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Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
01/22/09 |
Weak |
 "The inevitable monster hunt and battles with a rival tribe are reasonably gory, but kids expecting ray-guns and mega-action will be disappointed." |
| 2. |
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01/28/09 |
Poor |
 "With a cheap, for-hire Danish director and a co-writer whose major credit is 'Sweet Home Alabama,' the movie wrong-foots Zellweger from the start." |
| 3. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
01/28/09 |
Poor |
" 'I will not get personally attached to this town or anyone in it,' says Zellweger. Ultimately, we feel the same way about her." |
| 4. |
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01/29/09 |
Poor |
"...we get a standard assortment of sitcom-ready characters: oversharing rube secretary... gruff foreman... and hunky bachelor..." |
| 5. |
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03/12/09 |
Fair |
 "Three women meet in a steam bath, and I'd like to report that they simply talk and talk and talk... Instead, unfortunately, they enact three separate minidramas that 'Steam' intercuts to no good purpose." |
| 6. |
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03/18/09 |
Fair |
"Kyle Schickner embraces every cliché with gusto. (Behold the cruel intolerance of the patriarchy!) Among his heroines, only the careworn Sheedy manages to suggest that life ain't so simple." |
| 7. |
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06/17/09 |
Moderate |
 "Starts like 'Girls Gone Wild' and finishes more like Jay McInerney... There's a strong element of male fantasy in Steve Clark's debut feature, but despite all the models in lingerie, no trace of misogyny." |
| 8. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
07/03/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...every 14-year-old boy's dream: You get to command a giant, Transformers-style battle-bot against colossal enemy robots... all humanity depends on the outcome." |
| 9. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
08/06/09 |
Fair |
 "...semi-twee, semi-charming..." |
| 10. |
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08/19/09 |
Fair |
 "...however stirring these vintage campaigns and their graying creators may be for ad junkies and nostalgists, Doug Pray fails at analysis: His film is simply a tribute." |
| 11. |
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09/10/09 |
Fair |
"...linking the ad biz to cave art (?!?) -- well, that's just idiotic." |
| 12. |
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09/16/09 |
Weak |
 "...relies heavily on the life of director-evangelist-narrator Joshua Tickell.... There's not a single (even moderately) dissenting voice; you're either on the biodiesel bandwagon or raping the planet." |
| 13. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
09/17/09 |
Weak |
"Those outside the bio-church aren't likely to drive -- even on regular and currently cheap gasoline -- to see 'Fuel' at their local theater." |
| 14. |
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09/23/09 |
Weak |
 "...only fun to watch while the mischief outweighs the mending. Inevitably, this all-male household must come to terms with, ahem, feelings, which kills the testosterone buzz." |
| 15. |
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09/24/09 |
Weak |
"...strained, sentimental adaptation of a memoir by widowed English journalist Simon Carr." |
| 16. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
09/24/09 |
Good |
 "...a very boosterish, company-sanctioned documentary. But what's wonderful about 'El Grupo' are the sourcing and archives..." |
| 17. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
10/01/09 |
Very Good |
 "Consistently funny and brisk between its gags and gore scenes... owes its being to two writers from Spike TV's old 'Joe Schmo Show,' Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick." |
| 18. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
10/01/09 |
Weak |
"Owen is determined to present his gentler, domestic side here: He cries and grieves and learns to juggle career and home life -- all without the benefit of estrogen!" |
| 19. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
10/15/09 |
Very Good |
 "Thoroughly silly and enjoyable for film geeks who know the old '70s blaxploitation canon..." |
| 20. |
Village Voice Alternative Weeklies |
10/29/09 |
Fair |
 "...a series of survivor accounts and philosophical meditations on lightning strikes... Baichwal's fizzled essay makes you yearn for the clarity of the Weather Channel." |
