“Watchmen” took a 67 percent hit in weekend box-office receipts, placing second behind “Race to Witch Mountain.” Critic Bob Denerstein usually ignores box-office rumblings, but felt reasonably sure “Watchmen” — a two-hour and 43-minute adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novel — wouldn’t sustain its opening drive. For a little more, try www.denersteinunleashed.com.

The much-honored Italian movie Gomorrah takes us into a crime-ravaged city where the atmosphere is so nihilistic, it virtually obliterates all traces of plot. Violent and sometimes confusing, director Matteo Garrone’s movie isn’t particularly entertaining, but it raises awareness about the shocking extent of a real-life criminal empire. Read Bob Denerstein’s full review at www.denersteinunleashed.com.

Since Wes Craven released his 1972 cult favorite, “The Last House on the Left,” the movies have become more adept at depicting gore. If graphic violence and sadism are your thing, you probably should take a look at the remake of Craven’s brutal opus. If, on the other hand, you don’t regard humiliation and torture as entertainment, you definitely should look elsewhere. Critic Bob Denerstein’s review at www.denersteinunleashed.com.

Film critic Bob Denerstein recently attended a preview screening of “The Last House on the Left,” a remake of director Wes Craven’s 1972 horror classic. Believe it or not — and if you’re a regular moviegoer, you probably will — there were little kids in the audience. Read Denerstein’s reaction at www.denersteinunleashed.com.

Not surprisingly, Watchmen topped the weekend’s movie box office, but critic Bob Denerstein asks, “Will the two-hour and 43-minute movie be able to sustain this kind of results?”

Wendy and Lucy, a minimalist effort starring Michelle Williams, tells the story of a rootless young woman who loses her dog. Wendy and Lucy succeeds in immersing us in the rhythms of ordinary life, but those same rhythms make the movie dull and uneventful. Read Bob Denerstein’s review.

Bob Denerstein says Watchmen tries to fill every second of its two hours and 43 minutes. Maybe that’s the trouble. This overstuffed adaptation of a much-admired comic book series feels overcrowded, chaotic and long.

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Film critic Bob Denerstein has seen the new movie Watchmen. He’s also seen one of its main characters, a blue-skinned superhero named Doctor Manhattan. Doctor Manhattan is not the movie’s most emotional character, but he’s definitely its most revealed — as in full frontal nudity.

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