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reviewed Seven Psychopaths. October 22, 2012
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'Seven Psychopaths'
Star Rating:         That Seven Psychopaths is twisted, there can be no question. As to whether or not it’s successful, that’s open for debate. Here is a movie …
reviewed Alex Cross. October 22, 2012
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Alex Cross
Star Rating:         Alex Cross doesn’t work as a film, although it does prove that Tyler Perry can be a successful leading man in projects he has no creative and/or …
reviewed Paranormal Activity 4 (2012 film). October 22, 2012
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Paranormal Activity 4 (2012 film)
Star Rating:         Paranormal Activity 4 is a contrived, unoriginal, unmotivated effort that cruelly belabors an already exhausted premise. This comes after I begrudgingly …
reviewed Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes. October 22, 2012
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Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes
Star Rating:         Of the countless imitators The Blair Witch Project has spawned, Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes is probably the closest there is to a full-blown rip off. …
reviewed Frankenweenie. October 06, 2012
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Frankenweenie
Star Rating:         Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, a feature-length remake of his 1984 live-action short, is likely to ignite debate over how appropriate it is for younger …
reviewed Taken 2. October 06, 2012
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Taken 2
Star Rating:         My main issue with the original Taken was the inconsistency in tone, namely the wild shifts between serious drama and escapist action entertainment. …
reviewed Looper. October 01, 2012
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Looper
Star Rating:         Looper is one of the few time travel fables that didn’t have me scratching my head in utter confusion. Writer/director Rian Johnson doesn’t …
reviewed Solomon Kane. October 01, 2012
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Solomon Kane
Star Rating:         Solomon Kane is a film divided, at odds with itself over the need to be equal parts a morality play and a sword-and-sorcery action/adventure film. Although …
reviewed Dredd. September 24, 2012
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Dredd
Star Rating:         One of the biggest complaints fans had with 1995’s Judge Dredd was that the title character, played by Sylvester Stallone, wasn’t wearing …
reviewed Brawler. September 15, 2012
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Brawler
Star Rating:         The exact words used to describe Brawler are, “Based on true events,” and for all I know, this is the case. I haven’t been able to …
reviewed 10 Years. September 15, 2012
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10 Years
Star Rating:         Because I was homeschooled my senior year of high school, reunions have not been and never will be in the cards for me. Does this leave me ill prepared …
reviewed The Cold Light of Day. September 10, 2012
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The Cold Light of Day
Star Rating:         In the annals of spy thrillers, there is no MacGuffin more reliable than a briefcase with unknown contents. The Cold Light of Day features such a MacGuffin …
reviewed [REC] 3: Genesis. September 10, 2012
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[REC] 3: Genesis
Star Rating:         I have not seen every zombie movie ever made, but I’m fairly sure there has never been one in which the zombies are stopped dead in their tracks …
reviewed Branded (2012 Film). September 10, 2012
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Branded
Star Rating:         Branded makes a strong case for why wonky conspiracy theories should never, ever serve as the foundation of a screenplay. This movie is bizarre, self …
reviewed For a Good Time, Call.... September 01, 2012
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For a Good Time, Call...
