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02/13/09 |
Moderate |
 "As Jason sequels go, this is one of the best, though that's not saying much... a lean, mean, highly efficient and rapidly moving scare-fest that packs plenty of gory whoop." |
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03/13/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "At once an elegiac tragedy about innocence and experience and a vicious yarn about the kidnap, torture, rape, and murder of two girls..." |
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03/27/09 |
Moderate |
 "...a tepid PG-13 iteration of the already lame 1979 genre classic 'The Amityville Horror' - transplanted from Long Island to the Constitution State." |
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07/24/09 |
Very Good |
 "...immaculately plotted and photographed chiller... one of the best entries in the cute-as-a-button-psycho-demon-child-from-hell subgenre." |
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08/28/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "In its briskly paced, rewarding first 45 minutes, the film follows Sang-hyeon as he selflessly volunteers for a dangerous medical experiment, only to become infected..." |
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09/11/09 |
Weak |
 "...you'd do far better renting Carpenter's beautifully gory 'The Thing'; the vicious vampire flick '30 Days of Night'; or Larry Fessenden's brilliant, 'The Last Winter.' " |
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09/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...delivers solid turns from a stellar cast led by Theron, Almeida, and Basinger, and a breakout performance by the remarkably radiant 18-year-old Jennifer Lawrence." |
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09/18/09 |
Very Good |
 "...rehearses virtually every element of the classic genre piece: violence, sex and romance, gunplay, spies, betrayals, a femme fatale, and a murderous Gestapo officer." |
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10/13/09 |
Very Good |
 "...has an interesting oneman-with-a-camera gimmick and it delivers some real thrills -- without any gore and virtually no violence." |
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10/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a must-see for genre fans." |
| 11. |
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11/27/09 |
Weak |
 "Rodger's conclusion boils down to a few empty truisms... faith, mixed in with a good dose of multicultural toleration, is groovy. As Ringo sums it up, 'God is love.' " |
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03/12/10 |
Moderate |
 "...an innocuous, cliche-ridden romantic comedy that tries to cash in on the cachet of Stanley Kramer's 1967 classic, 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' " |
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04/02/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a ho-hum college history lecture about modern Taiwan awkwardly disguised as a political thriller, has its heart almost in the right place." |
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06/05/10 |
Poor |
 "At a certain point, it actually becomes embarrassing to watch Heigl and Kutcher play at being in love." |
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06/18/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a charming, richly textured fable... tries to define the elusive je ne sais quoi that makes us human, capable of feeling and expressing love, goodness, and truth." |
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06/25/10 |
Very Good |
 "...literate and luminescent -- if sometimes lumbering... should have been a masterpiece. As it is, it's a flawed, uneven work but deserves careful viewing." |
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07/09/10 |
Moderate |
 "The first third of the film is a real drag. But it picks up -- and how! -- once the clutter (read: supporting cast) is thinned out. The action is fierce... This is a worthy follow-up." |
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08/06/10 |
Very Good |
 "...awe-inspiring, nail-biting... less about the epic struggle of human vs. nature, or the soaring ambitions of the human spirit than about obsession." |
| 19. |
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08/21/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a beautifully choreographed 3D tone poem about lust, sex, death, and mayhem.... there's a conspicuous absence of sentimentality..." |
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08/27/10 |
Very Good |
 "...a superbly creepy story about a disillusioned preacher-turned-showman... pulls off its sweetly scary magic trick with great style and panache." |
