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Alpha Dog (2006)
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)
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)
Not bad. Obviously, no one thought it was good enough to be a real movie.
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Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
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)
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)
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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There Will Be Blood (2007)
An emotional look at the downward spiral of success. Plainview is an interesting character, and the sets (or lack of sets) really makes it feel like you’re out there with Plainview looking for oil. The costumes and dialogue and mannerisms really set the time, and the dissonant string score really…
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Like a long TV episode, with a few cool 3D effects. Good in that the TV episodes are geniusly funny, bad in that it wasn’t any funnier.
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Cloverfield (2008)
A cross between The Blair Witch Project and Godzilla, and better than both. The overfly amateurish (don’t most people try to keep the camera level, at least?) video footage is a bit hard to watch at first, but redemption comes later. Ominous, scary, and believable, this is the best monster…
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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 2,388 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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