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Brian Dannelly's Saved! is an irreverent picture of religious fundamentalism in America. Director Dannelly has assembled a fine cast that includes Macaulay Culkin as the movie's best character. Dannelly's script, co-written by Michael Urban, is bright and original.

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HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—A fractured fairy tale broke records as it mended a heretofore soft summer.

Paramount Classics' French-made Love Me If You Dare is one of those pretentious foreign movies that are improved by charismatic performances. Like most modern pictures that stress humanity's flaws, Love Me If You Dare is a contradiction, instilling just enough appeal to make its would-be lovers likable before shutting them down.

Those who thought that green skinned ogre Shrek's story was over after he won the heart of the equally green Princess Fiona would be wrong. The second entry into what is undoubtedly becoming DreamWorks' first franchise, Shrek 2 chronicles life in happily ever after territory.

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—Following the rules of counter-programming, Sony's Screen Gems division went up against the brute force of Troy with Breakin' All the Rules and scored okay results.

Millions laid siege to screens showing Troy this weekend, but not enough to write an epic poem about.

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—Van Helsing suffered an alarming fall in its second weekend, one that not even CGI-obsessed director Stephen Sommers could fix in post.

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With the onslaught of giant, bloated action epics and moronic teen comedies that marks the summer movie season, it's nice that a short and sweet romantic comedy has been offered as a respite. The Jamie Foxx vehicle Breakin' All the Rules doesn't cover any new territory, nor does it offer any fresh insights, but it makes one feel comfortable and sort of fuzzy inside.

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—Van Helsing slayed not only vampires but vitriolic buzz to deliver a promising start to the summer movie season.

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—New York Minute's title turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy of how long the picture will last in multiplexes.

Like most partisan documentaries, one's reaction to Super Size Me will be informed both by political and culinary beliefs. A scathing, though surprisingly thoroughly executed piece of movie journalism, the documentary leads its audience to the inescapable conclusion that fast food—McDonald's in particular—is destroying America's health and contributing to the country's dubious honor as the fattest in the world.

Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing, the first big movie of the summer season, is an unmitigated monster mash of almost every adventure movie in the book from James Bond to Indiana Jones to the Universal horror movies that inspired it. Van Helsing will undoubtedly irk die-hard monster movie fans while appealing to video gamers and those besotted by Hugh Jackman.

Before Paris Hilton and the unending roster of those who are famous for being famous, there were the vapid Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley), whose mediocre TV sitcom (Full House) went off the air nine years ago. That they managed to make the intolerable New York Minute, which they also produced, reflects today's cultural bankruptcy.

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—Mean Girls' $8.6 million opening day likely reduced most grown box office analysts to declare, "like, ohmigod!"

HOLLYWOOD (Box Office Mojo)—Man on Fire is still ablaze in its second weekend, easing 34% to $15.0 million for a 12-haul of $44.3 million.