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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Falls smack-dab in the middle of terminal disposability."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Shows how helming a PG-13-rated movie for adults without compromising the dark subject matter is done."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Tediously conventional and ho-hum."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A complete bastardization of everything that was so taut, substantive and memorable in the classic 1974 original."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Idealistic but not idealized, the film contains a bittersweet quality that suggests without spelling out how truly monumental, meaningful, and one-of-a-kind Woodstock was."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A curiously lifeless motion picture, its emotional content so stuffy and its tone so understated that it almost becomes a chore to sit through."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"This a stunner of a thriller, both mature in its writing, also by Minghella, and provocative in its inclinations and plot twists."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Crashes and burns as it tries to garner laughs out of poorly edited and decidedly threadbare material."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Everything a quality animated feature should be: intelligent, accessible to both kids and adults, and most important, genuinely fun."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A spiffy-looking ride on a road to nowhere."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Nothing if not an intriguing failure. One does not care about what happens so much as one grows increasingly alarmed at where director Gyorgy Palfi will take his film next."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1999) |
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"If the movie is never necessarily boring, it also is rarely interesting."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"There are some hearty laughs to be had, but they don't come frequently enough."
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"One part unconvincing, jingoistic war picture and one part melodramatic, preachy hogwash."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1993) |
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"Simply not enough substance left for the film to be particularly worthwhile."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Capsule Review."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The first ten minutes are brilliant and then, for the most part, the fun (and music) screech to a halt."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Starts off with a quirkily original premise before completely derailing in shallow subplots that go nowhere and a loathsome conclusion that wants, but fails, to be uplifting."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The emotional element takes a backseat to the special effects, but Terminator Salvation is pulpy and fun as a rousing summer diversion, and more than respectable for being the fourth part in a twenty-five-year-old series."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(1974) |
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"A cutthroat, unendingly bleak masterpiece of horror cinema."
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"This updated version strikes a glaringly inferior note from beginning to end...However, judging it on its own merits exposes it to be a pretty good, stylishly crafted slasher flick."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(1986) |
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"A ripe and wicked horror-comedy, as black as pitch and every bit as violent as naysayers mistakenly accused the first film of being."
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A top-notch grindhouse flick perfect for the Halloween season. It's also the best this series has seen in twenty years."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(1994) |
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"Actually a fairly serviceable slasher flick up until a head-scratching last fifteen minutes that introduces and then fails to explain a series of plainly stupid plot twists."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"It is easy to see why it took Texas Rangers so long to reach multiplexes. More perplexing is how it got there at all."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The film works, sometimes brilliantly, at seriously exposing the flaws and hypocrisy within American government and business."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"George Lucas' desire to suck a few more dollars out of the consumers' pockets has led to a roaring creative misstep."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"This is one production that could have used a few more rewrites, if not a total reworking of a plot handled with more gusto over five decades ago."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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4/4 |
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(2004) |
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"An endlessly magical experience. One couldn't ask for a movie more pure and genuine. In a single word, The Polar Express is a masterpiece."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"An inspired low-budget horror item with a rough and tumble guerilla filmmaking flair. What it lacks is a steady focal point to rattle the viewer's interest and emotions for an hour and a half."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A well-crafted jack-in-the-box toy that is more frightening in its ratcheted apprehension of what is to come than in the ultimate outcome."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If Day-Lewis' Oscar-bound turn is one of the strongest of the year, it only calls more attention to the weaknesses around him."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"If a horror movie's primary goal is to frighten and disturb, then They works spectacularly well...A shiver-inducing, nerve-rattling ride."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(1998) |
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"An amazing triumph that proves what a master Terrence Malick is at his craft."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Light on plot, which wouldn't be a problem if the mildly rote characters held more depth than they do."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"An uncompromising and beautifully told slice-of-life about the human condition of transitioning from a child to an adult...Evan Rachel Wood delivers one of the most courageous and emotionally raw performances in years."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Captures the resourcefulness and fragility of human nature with a consistently sharp eye that proves truly mesmerizing."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2001) |
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"While there are intermittent scares and suspense to be had, the seemingly rushed screenplay, overly schmaltzy climax, and too-short running time bogs the final product down."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Would be right at home as a movie made for television. As a feature film, it is a forgettable, humdrum sapfest."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"When a film's story stops dead in its tracks simply to show somebody nude for no apparent reason, you basically can sense that you're in for the long haul."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Although imperfect, Three Kings has enough vigor and intelligence to satisfy both audiences that prefer action, and those that enjoy more thought-provoking fare."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Like a loaf of stale bread. From afar, it may look fresh and mildly engaging, but get closer, and its appeal sours."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Sloppy, boring, dumbed-down and heinous. By the end, you may find yourself experiencing a fantasy of finding all the copies of the picture and burning the negatives."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The season's first unadulterated disappointment."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Isn't a complete home run, but...is that rare special effects-laden feature that actually uses its brain and has something worthwhile to say."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Is The Time Traveler's Wife terrible? Not really. Striving for meaning as it revolves around the process of life, the film remains perilously thin and unenlightening."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"This genre-jumping, expertly designed thriller is a craftily satisfying and wholly absorbing experience."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Trying to make sense of it and still stay involved through the duration of its 116 minutes is about as meaningless and unrewarding as...well, Timeline itself."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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2/4 |
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(2000) |
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"An ambitious animated film that at least attempts to aim for something different, but is impaired by its hackneyed plot."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Strictly generic junk that could very well deaden the brain cells of children everywhere."
[movie review] |
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DustinPutman.com |
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