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01/16/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...slick yet old-fashioned remake of a mostly silly and forgotten 1981 slasher flick unashamedly holds true to vintage slasher conventions." |
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01/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Its success rests on the shoulders of Jamal Woolard as the iconic B.I.G.... he pulls off the portrayal naturally." |
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02/13/09 |
Very Good |
 "...this remake knows why it's here. And it's not afraid to give its audience what it wants, even if that means stabbing a topless beauty through the head with a machete." |
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04/27/09 |
Poor |
 "...just everything you'd expect it to be... Though advertised as the year's sexiest thriller, that's only true if you don't know what the words 'sexy' or 'thriller' mean." |
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05/29/09 |
Very Good |
 "Raimi falters with too much séance hocus-pocus... But the director does know how to mix up horror and humor, which isn't easy to do well." |
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06/12/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Murphy walks away from the silliness at hand perfectly unscathed.... it's a little more than what you'd expect." |
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07/24/09 |
Very Good |
 "Disturbingly good... this generation's 'The Bad Seed,' the latest in a line of movies where cute children do very bad things..." |
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08/07/09 |
Moderate |
 "...a more scenic than scary movie about a couple whose Hawaiian honeymoon goes horribly wrong, takes a long time to get where it's going." |
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08/21/09 |
Very Good |
 "...isn't a flashy story... picked up awards at last year's Hollywood Black Film Festival and St. Louis International Film Festival -- rolls out in a laid-back fashion and mostly stays true to itself, save for an ending right out of every episode of 'Cold Case.' " |
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09/18/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...never dry, never too technical, boasts fantastic concert footage -- and the soundtrack is killer." |
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10/23/09 |
Very Good |
 "Some of this, a lot of this, is preaching to the choir. But it's still pretty compelling no matter what perspective you're coming from." |
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10/30/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...never feels sad. It's a fitting celebration of a controversial man's last days, packaged prettily with a bow on top." |
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11/20/09 |
Very Good |
 "...feels new, often in ways that are good for the series.... fresh without sacrificing what fans liked about the original movie, and the special effects are more convincing." |
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03/12/10 |
Weak |
 "It's hard to tell at what point 'Our Family Wedding' is irredeemable, but it's long before the scene where Forest Whitaker is violated by a goat pumped up on Viagra." |
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04/23/10 |
Weak |
 "With its animated opening credits, outtakes playing during the closing credits and a hackneyed relationship storyline in between, we've seen it all many times before." |
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04/30/10 |
Very Good |
 "...well made and looks great, it's just not that suspenseful or scary despite its R rating and blood and gore quotient." |
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05/14/10 |
Very Good |
 "...the been-there, done-that nature of the plot doesn't take away from the undeniable sweetness..." |
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06/04/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "You'd think the characters in the new movie 'Splice' would have seen enough sci-fi thrillers to know it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature." |
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08/20/10 |
Moderate |
 "...hard to love and hard to hate.... comes off a bit like an extended episode of 'Everybody Hates Chris' with really bad language." |
| 20. |
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09/03/10 |
Very Good |
 "...makes no apologies for its absurdities or silliness, making it an over-the-top thrill ride." |
