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 A– |
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(2001) |
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"It doesn't feel like a normal espionage thriller; it feels much, much better."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B- |
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(2009) |
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"If it never feels quite as clever as it thinks it is, so what? It's going to look like freaking Antonioni when Transformers lands in a couple of weeks."
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Mania.com |
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 B |
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(2006) |
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"Its trump card, however, comes not just in the star, but in the very funny supporting cast chosen to back him up."
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 B+ |
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(2004) |
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"It would be abhorrent if it weren't so screamingly funny."
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 C |
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(2003) |
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"I'm sure they'll take away my film geek badge for saying so, but shouldn't they have dumbed this down a little more?"
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2008) |
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"Seriously dude, no means no."
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 C+ |
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(2004) |
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"…as pleasantly adrift as its hero, a modestly enjoyable sojourn that has no idea where it should be going."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B- |
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(2007) |
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"It brings its share of pleasures to the table, and fans willing to be flexible will find an interesting riff on the Terminator franchise here."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C+ |
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(2003) |
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"The first two films are classics. The third is just another carnival ride: fun perhaps, but ultimately disposable."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C+ |
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(2009) |
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"It's a far more compelling world than a narrative."
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Mania.com |
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 B |
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(2003) |
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"Remakes are invariably a letdown; this one, at least, doesn't slip too far."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 D |
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(2006) |
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"We may not have seen the end of this nascent franchise, but the beginning leaves depressingly little hope for improvement."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2006) |
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"Its true strengths [go] beyond the easy jokes: asking why someone might choose to do what Naylor does and how they can look at themselves in the mirror each morning."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B- |
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(2008) |
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"The Clone Wars is what it is -- what Star Wars has become, for better or for worse -- and while it won't blow anyone over, you can't say you weren't warned going in."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 A |
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(2007) |
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"An Old Testament bellow of ferocity and pain that seduces us on so many levels you'd swear you could see the fourth wall tumbling down around our ears."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 A- |
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(2000) |
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"Thirteen Days delivers a hugely engaging look at the closest we've come to the end of the world...and makes you marvel at how we pulled back from the brink."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2001) |
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"For those looking for a little scary fun, in the spirit of a man who once attached joy buzzers to theater seats, Thirteen Ghosts makes a tasty Halloween treat."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B+ |
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(2006) |
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"The further its message goes, the greater the chance that someone will finally start watching a very irresponsible band of far-too-powerful watchmen."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B+ |
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(2007) |
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"A sympathetic, deeply human view of figures whose usual cinematic function is to get thrashed by Chuck Norris."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2003) |
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"It will bore some to tears, but those willing to let the film unfold will find it well worth the effort."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B- |
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(2005) |
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"A malnourished effort at best, struggling to fill a mere 76 minutes by stretching its concept thinner than the skeletons that populate its stop-motion underworld."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2002) |
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"This new Time Machine is hardly perfect… yet it proves surprisingly serviceable. Even at its worst, it's not half-bad."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B+ |
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(2008) |
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"A time-travel story swathed in the banality of everyday life, yet girded with the tense and extraordinary inevitability possessed by the best tales of this ilk."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B |
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(2000) |
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"It's hard to hate a movie that features Janeane Garafalo as a psychotic space kangaroo."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C |
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(2007) |
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"I concede that it won't kill you, even if it feels like watching someone else play a decade-old video game."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B+ |
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(2001) |
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"[Denzel Washington] towers above the film's petty failings, overwhelming them with his sheer presence and defying us to tear our eyes away."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C |
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(2007) |
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"No one presumes to apply artistic criteria to the sight of a high-rise being demolished. Why should Transformers be any different?"
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C |
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(2009) |
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"Like its predecessor, it remains resolutely critic-proof and more honest about its purpose than most soulless corporate abominations."
[movie review] |
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Mania.com |
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 C- |
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(2005) |
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"It's so busy trying to bolster its liabilities that it can't properly develop its assets."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C |
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(2008) |
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"It has the right mixture of gimmicky hooks and grindhouse appeal, but never exploits them properly."
[movie review] |
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Mania.com |
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 C |
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(2006) |
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"This couple has endured for over 900 years; the least Tristan & Isolde can do is show us a reason why."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Hell, it may even save Tom Cruise's career. Let's see Batman do that."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 B- |
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(2004) |
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"How many summer pictures can you name where you're not certain if the right side wins?"
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 C– |
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(2002) |
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"Not only does it squander most of [Jackie Chan's] assets, but it provides very little to distract us from the waste."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 D |
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(2008) |
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"Supporters may argue that future installments bring more depth, but soup this thin rarely improves with age."
[movie review] |
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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 D |
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(2009) |
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"So distressingly po-faced that even the funny bits smack of faux teen gravitas."
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Mania.com |
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