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Charlotte’s Web (2006)

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2008

Great voices, fantastic animal effects, and about as touching as the original.

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A huge pile of crap. Amazing that they went so wrong with this one. Landis has killed the franchise. Bad writing. A lot of plot tangents, including a lot of theme park fluff that doesn’t need to be in there. From catching drug dealers to smugglers to saving kids from…

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Sexual Life (2005)

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2008

An interesting story about interconnectedness. A nice little cast, with just the right mix of familiar faces and rookies. Eion Bailey is appealing. He’s got that Jason Patric thing going on. Banks is a hottie.

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Alpha Dog (2006)

Reviewed on Jun 24, 2008

Driven by natural performances by some pretty minor actors, it’s kind of fun to watch. Foster is pretty intense.

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Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)

Reviewed on Jun 20, 2008

Soderbergh recovers from the subpar Ocean’s Twelve. This one’s smart and edgy again and not just a bunch of movie stars goofing off. The cast keeps getting better and better.

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Recount (2008)

Reviewed on Jun 20, 2008

Not bad. Obviously, no one thought it was good enough to be a real movie.

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Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

Reviewed on Jun 17, 2008

What I find most amazing about this film is how private and personal the video footage is. These were the days before mass media made everyone paranoid to be in front of a camera, and we see these people completely exposed, almost indifferent that there is even a camera there.…

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The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2008

Kind of funny, kind of educational. I wonder how much trouble they are going to get into for calling cocaine a “fun” drug, and for saying that “fun” drugs are “basically harmless.” Nice cameo by Belding.

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Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006)

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2008

Scurlock (one letter away from documentary filmmaker Spurlock) takes a decent hack at the financial system, doing his best to draw attention to a very real problem. With a bit of opinionated voiceover and more incriminating evidence, he’d be Michael Moore.

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