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Misplaced Priorities and Greed Mark Mad Money
(Friday, January 18, 2008)
Christa Banister
Unlike the nearly consequence-free environment of the Ocean’s film franchise, (what happens in...
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Kids Can Learn a Lot from "Pirates" Who Don’t Do Much
(Friday, January 11, 2008)
Lisa Rice
What’s a compelling way to convey to kids that they are children of a soon-returning king and potential...
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Cell-Phone Scrutiny Follows One Missed Call
(Monday, January 07, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
One Missed Call takes the mortal consequences of cell-phone use to a new extreme, suggesting that...
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September Dawn Sheds Light on Mormon-Led Slaughter
(Friday, January 04, 2008)
Annabelle Robertson
On their way to California, the Baker-Fincher wagon train made camp in Mountain Meadows, Utah, where...
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Kick The Bucket List to the Curb
(Monday, December 31, 2007)
Christian Hamaker
“Find the joy in your life.” That’s the bottom-line message of director Rob Reiner’s The Bucket List,...
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Symbolism Runs Deep in There Will Be Blood
(Tuesday, April 08, 2008)
Annabelle Robertson
A film for film lovers, There Will Be Blood is not for those seeking fast-food entertainment....
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Heavy-Handed Water Horse Still Has a Few Charms
(Sunday, December 23, 2007)
Christa Banister
If you overlook the obvious comparisons to E.T. and a predictable plot, The Water Horse...
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“Kit Kittredge” Not Just for Girls But for Generations
(Wednesday, July 02, 2008)
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is not just a movie for little girls but for generations of girls—not simply to enjoy but to share, to connect through, and possibly even bond in ways they never even considered or thought possible.
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Absurd “Wanted” Attempts to Mimic Better Films
(Tuesday, July 01, 2008)
To say Wanted is far-fetched, would be the understatement of the year. Much of the film rips off much better action movies like The Matrix and Batman Begins—two films that are infinitely more plausible.
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Imaginative "Wall·E" Connects Dots Between Man and Machine
(Friday, June 27, 2008)
Pixar has done it again! With an unlikely robotic protagonist, Wall·E's message is all about pure, unadulterated love that looks out for the best interests of each other-and ultimately, mankind at large.
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"Get Smart" a Truly Hilarious Spy-Spoof Update
(Friday, June 20, 2008)
Surprisingly, the filmmakers of Get Smart set themselves apart from the typical 1970s “television to film” retread, by creating a truly hilarious film, one that updates the spy spoof without the typical comedic contempt.
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"The Love Guru" Falls Far Short of Enlightenment
(Friday, June 20, 2008)
Be warned: The Love Guru is far worse than you think. In fact, the only “comedy” that slightly edges it out in terms of truly low-brow, adolescent boy humor was the recent barely-seen stoner flick, Strange Wilderness.
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Gory "Happening" Doesn’t Make a Twitch of Sense
(Saturday, June 14, 2008)
Not only are there no tidy (or even quasi-rational) answers to why people are spontaneously killing themselves in M. Night Shyamlan’s latest, but the movie actually gets more confusing—and eye-roll inducing—as the minutes tick on by.
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Anthony Evans Giveaway
Meet Anthony Evans!
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Humbleinspirit - your answers are spot on! You stole my answer - Ben Folds' Brick. Very sad whe...
7/9/2008 2:55:29 AM
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Hmm.... ones that came to my mind: The White Stripes' cover of I Just Don't Know What To Do ...
7/9/2008 2:14:06 AM
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jeff buckley's version of hallelujah by leonard cohen is killer... generally, i really enjo...
7/9/2008 2:04:24 AM
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ORIGINAL: HighPlainsDrifter That's the trouble with having too many CDs. That's not p...
7/8/2008 9:10:41 PM
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ORIGINAL: Stratplayer ORIGINAL: freakofnature Hey Fatheroffive... I am a father of fo...
7/8/2008 9:08:16 PM
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