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Old Dogs
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Two men over the age of oh lets say 50 to be kind have their lives sent into a spiral when !surprise! one of them has a pair of 7-year old twins whom he must watch for two weeks. Not really what you may want when... [more]
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Planet 51
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Why do I have the feeling I have seen this movie before? Oh right, because it uses so much from so many other movies to tell its story that it is like watching old favorites again, all in one. With a new twist... [more]
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Precious
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Feeling down about your life? Do you wonder why everything seems to happen to you? Well it doesn't and your life is not that bad. Don't believe me - see this movie. Chronicling about two years in the life of... [more]
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Up In The Air
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Every day we wake up and make a choice. These choices dictate our lives in the present moment and impact our future. For Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) the choices he makes are simple. Go to work, fire employees... [more]
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Where The Wild Things Are
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"Let the wild rumpus start!" Just as Max shouts this out in Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book, perfectly cast Max Records shoots this first order of business as king of "Where the Wild Things Are" into the... [more]
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Gentlemen Broncos
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The mixing of comedy and science fiction in this film turns out something that is curious for the viewer. To say you will either love it or hate it is not far off from the truth. A host of out-there characters... [more]
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
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This is a movie about getting to know Pippa Lee. From the second of her birth to the day she finally does something out of character. With a heavy dose of voiceover her life unfolds before us, and all of the questions... [more]
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2012
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Why waste time, lets destroy everything from the start. That could be the mantra for this film. After a brief introduction to some characters, and a small dose of backstory on how the government saw the end coming... [more]
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Ponyo
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Remember the books you loved as a kid? Do you remember how even if you could not understand every word, you just kept marveling at the illustrations, and somehow you knew the story exactly? Just about in every... [more]
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The Box
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WTF?!? This is what the viewer is constantly asking himself/herself throughout the majority of the movie and that's not exactly a bad thing. In fact, the weird factor is the film's most entertaining aspect. Based... [more]
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
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Albeit this is an entertaining movie, but nothing really unique or striking goes on throughout. It follows the good vs. evil formula to a tee, and throws in a bit of the whole finding yourself and learning to stand... [more]
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Everybody's Fine
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Family. Such a small word holds great meaning. This film takes the idea of family and examines how the people we think we know, those we love and care for, are not always whom we perceive them to be. As Frank... [more]
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The Informant
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Welcome to the wonderful world of white-collar crime. The Informant! is the mostly true story of an executive turned whistle-blower named Mark Whitacre. Now I say "mostly true" because although the movie is based... [more]
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Sorority Row
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As the film opens you are thrown into a teenage boys dream. Young women having a pillow fight, bouncing on a trampoline in lingerie, drinking and debauchery everywhere you look. You have entered the most extreme... [more]
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Law Abiding Citizen
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Games. Games. Games. This film is full of them. The main characters, Clyde (Butler) and Rick (Fox), are embroiled in a cat and mouse game throughout and you cannot help but shift from being on either side. By... [more]
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The Time Traveler's Wife
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The one thing you need to know before you enter the theatre: bring a tissue, or three. This is a love story that will tug at your heart and have you grasping for answers as to how and why anything is possible.... [more]
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Couples Retreat
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Marriage is difficult and it takes some effort to make it work. Well, duh. It doesn't take a tropical resort vacation to figure that out, but that's basically all that happens in this movie. Jason (Jason Bateman)... [more]
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The Stepfather
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The movie starts and as we all may expect a mystery develops - is he, or isn't he, a serial killer. Wait though, this movie forgot to do that. Instead it just gives everything away in the first ten minutes. Then... [more]
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Serious Moonlight
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A sane, intelligent, successful, beautiful woman can snap in an instant, given the right circumstance. The circumstance in this case just happens to be her husband announcing he is leaving her for another woman.... [more]
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A Serious Man
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There are movies aimed at a specific audience. This is definitely one of those movies. Unless you have a very large background in the Jewish faith prepare to get lost, very lost. This entire movie is embedded... [more]
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I Hate Valentine's Day
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This is a cute story about finding the love of your life when you least expect it, or desire. It deals with the awkwardness of dating and the expectations that come along with it in a very true to life form. Humor... [more]
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Amelia
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When chronicling an individuals' past, especially an iconic figure, it is essential to give a fluid representation of time and place and motivation. This movie neglects to adhere to a any sort of real structure... [more]
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Love Happens
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If love is happening, it's happening somewhere else. To categorize this film as a romance or give the impression to an audience member that that is what you will get is a gross exaggeration. The main plot of the... [more]
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Zombieland
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In a world taken over by Zombies' the final human inhabitants are a band of misfits, who are quite a bit of fun. Whether they are killing zombies with baseball bats and garden shears, or conning each other out of... [more]
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Whip It
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Watching this movie is an experience. Everyone on screen is having such a great time it resonates into the audience. You want to cheer at times, scream at others, and rage against for reasons I will not divulge... [more]
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Bright Star
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The ill-fated romance depicted in Bright Star may not reach overwhelming proportions in terms of romance, but it still delivers a conventional and heartwarming love affair. Between the under appreciated poet Keats,... [more]
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Surrogates
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In this world of freaky doll-like surrogates the term 'plastics' takes on a whole new meaning. The premise of the movie had potential going in, but it loses you within minutes. There is no suspense or real mystery.... [more]
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Pandorum
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The problem with this movie is not that it obviously feeds off the creativity of some past sci-fi horror films such as Alien and Event Horizon, but that it eats away at the audience's patience far too long before... [more]
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Gamer
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As I walked out of this film I immediately knew what I should write for the production portion of the review: avoid, avoid at all costs, save yourself. To merely write that seemed more than enough time and energy... [more]
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Whiteout
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This just may be one of those movies you desperately try to like but cannot seem to pinpoint why you can't. It starts out strong and you are intrigued by the murder mystery; then it loses you about halfway through.... [more]
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The Invention of Lying
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A world where no one can lie - that is something you could really contemplate for hours. In this filmic world, where it is a reality, the being unable to lie is not cause for concern, it's the way in which people... [more]
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Moon
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This film is a rarity. It takes you on a journey that is thought provoking, mysterious, and whole heartedly science fiction. You will have many questions, and many will be unanswered, but that is part of the enjoyment... [more]
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My One And Only
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In one moment Anne Deveraux decides to leave her cheating husband, grab her two teenage boys, and set out for somewhere, anywhere else. Did I mention it is the 1950s? Not your typical act for a 50s housewife;... [more]
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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It's raining every type of imaginable food, and I like it. This movie may not be full of laughs but it is full of visually delightful animation and has a great moral at its core: accepting people for who they are... [more]
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(500) Days of Summer
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"This is not a love story." From that opening line you realize this film is going to be something different, and it fulfills its promise. With a refreshing take on the romantic comedy genre, being that the film... [more]
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District 9
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You should already be at the theatre watching this movie.
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Inglourious Basterds
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Are you in the mood to see a Nazi simultaneously suffocated with a pillow and stabbed in the face? Are you the type of soldier longing to engulf the Third Reich in an enclosed chamber of fire? Well, this movie... [more]
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Julie & Julia
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Combine one part France 1949 with one part Queens, New York 2002 and one gets a not great, but decent meal of a movie. The film does not succeed in achieving its full potential because the two parts never add up... [more]
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