A former model says she’s appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film “Couple’s Retreat.”

A former model says she’s appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film “Couple’s Retreat.”

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: “Green Zone” — All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass’ first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm. Their thriller about the futile search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is a visual and visceral knockout utterly …

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Capsule reviews: `Green Zone’ and others
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator

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Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics
Remember the hoo-ha over whether Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl made a believable couple in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up”?

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Review: ‘Out of League’ takes title too literally
The problem with family-diary documentaries is that some families have too much drama for just one movie. In “Prodigal Sons,’’ N.Y.-based filmmaker Kimberly Reed tries to go home again and figure out who has changed more: her or them. The answer, in all its messy, heartbreaking complexity, is both.

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Here, dysfunction is putting it mildly