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12/08/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...offers intriguing points of view about a lot of subjects: The perils of nostalgia; the mythology of midlife crises; the value of community; and the futility of self-loathing come immediately to mind..." |
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08/25/11 |
Good |
 "Gorgeous, ambitious and daring as it often is, 'Brighton Rock' has no soul." |
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07/28/11 |
Very Good |
 "Were you a fan of the original cartoon? Do you mind if the Smurfs leave Smurf Village? Can you deal with ungodly, almost fetishistic volumes of product placement?" |
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07/21/11 |
Moderate |
 "...your average gorgeous-teen-astrophysicist-meets-schlubby-bereft-composer-whose-family-she-wiped-out-in-a-drunk-driving-accident-on-the-night-they-discovered-another-planet tale." |
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05/13/11 |
Very Good |
 "...mid-budget 3-D summer vampire-action flicks don't have to suck. Or is it a faith-based priest-versus-evil flick? Who knows? Either way, it works." |
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05/05/11 |
Good |
 "...flies so wide of the mark it sets for itself... that it turns on itself, mortally wounded by writer/director Mitch Glazer's misbegotten vision of life and love in culture's squalid margins." |
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04/14/11 |
Good |
 "...the perfect 'Scream' film for the Charlie Sheen age, a bloated, overhyped folly trading the intelligence of its origins for empty calories and dull platitudes -- or, as they call it in Hollywood, what the kidz want." |
