenge you

Presented by Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey, this heart-wrenching story about a pregnant Harlem teenager features Oscar-worthy performances and a string of film festival awards.

DVD Review: Sacha Baron Cohen follows Borat up with Bruno

The man behind Borat is back with another in-your-face, ambush comedy, but can his very gay Austrian fashion reporter Bruno match the appeal of the mustached Kazakhstanian?

Review: Army drama 'Messenger' delivers fitfully

After Kathryn Bigelow served up the first great Iraq War film with this year's "The Hurt Locker," Oren Moverman delivers a moderately engaging homefront counterpart on "The Messenger," a story that strays about without finding its center.

Blu-ray reviews: Pixar hits Up and Monsters, Inc.

If you’re a Pixar fan then this is a week for celebration as director Pete Docter’s two hit films bring warmth, heart and all that animated goodness to high definition Blu-ray.

Review: The end not soon enough for '2012'

Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood, have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.

Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is mighty fine

It may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr. Fox" offers some of the most goofy fun you'll have at a theater this season.

Review: 'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: "More of this is true than what you might imagine."

Review: 'Gentlemen Broncos' a saddle-sore mess

"Gentlemen Broncos" is a comedy so weird, so off, so simply wrong that even freakish hero Napoleon Dynamite would have a hard time lending it his catch word, "Sweet."

Review: 'This Is It' a homage to Jackson greatness

Watching "Michael Jackson's This Is It" will have fans grieving once again, but this time, it won't only be for the fallen King of Pop, but for what we lost - a brilliant entertainer who gave every inch of his body and soul for what might have been one of the most spectacular comebacks of all time.