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07/17/08 |
Poor |
 "...a case of the filmmaker, Eileen Yaghoobian, falling in love with her subjects - the subculture of dork artists who make concert posters.... it's a poetic title and little else." |
| 2. |
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08/28/08 |
Excellent |
 "...isn't as over-the-top as Richard Eyre's 'Notes On A Scandal'.... the story does go off the rails in ways that make you wonder. You're supposed to... Always absorbing." |
| 3. |
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01/08/09 |
Weak |
 "...makes it seem as if the two friends have no real stake in their relationship. And that makes it hard to care." |
| 4. |
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01/08/09 |
Poor |
 "I expected more from Goyer. I'm actually a fan. In addition to his fine work with Christopher Nolan on the 'Batman' reboots, Goyer wrote the 'Blade' movies..." |
| 5. |
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01/15/09 |
Weak |
 "It's all so obnoxiously cute that you'll almost forget you're watching a bad movie. It's the human story that reminds you." |
| 6. |
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01/15/09 |
Poor |
 "...takes a potentially funny premise and sticks it in the Ronco food dehydrator of comedy, removing anything resembling humour." |
| 7. |
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01/15/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...at 154 minutes, too much is just too much unless you're a big fan of Bollywood spectacles." |
| 8. |
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01/15/09 |
Weak |
 "...an enjoyable conventional slasher movie... you're getting no more bang for your buck than you would watching this flat or renting the 1981 original." |
| 9. |
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01/15/09 |
Weak |
 "...like swapping your 'Ready To Die' CD for a particularly grim episode of 'Fat Albert.' " |
| 10. |
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01/22/09 |
Poor |
 "...as dull as the others in the series, with Nighy sneering and prancing around in ridiculous blue contact lenses while his vampire court quakes deferentially." |
| 11. |
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01/22/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Literary references abound, all geared to kids around 10. The pro-literacy and girl power messages nest comfortably in the story and never turn preachy." |
| 12. |
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01/29/09 |
Excellent |
 "Terence Davies doesn't make movies very often, so when he does we really need to pay attention.... a gorgeous, elegiac film..." |
| 13. |
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01/29/09 |
Excellent |
 "Imagine 80s action classic 'Commando' field-stripped of its cartoonish violence in favour of a more Bourne-like identity.... a taut, tense pistol-whip of a thriller." |
| 14. |
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01/29/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The original was spookier and just plain weirder, playing more deeply on the themes of alienation and repression... does offer a few genuine chills and surprising scares..." |
| 15. |
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01/29/09 |
Weak |
 "A quirky character, an unlikeable something, a teeny, tiny sad moment somewhere - could we have at least one of the above? Seems not." |
| 16. |
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02/05/09 |
Excellent |
 "...a cinematically inventive, dramatically involving children's adventure that isn't exclusively aimed at children." |
| 17. |
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02/05/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Sure, it's way too white-bread - especially given that it's set in Baltimore - but the writing's smart and the situations real..." |
| 18. |
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02/05/09 |
Weak |
 "...offers a modest improvement on Steve Martin's first lamentable run at the franchise.... nothing new, but there's a solid laugh in every reel.... a pretty lazy affair..." |
| 19. |
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02/06/09 |
Poor |
 "This would have made a great 1970s B movie... But in the here and now, 'Push' just doesn't have the strength to compete with its betters." |
| 20. |
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02/12/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...comfort food for the overstimulated.... You get exactly what you expect... As a series reboot, it's all you could ask for." |