Star Rating:         For a Good Time, Call... exemplifies yet again why female-driven raunchy comedies tend to work better than those that are male-driven. If you think about …
reviewed Lawless. August 30, 2012
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Lawless
Star Rating:         Lawless is a triumph of tone and setting, the gritty underworld of prohibition-era Virginia examined with meticulous and sometimes painful detail. This …
reviewed Premium Rush. August 25, 2012
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Premium Rush
Star Rating:         Premium Rush is one hell of a ride – an action thriller, a chase spectacle, a mystery, and a tale of international intrigue all rolled into one …
reviewed The Apparition (2012 film). August 25, 2012
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The Apparition
Star Rating:         The ads for The Apparition tell us it’s about how believing in supernatural events can make them real. The finished film, on the other hand, never …
reviewed Robot & Frank. August 25, 2012
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Robot & Frank
Star Rating:         Robot & Frank is a wasted opportunity, the chance to intelligently examine the scientific and ethical notions of robotics disregarded in favor of …
reviewed The Expendables 2. August 22, 2012
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The Expendables 2
Star Rating:         Watching The Expendables 2, I was repeatedly reminded of the Julie Brown single “I Like ‘em Big and Stupid,” a 1980s synthpop novelty …
reviewed ParaNorman. August 20, 2012
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ParaNorman
Star Rating:         Nine times out of ten, debating a film’s appropriateness for children is utterly pointless. But in the case of ParaNorman, a 3D stop-motion animated …
reviewed The Campaign. August 20, 2012
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The Campaign
Star Rating:         Four years ago, in the months leading to the election of Barack Obama, the film Swing Vote was released, a political satire in which the outcome of a …
reviewed The Imposter. August 03, 2012
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The Imposter
Star Rating:         The Imposter plays like a particularly good episode of Unsolved Mysteries, not just because actual documentary footage is interspersed with reenactments, …
reviewed The Watch. August 03, 2012
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The Watch
Star Rating:         Last summer saw the release of Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens, a film that quite inexplicably found the right balance between a science fiction …
reviewed Sacrifice [赵氏孤儿] (2010 movie). August 02, 2012
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Sacrifice [赵氏孤儿] (2010 movie)
Star Rating:         The premise of Sacrifice does not sit well with me, but then again, perhaps that was the intention. Taking place in ancient China, it tells the melodramatic …
reviewed Ruby Sparks. July 26, 2012
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Ruby Sparks
Star Rating:         Ruby Sparks begins as a great feat of imagination, transitions into a charming and witty romantic comedy, and ends as an intelligent commentary on the …
reviewed Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei). July 21, 2012
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei)
Star Rating:         True to current cinematic trends, Takashi Miike’s Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai has been released in 3D. There’s no real reason this process …
reviewed Collaborator. July 21, 2012
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Collaborator
Star Rating:         There are two problems that prevented Collaborator from being the thought-provoking character study it so clearly wanted to be. Firstly, writer/director/star …
reviewed Ice Age: Continental Drift. July 14, 2012
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
Star Rating:         Late 2010 saw the theatrical release of Scrat’s Continental Crack-Up, an animated short in which Scrat, the prehistoric squirrel from the Ice Age …
reviewed Easy Money. July 14, 2012
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Easy Money
Star Rating:         The Book of Timothy teaches us that money is the root of all evil. Easy Money tells the story of three men who do evil things in the pursuit of money. …
reviewed Savages. July 07, 2012
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Savages
Star Rating:         Although the convoluted plot, the shocking depictions of violence, and the heavy reliance on dialogue and character all suggest a rich, complicated film, …
reviewed Ted (2012 film). July 02, 2012
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Ted
Star Rating:         Going into Ted, I fully expected a raunchy comedy. What I wasn’t at all expecting was a very sweet, very compelling coming of age story, one that …
reviewed People Like Us. July 02, 2012
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People Like Us
Star Rating:         I suppose it doesn’t much matter that the machinery at work in People Like Us becomes visible fairly early on. Like countless other movies about …
reviewed Brave (2012 film). June 23, 2012
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Brave
Star Rating:         After taking a slight misstep last summer with the amusing but superficial Cars 2, the creative teams at Disney/Pixar have thoroughly redeemed themselves. …
reviewed Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. June 23, 2012
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Star Rating:         Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Don’t you just love a title that plainly spells it all out for you? Say it to yourself, and you’re instantly …
reviewed Seeking a Friend for the End of the W.... June 23, 2012
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Star Rating:         Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is nowhere near as funny as it has been made to seem, which actually works in its favor. The film is at its …
reviewed Rock of Ages. June 16, 2012
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Rock of Ages
Star Rating:         Adam Shankman’s Rock of Ages reveals the inherent problem with jukebox musicals, namely that story is formulated around songs as opposed to the …
reviewed That's My Boy. June 16, 2012
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'That's My Boy' Starring Adam Sandler
Star Rating:         Why do I go into Adam Sandler movies with the hope that each new offering will be the one that redeems him as an actor, a writer, and a producer? You’d …
reviewed Your Sister's Sister. June 16, 2012
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Your Sister's Sister
Star Rating:         Up until now, whenever I said that a film is like a sitcom, I always meant it in a negative context. I now realize how shortsighted that was on my part, …
reviewed Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. June 09, 2012
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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Star Rating:         The greatest pleasure of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is that it’s nothing more or less than what it is. There is not a scene, a character, …
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