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"Though it provides no insight into its subject, Michael Mann's John Dillinger biopic is still an engrossing period piece, thanks largely to the director's sure hand and signature style."
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"Even for a Michael Bay movie, this robot-on-robot sequel is a pointless, messy assault on the senses. The special effects, of course, are flawless. The rest is scrap metal."
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"In this return to Manhattan - and to his old tricks - Woody Allen finds a perfect representative in Larry David."
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"As forgettable as a night of hard drinking, this frat-level comedy is good for a few laughs but never quite gels."
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"Along with the addition of Amy Adams as a spunky Amelia Earhart, moving the action to the Smithsonian (and ignoring any concerns about believability) brings this goofy sequel to life like a wax sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt."
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"This ambitious redefinition of a franchise is also loud, clumsy and, in the end, doesn't make much sense."
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"The team behind "The Da Vinci Code" returns to the ecclesiastic trough with this Vatican-based hooey that plays more like a Roman travelogue."
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"J.J. Abrams boldly takes the "Trek" franchise where it hasn't gone in a long time: to box office gold."
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"Reliably action-packed first attempt at an X-Men origin story, succeeds largely based on having Hugh Jackman back behind the claws and facial hair."
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"As innocuous as its title, this modest indie about underground street fighting boasts a gritty tongue-in-cheek attitude but (sorry) packs little punch."
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"Modest sci-fi entry out of Mexico %u2013 about the ultimate offshore labor force - shows impressive vision but lacks the story to keep it going."
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"Solid political thriller follows all the precedents of a typical journalist-led whodunit. But with strong performances and a tight script, it still works."
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"Following in the skid marks of its predecessors, this fourth installment of auto erotica reunites the original cast for one more go around the track."
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"This mildly moving documentary - about the best Canadian metal band you've never heard of - is nearly undermined by its own similarity to countless music mockumentaries past."
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"That director Zack Snyder's vehemently faithful adaptation of Alan Moore's seminal graphic novel is as entertaining as it is counts as a monumental achievement. But that doesn't make it a great movie."
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"Taut conspiracy thriller is elevated above the ordinary thanks to Tom Tykwer's sharp direction and a typically rock solid performance by Clive Owen."
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"Strained, lighter-than-air romantic comedy about a corporate executive who falls for the smalltown, snowbound locals she's sent to layoff. Like its heroine, it never warms up."
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"Bad even for a movie about vampires and werewolves, this "Underworld" prequel should, at the very least, be the final nail in this franchise's (ahem) coffin."
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"In the first surprise of this short year, this little movie about a big rapper is a worthy testament to the man who would be B.I.G, and the first truly good Hip Hop biopic."
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"Talk about an impossible mission: Tom Cruise plays a German WWII Colonel with plans to assassinate Hitler in this distractingly anachronistic fact-based tale from Bryan Singer."
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(2008) |
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"Relentlessly sentimental tearjerker succeeds solely on the charm of its stars on two and four legs."
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"Frank Miller's stiff adaptation of the Will Eisner comic book character feels more like a pet project, full of gee-whiz visuals but lacking a certain, well, spirit."
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"Affected, overwrought misstep from director Sam Mendes tracks the brutal disintegration of a 50s-era suburban couple in high style and higher melodrama."
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"Unusual animated fable - about a courageous mouse that saves a kingdom - suffers from an over-abundance of story but has its heart in the right place."
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"Darren Aronofsky's most personal film in years is a small character study, featuring a ferocious, career-capping performance by Mickey Rourke."
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"David Fincher's wildly overlong adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story misses a key point from its source material: the story should be a short one."
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"Low-budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes can't survive its contrived plot contortions, non-characters, or "well, duh" obviousness."
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"A young boy in post-war Germany has a torrid affair with an older woman, only to find out years later that she's a Nazi war criminal, in director Stephen Daldry's overwrought adaptation of the Bernhard Schlink novel."
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"If you see one vampire movie this season, it shouldn't be the one you're probably thinking of. It should be this quietly beautiful, fiendishly gripping Swedish import which is likely to stay with you longer than your average teen romance novel."
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"Surprisingly gripping little movie about a drifter in a small Oregon town looking for her lost pooch, features Michelle Williams in a raw nerve of a performance."
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"Baz Luhrmann's epic story of love and adventure isn't quite the classic it hopes to be, but it paints a vivid portrait of the titular continent on the brink of World War II."
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"The latest Bond entry is Bourne again - it delivers the action goods, but is it a Bond movie?"
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"A tight, first-rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East."
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(2008) |
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"Even Michael Cera's unique brand of awkwardness can't save this frustratingly weak adaptation."
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(2008) |
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"Director George C. Wolfe's overly-crafted adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel is a bit much. But the two leads are so charismatic that they manage to sell the material far more than it deserves."
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(2008) |
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"At last, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in a film together. Too bad it's a fairly run-of-the-mill cop drama with an ending you'll see coming from miles away."
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(2008) |
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"Paul W. S. Anderson's noisy, nonsensical remake fails to hold together even in its own paper-thin world."
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(2008) |
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"Sincere, relentlessly somber parable about a severely depressed man whose self-imposed suburban exile is upended by a familiarly-shaped stain on his wall."
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(2008) |
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"The degeneration of the "Star Wars" saga continues unabated with this latest, most kid-friendly Lucas-produced assault on the memory of the once-beloved franchise."
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