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Stunning Cinematography Can’t Save a Shallow Romulus
(Monday, April 28, 2008)
Annabelle Robertson
Despite its stunning cinematography, Romulus, My Father plods along, moving from one scene to...
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Bonneville Road Trip Barely Makes It
(Thursday, June 26, 2008)
Annabelle Robertson
As the debut of writer/director Christopher Rowley, Bonneville—but only barely. It’s full of...
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Semi-Pro Only Semi-Funny
(Friday, February 29, 2008)
Stephen McGarvey
Maybe you’ve heard the adage: "If you’ve seen one Will Ferrell movie, you've seen 'em all." Well maybe...
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Vantage Point Gives Action Film Genre a Fresh Look
(Friday, February 22, 2008)
Stephen McGarvey
What could have been a forgettable thriller, Vantage Point instead gives the audience something...
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Wacky Be Kind Rewind Has Lots of Laughs
(Friday, February 22, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
Be Kind Rewind starts as a tale about the passing of the torch and serves as a wistful look at...
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Charlie Bartlett an Excellent Case Study on Today’s Teens
(Friday, February 22, 2008)
Lisa Rice
Charlie Bartlett is a well-made, funny but sad, targeted look at the very real emotions that plague...
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Inert Jumper Could Use a Jump-Start
(Friday, February 15, 2008)
Christian Hamaker
Jumper could have been the start of an entertaining franchise had it registered a pulse. Unable...
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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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