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03/28/09 |
Weak |
 "Whether it's shellshock, righteous fury, or a token domestic scene, Cena plays it all the same way: flat as his abs." |
| 2. |
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08/29/09 |
Moderate |
 "...the dream sequences help to shake up the standard genre slog, and at their best have a sideshow flair that feels like Tim Burton doing straight horror." |
| 3. |
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09/05/09 |
Weak |
 "It's only when Neveldine and Taylor seem to be weighing some odd-fitting element and impulsively deciding, Annnh, why not, that the movie powers up fully." |
| 4. |
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12/05/09 |
Poor |
 "...seems like a setup for 'Hostel' parody, but when the 'Van Helsing' riffs start about 10 minutes into the movie, it's clear that we're headed for awfully musty territory." |
| 5. |
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01/23/10 |
Moderate |
 "...a tale of pulpy biblical proportions... there's suitable apocalypse-deliberating gravitas and melancholy, accompanied by - hell, yeah - fight moves..." |
| 6. |
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03/26/10 |
Very Good |
 "...the standout 3-D moments are the lyrical ones, when Hiccup guides Toothless up into the clouds, or skimming down over the sea.... the effect is particularly dazzling here." |
| 7. |
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04/16/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "There's plenty to root for in the true story of a group of baseball-loving kids from a dusty Mexican industrial town who made an impossible run..." |
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04/30/10 |
Moderate |
 "You know that a horror movie is generally aiming more to keep you laughing than to keep you up at night when a stray eyeball pops up in someone's mouth." |
| 9. |
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05/28/10 |
Poor |
 "Part of what's always been intriguing about the series is the discussion it inspires... But if Romero is in fact after anything topical here, it's unclear." |
| 10. |
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07/16/10 |
Moderate |
 "The early going might bog down completely if not for comedic lifts from Julie White as Daryl's nagging, nosy mother, and especially Andrea Martin as Zoe's mom..." |
| 11. |
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07/30/10 |
Very Good |
 "The movie's quietly provocative insight is that wisdom and experience may not make the least bit of difference where passion and yearning are concerned." |
| 12. |
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08/20/10 |
Moderate |
 "...when it comes to cash-infusion kookiness, your average MTV 'Cribs' episode flashes more imagination." |
| 13. |
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08/20/10 |
Moderate |
 "...disappointing... a gentler, more wink-inclined Nanny McPhee, not to mention kids whose rambunctiousness seems manufactured rather than entertainingly exaggerated." |
| 14. |
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09/03/10 |
Weak |
 "Oh, the many pesky issues that can tear apart a rock band.... There's also an awful lot of material that amateurishly drags as the band tours on, with a parade of moonlighting rock notables reminding us why they're not movie stars..." |
| 15. |
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09/17/10 |
Weak |
 "...none of the conflicts or predicaments is particularly compelling, and the unevenness of the visuals doesn't help." |
| 16. |
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09/24/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...sometimes charming and always visually astonishing... but we're never very far from reminders that this is a kids' movie made by, well, the guy who did '300.' " |
| 17. |
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10/01/10 |
Very Good |
 "The goal: to protect these frequently disintegrating paintings and graphics from intolerant party bureaucrats in Moscow, some 1,700 miles away." |
| 18. |
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10/15/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...stirs up a thoroughly relatable swirl of youthful tentativeness, raging hormones, and the thrill and angst that come with new independence..." |
| 19. |
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11/19/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "SometThe film's greatest strength is the infectious charm it captures in its interviews with Gruber, who in her late 90s is as sharp as we'd all like to be now..." |
| 20. |
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12/06/10 |
Moderate |
 "While the movie seems designed to be a breakout for Korean actor Jang Dong Gun, it's filmmaker Sngmoo Lee whose work actually makes an impression." |
