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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"As faithful as any 21st-century effort has come to matching the look and feel of a 1970's "backwoods" splatter flick...I smell a cult following in the making."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Alas, terrific tunes can only carry a motion picture so far, and the material in between them is scattershot at best."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Something a good deal more remarkable than it otherwise might have been without the music...Well-intentioned, full of amiable energy, and exceedingly entertaining with each passing minute."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Anyone up on current events and at least passingly familiar with the history of the U.S. will learn few new insights. What they will learn is that they have seen this all before, and done better, by a director who seems to be going through the paces."
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"For those audience members who have read In Cold Blood or seen the 1967 film of the same name, Capote will make for a fascinating, enriching companion piece."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A romance without passion, urgency, depth, or even a slight modicum of believability...easily one of the worst films of 2001."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Some inventive individual moments aside, Captivity is off-puttingly derivative and clumsily written."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(1962) |
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"A nightmarish puzzle. It's aged very well."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Absorbing, charming, and even touching."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Casa de los Babys has a grander scope than Sayles was either able to afford or invest enough time in developing."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Craig is the best thing about Casino Royale, which for all of its positive steps in the right direction could still use some more dusting off."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Cassandra's Dream is like a dream, all right—a bad one, made by an aging filmmaker who, sadly, simply doesn't have the same magic he once did."
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A cinematic triumph, a motion picture so rich with honest emotions and ideas that it comes as a relative surprise that this is a big-budget, star vehicle."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Neither here nor there, neither offensively bad nor anything special, Catch and Release inspires little more than a shrug."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A terrifically engaging film with a plot that would be utterly ludicrous if not based on fact."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Falls into the trap of so many other family pictures by alternately pandering and condescending to its pint-sized target audience."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A surprisingly ill-advised misfire that surely won't be garnering many devoted fans above the age of single-digits."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Overtly bad (and unintentionally funny) enough to become a camp classic."
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DustinPutman.com |
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0/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A turd held up to the flickering bulb of the projector would be a marked improvement."
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Watching the picture, it felt more like a cerebral experience, than a normal film."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(1998) |
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"A winning and often hilarious comedy that delves into the lives of the rich, the famous and the struggling."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A disturbing, evocative journey into the human mind, the film recalls your spookiest dreams, most forbidden fantasies, and darkest past memories, strung together in an unforgettably bold visual palette."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A taut, crowd-pleasing thriller in which the improbable, if canny, premise is overlooked in exchange for what is an exceedingly fun ride."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"An often remarkably exhilarating and surprisingly insightful dance drama, perhaps the most impressionable and well-made in its genre since 1987's Dirty Dancing."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A gripping true story, stranger than fiction."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A provocative study of the human condition...handled in a fully challenging way that never once talks down to the viewer."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Good enough to stand on its own, but the film doesn't even begin to hold a candle next to 1971's version."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A non-flashy but uncommonly savvy film about teenage life that one can only hope finds its rightful audience."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A forgettable and too-glossy piffle posing ridiculously as Oscar bait, Charlie Wilson's War tells a true story that warrants more respect than this lifeless, frivolous drudge of a final product."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"A highly entertaining, funny, exciting, no-holds-barred, bubblegum triumph of the way to make a great action-comedy, as well as a rambunctious female empowerment fantasy."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a great time at the movies, to be sure, but it stands in the shadow of [a predecessor] that was more original, more satisfying, and somehow more complete."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"This story could be used as a wonderful learning tool for children dealing with loss."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Sparks of interest are few and far between and the only thing worth looking at is the pretty European scenery."
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Syrupy, dumb, and desperately unfunny...Cheaper by the Dozen is the worst family film of the year, a sub-sitcom-level failure as abhorrent as it is half-baked."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Shallow, meandering, predictable, padded, and jam-packed with one unfunny, hoarily conceived slapstick bit or pratfall after the next."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Stylish, suspenseful, and unusually intelligent for a genre movie, Cherry Falls is an excellent example of how to make a horror movie right."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Takes off with one mesmerizing song after the next, interspersed between exposition sequences that are mere filler for the main attraction."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Kids will be delighted by the cute-as-a-button protagonist and a comedy/sci-fi plot that offers some pint-sized thrills without ever getting too scary."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2000) |
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"It may also even have the power to make you think twice the next time you run through the drive-thru at your local KFC."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(1988) |
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"With humor taking a backseat to good, old-fashioned suspense, Child's Play is an impressive horror highlight of the late-'80s film scene."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(1991) |
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"The mystique might have faded, but the psychopathic Chucky is still an apt threat."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1991) |
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"A faded memory of the series' superior former self."
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A consistently tense, demanding and altogether exhilarating experience, an instant new classic of the sci-fi genre."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Been there, done that."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A peculiar black comedy without a detectable point."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A Christmas Tale is beautifully acted by all. The bigger dramatic moments in the film are believable, but the occasional fights and arguments cannot hold a candle to the quieter moments of truth permeating out of the scenes."
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A vile, morally repugnant lump of coal. One of the worst, most disingenuous Christmas movies in memory."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"What once felt both magical and foreboding now seems rather dreary and perfunctory."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A grandly successful fantasy. Practically flawless casting, bewitching storytelling and impressive visual effects bring the beautiful, troubled land of Narnia to life."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A thankless visual spectacle, marvelous to look at but woefully empty where its heart should be."
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