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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Writing this review gave me more appreciation for the film as a work than I had while I was watching it. Perhaps it was intended to be more like a lovely poem or a painting."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I would have found it easier to get emotionally invested in Le Coup (rather than abstractly awed) if I had a better sense of his coup de foudre."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Feels like they wanted to make 5 different holiday movies and couldn't decide which plot line was best, so they rolled them all together, glossing over everything."
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"We left the theatre feeling that we had spent a satisfying evening at the movies, but in retrospect I wish the screenwriters had tweaked the story's sophistication as much as they did the technical effects."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I.O.U.S.A manages to keep this dense, dry information dynamic enough to be interesting and terrifying enough to be important."
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Recreates the old pleasure of discovering an epic en masse...One moment in particular elicited a mass groan of ecstasy from our packed audience, which then elicited empathetic giggles from everyone."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A film has not been this aptly titled since Paycheck...succeeds in giving us plebes a peek at what the Hollywood Elite suffer to entertain us, but it does nothing to atone for the results"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"If you're a fan of excessive force (and what red-blooded American moviegoer is not?) you can ride the camera lens right into the baddie's face."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Basically a 95 minute homage to Waiting for Guffman and Ed Wood (the filmmaker, not the Johnny Depp biopic)...pokey but generally charming."
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Stone has made a humble, respectful, interesting movie about a man 71% of us can't wait to see the back of. Brolin is simply incredible."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Well put together, thought-provoking, and actually quite funny."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's like a spy thriller, but with no spies and no thrills."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Well worth seeing even if the execution is a little choppy, because the issues explored here really attain some excellent depth."
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The flatness of humor comes from the directing and timing, rather than necessarily the dialogue or actor skill. More than once I thought to myself, "That joke totally could have worked.""
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The moment of the film when you should be going "oh my god I can't believe it," you're thinking, "I wonder if we could sneak into the end of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.""
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The events in the film felt rushed and overly obvious, as if Harry Potter's adopted parents dressed him in an "Ask me about wizardry" t-shirt before Hagrid ever turned up."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"While they may be trying to "save drama," (the $6,000 a year Tucson High School luxury) they are also lovingly destroying it."
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"We were on the edges of our seats, willing Jake not to ruin this moment with the girl, hoping Megan realizes her mistake, urging Hannah out of the car, cheering Colin's game, nurturing Mitch's discovery of just being yourself. It is a visceral ride throu"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"There is a plot, but it only exists to give Ferrell and Reilly some focus for their juvenilia. While this sounds like a negative comment, it's actually not."
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Cinerina |
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Unfortunately for this movie, television has evolved well past this degree of silliness and spoon feeding, leaving our beloved X-Files in the vault. I wanted to believe it would be fun movie, but this was definitely time spent."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"All sociopolitical malarkey aside, it's a delicious metafictional take on war action movies, hero worship, and Hollywood banality, filled with bigger-than-life egos struggling with bigger-than-life problems."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"My companions had varying degrees of a good time (from "not" to "more than expected") but I think if you can love these guys, you can dig this violent bromantic action-comedy."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"An an insider, Bell's work here is comprehensive to the point of over-saturation, but it's all so alien and interesting that it doesn't bog down."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Be not fooled, this movie may circle D.A. Harvey Dent, and may toy with Wayne's weariness and loneliness, but this story belongs heart and soul to Ledger's Joker."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Moving and fun and scenic and ecstatic, and we cried too. I hope you take a chance take a take a chance chance on Mamma Mia even if you think you won't like it."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is diverting and fun and a great treat for fans, but it's as forgettable as Chinese dinner at the nursing home."
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Cinerina |
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5/5 |
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(1999) |
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"I love movies like this but I hate reviewing them - they must be seen and felt to be properly appreciated, and I never feel I do justice to my feelings on the page. I hope you reward these filmmakers by seeing this one."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Great job, everyone! The ride overall is solid and gripping, and very enjoyable despite the glimpses at the horrors of which the human animal is capable."
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Marion Cotillard's Oscar win? Totally justified...Many questions remain for those of us unschooled in Piaf lore. I was confused by some of the causes even as I felt the emotional effects, thanks to deep performances."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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" The history may have been narratively scrunched, but it's all the true lives of some powerful and unfortunate people. Very lush."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A surprisingly quiet and whimsical comedy about a ridiculous and unlikely series of events that turns into a nearly-as-likely miracle. Best bit: the film's own Sweded preview."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Would make a good drinking game; silly fun but not "good." A critic sitting near me snorted in derision at my "the costumes kicked ass," but I won't back down. They were really cool."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The story is so satisfying, the spectacle so enjoyable and the dialogue so delectable, I can't wait to see it again. Love it!"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Marketed as a much faster-paced shoot-'em-up than it ultimately is...Go for the scenery, stay for the Act III climax and Ralph Fiennes."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"After all the dramatizing to protect the innocent is done, the story has a nice, comfy Hollywood ending (complete with baked goods), but it's fun to ride the myth for a while, especially with such comely partners."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a Generation X movie in a way very few movies are any more; it is unseemly to admit that our generation is about as slackery as we had promised to become. Go with your ex and smile."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Lovely and only marred by a slightly sagging middle and a gratuitous, tacked on pop song finale."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A gorgeous, charming, quaintly stylish movie comprised almost exclusively of moments and not so much story or characters."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The jokes are, on paper, funny. On screen they just seem like the inevitable, the only thing to say, and their zing zags off into bland, familiar territory... the material didn't coalesce past pointing at something funny and saying, "hey, that's funny al"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Segel is as vulnerable on screen as any actor I can think of in recent memory, and he bookends his character's journey as a writer just perfectly. It's a funny, lovely movie, and I look forward to more from Segel."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"My only consolation was that I saw this alone and no one else had to suffer these indignities with me...a baseless romance yearning to force itself into existence."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The pace is good, not frantic, not "oh god we have to get to the explosions or we're gonna lose them" %u2013 and the actors are all above average at least. (Our leads are no strangers to the Oscar nomination process.)"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Prince Caspian (the movie) is gorgeous and a total snore. The boy is just gorgeous. Whitewashing the themes also removed the story."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"When it's good it's great, and when it's bad, it's a typical Lucas misfire."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Diary of the Dead, even for zombie diehards like my little group (we watched Shadow: Dead Riot, for pete's sake), was not very good at all. I mourn."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Cinerina invites her first guest reviewer, Melanie Treco. See full review for details."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Shyamalan is a master at a visual iconic moment - but the "filler" (you might have learned about it in English class by this name: "story") gets weaker and weaker every film."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Oh thank heaven Get Smart is funny. It's a genuine easy-going, whiz-bang spy comedy with the comedy trimmings."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Sentient with sentiment. Please read review."
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Smart enough to use the CGI madness in service to the story, rather than just ending and scene or conflict with a big effecty showdown. (I'm looking at you, Transformers!)"
[movie review] |
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Cinerina |
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