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Most action directors seem to take the
term "fast-paced" too literally, making sure their shooting style
mirrors the quick-moving
narrative. Not director Nimrod Antal, who has made an old-school, action-packed, suspenseful and, most
importantly, fun sequel in
Predators.
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07/15/2010 |
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Despite decent special effects and some colorful closing credits,
Airbender is pure "B," falling in that "so bad it's good"
category, the same reserved for ironic
viewing and homespun riffing - funny, but in the wrong ways.
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07/08/2010 |
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Tom Cruise hasn't come a long way from leaping maniacally on Oprah
Winfrey's couch.
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07/01/2010 |
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It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since Pixar Animation Studios
changed the world of animation with Toy Story...
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06/24/2010 |
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You know the drill.
A crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly...
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06/17/2010 |
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Moments after the credits of The Karate Kid ended - more than
two-and-a-half hours after the listed show time - I was left with only
one question: Where has all the magic gone?
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06/17/2010 |
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As Roscoe Lee Browne might have said, the first hazard for a
supporting character given their own movie is the extreme increase in screen time - the adulation
can spin them quite giddy.
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06/10/2010 |
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Remember those old Nintendo games? The kind you had to blow on until you were blue in the face? Only to have it lock up when you're finally about to...
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06/03/2010 |
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As it turns out, Letters to Juliet
is a very charming and enjoyable romantic comedy.
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05/21/2010 |
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When Ridley Scott's take on the Robin Hood legend was announced
a couple years back, film buffs quivered with excitement.
After all, it was...
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05/20/2010 |
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Iron Man 2 does everything
the second part of an action trilogy should. The gang's all here
and having a literal blast,
the excitement ante's been upped, and promises of a third installment
are all present and
accounted for.
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05/13/2010 |
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There's a lot more to like in director Samuel Bayer's remake of
A Nightmare on Elm Street than most people would expect. It's moody, surprisingly low on the gore
meter and it's got a few nice scares. But despite the best
efforts of Bayer and
cinematographer Jeff Cutter, it's just plain boring.
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05/06/2010 |
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The Losers, like a Bazooka Joe
gum wrapper, slips between the
seat cushions, out of sight, out of mind and out of gum. There's little
to chew on, except maybe
some gratuitous eye candy, in what boils down to a mindless series of
action-movie cliches.
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04/29/2010 |
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Death at a
Funeral has two major things going for it:
Fantastic acting and excellent timing. Director Neil LaBute - who was a playwright before he
ventured into films - understands how stage comedy works and keeps the action moving at all
times, bouncing between characters dealing with odd situations in humorous
ways.
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04/26/2010 |
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This brutally entertaining action comedy has all the
trappings of a director's vision. It's as if director Matthew Vaughn
told studio
executives to take their PG-13 rating and shove it, resulting in an
uninhibited, creative film that
screams fun, along with some other choice profanity.
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04/26/2010 |
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Visually captivating and dramatically engrossing, The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is pure Terry Gilliam - the line between fiction and reality is
gleefully muddled; the mood is
dark, yet fun and offbeat; the casting impeccable; and its grandiose
visual effects work
wonders.
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04/15/2010 |
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The good news is that Date Night is exactly what one would
expect from the previews: silly, funny and light.
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04/15/2010 |
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Clash of the Titans is
exactly what you would expect from a modern-day remake of a movie from the early
1980s.
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04/09/2010 |
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Any review of Hot Tub Time Machine, I believe, must start with
a question: Does...
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04/01/2010 |
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Ah, the horrors of middle school.
Like some cruel limbo between childhood and adolescence, it's a cringe-worthy lesson in growing up, lined...
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03/25/2010 |
