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Shorts
Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:04:07
Wishing for a innovative and imaginative family film? Look no further than Robert Rodriguez's Shorts. The visionary director has crafted a 21st ...more
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Inglourious Basterds
Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:01:16
Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Inglourious Basterds is a fairy tale. The movie even begins with the line "Once upon a time…" With that choice of ...more
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:10:07
By the end of The Goods [Paramount], you're going to love Don Ready. This used car salesman is easy to root for because he's so slick and ...more
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The Ugly Truth
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:14:26
"It's a matter of looking chaos in the eye and telling it to F-off," exclaims Katherine Heigl's Abby Richter early on in The Ugly Truth. That's an ...more
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Orphan
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:45:58
There's something beautifully terrifying about Orphan. It's a chilling psychological thriller that creeps inside the viewer's psyche and doesn't leave ...more
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:05:19
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the Hogwarts gang's Empire Strikes Back. It's a very dark film, but it's the most engrossing and enchanting ...more
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Public Enemies
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:30:23
Johnny Depp is the perfect John Dillinger. In Public Enemies, Depp gives Dillinger depth. He understands the nuances of one of America's most famous ...more
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:51:56
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is everything that a summer action flick should be. Like the best summertime fare, it alternates seamlessly ...more
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Imagine That
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:44:30
Imagine That showcases just how diverse of a comic Eddie Murphy truly is. The man who gave us Raw and Beverly Hills Cop has entrenched himself deep in ...more
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:26:11
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 places two men in a confessional; albeit it's not the standard church closet space. These men are also anything but ...more
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The Hangover
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:05:16
Vegas does quite a number on The Hangover's main trio—Phil [Bradley Cooper], Alan [Zach Galifianakis] and Stu [Ed Helms]. No ...more
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Downloading Nancy
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:21:25
If David Cronenberg's cold and kinky Crash or Michael Haneke's nasty and brutish Funny Games were your idea of good date movies, this morgue-chilly ...more
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Up
Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:59
At its honey-sweet, but never cloyingly sentimental core, UP is a “carpe diem”-championing fable intended to move the moral minds of impressionable ...more
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Easy Virtue
Fri, 29 May 2009 14:51:24
Like an uncorked bottle of day-old champagne, Easy Virtue manages to deliver fizz and pop, despite its own staleness. Based on one of Noël Coward’s ...more
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What Goes Up
Thu, 28 May 2009 16:59:01
What Goes Up is weighed down by a disastrously miscast Steve Coogan, an amateurish black-humor screenplay that drifts between overly earnest and ...more
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Drag Me to Hell
Thu, 28 May 2009 16:26:27
"Try not to piss off any old ladies today," warns Justin Long's Clay Dalton in Drag Me To Hell. That's a good general rule, especially when there's a ...more
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The Girlfriend Experience
Wed, 27 May 2009 14:54:17
The Girlfriend Experience is a study of dualities and boundaries blurred. Commodified sex and emotions dangerously commingle in the world inhabited by ...more
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Fri, 22 May 2009 12:59:17
Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has come a long way since first gracing the screen in Night at the Museum. Stiller has taken the character, once a hapless ...more
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Dance Flick
Wed, 20 May 2009 18:00:42
The Wayans Family ups the humor quotient with their raunchiest parody yet, Dance Flick. The men behind Scary Movie and White Chicks have crafted ...more
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Terminator Salvation
Tue, 19 May 2009 16:07:32
Whether it’s rivers running red with blood, an unending snowfall slowly smothering the earth, or robots trouncing humankind into inexistence, visions ...more