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Fresh Air's film critic says Adam Shankman's candy-colored teeny-bopper parable feels fatuously energized, with the songs all blaring at one manic pitch and a heroine whose delusional optimism has peaked by the end of the opening number.

In this installment of Summary Judgment, a roundup of critical response to new movie releases brought to you by online magazine Slate, we'll hear about Premonition, I Think I Love My Wife and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

In this week's installment of Summary Judgment from online magazine Slate, we'll hear about the critics' verdicts on this week's new movies: Meet the Robinsons, The Lookout and Blades of Glory.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases: the "underground" basketball film Crossover, the action flick Crank and a remake of Lassie.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's movie releases: The Da Vinci Code, Over the Fence and See No Evil.

Dick Wolf, the man behind the Law & Order television franchise, has created a new legal drama that breaks his familiar formula: NBC's Conviction is about the characters -- young assistant district attorneys -- rather than the crimes. Hollywood Reporter writer Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new series.

Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the new Pixar animated film Cars. He says the movie will likely continue Pixar's run of hits.

Ads for Toyota's newest economy car, the Yaris, feature the car taking on some animated animals. In one, an animated piggy bank gets assaulted to emphasize the gas-slipping car's penny-pinching attributes. Slate advertising critic Seth Stevenson has a review.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major new movie releases: All the Kings Men, The Science of Sleep and Flyboys.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Lake House and Nacho Libre.