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It takes skill to make a movie bad on purpose, but movies that are bad by accident can be a lot more fun. That paradox is the main lesson of “Black Dynamite.”

The documentary “Food Beware” takes a pragmatic, health-based approach.

“The Little Traitor” is a muddled morality tale more interested in coming of age than getting of wisdom.

Several things might strike you as odd about “Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story,” a documentary about the cross-dressing British comedian.

“Opa!” is a sweet, nontaxing movie set in the gorgeous Greek Isles.

“Where the Wild Things Are” is an alternately perfect and imperfect if always beautiful adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book.

The movie “Paranormal Activity” was inspired by unexplained noises in the night and other strange goings-on in the director Oren Peli’s suburban home.

In spite of some attempts at human and neighborhood variety, the stories in “New York, I Love You” have a self-conscious sameness.

The narrative design of “The Maid” is at once simple and complex.

The system fails a family man in “Law Abiding Citizen,” leading him to seek his own brand of justice.

“Black Dynamite,” a loving homage to blaxploitation films, features a gleefully ludicrous plot.

“New York, I Love You” assembles an eclectic collection of directors and actors and let them loose on city streets.

MOVIES.

A French lawyer for the jailed director Roman Polanski said that his client, if released from jail, would promise to remain in Switzerland under house arrest.

This big, comprehensive, flesh-and-blood account of Robert Altman’s persona and exploits draws on the voices of the filmmaker’s collaborators, critics and camp followers.

The move means that National Amusements, which controls Viacom and CBS, will not sell many of its movie theaters.

“The Damned United” is the rare sports movie that deals with humiliation and disappointment.

The widely acclaimed Filipino actress Anita Linda gives a quietly transfixing performance as the title character of “Adela.”

“Paranormal Activity” is a crudely made, half-clever little frightener.