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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Not as touching as the first, but not a bad sequel. The aliens were a bit goofy.
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Cop Land (1997)
Fantastic Scorsese-ish cast, and a nice Scorsese-ish story, but it wasn’t as engaging as I would have liked it to be.
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Mr. Baseball (1992)
I always knew Selleck had comic ability. Nice to see a young Frank Thomas and Haysbert in another baseball role.
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I’m Not There. (2007)
The multiple actors playing a single character are a novelty. But other than that, it’s nothing special.
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
As a big fan of the franchise, I found this one to be extremely faithful to the storyline and a nice continuation of the story, with all the appropriate homages to the previous films. But I really would have liked to see Connor sending Reese back in time at the…
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RocknRolla (2008)
The Ritchie formula: well-spoken, quirky, but generally simple men fill the screen with “witty,” lingo-filled exchanges on their quest to find a stolen/misplaced/lost object of particular affection, glued together with funky and razor-sharp edits and angry guitars. Not an improvement over or any more original than his previous films. It’s…
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Star Trek (2009)
Nice personal story, nice implementation of previously existing characters (except for Spock’s awkward Vulcan salute and Kirk’s femininely crossed legs at the end of the film), nice cast, nice effects. Even the story is good, if a bit confusing with all the time travel stuff. It was Abrams, so I…
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Seven Pounds (2008)
The last few minutes are dramatic, but the build-up doesn’t keep me. For 95% of the time we’re watching the film, we’re watching a guy who is obviously conflicted doing things we don’t understand. Is the ending worth the wait? Not sure it is. Why the title?
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,374 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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