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The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

Reviewed on Feb 10, 2008

Might have been an interesting idea, but the execution is off. Acting is a bit stale.

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Notting Hill (1999)

Reviewed on Feb 9, 2008

A nice little story, even if it would never happen in a million years. Some of the humor, especially during the birthday dinner, borders on scripted and hokey, but the film coasts along on charm. Hugh Grant is effortlessly witty, Julia Roberts is simply radiant.

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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Reviewed on Feb 7, 2008

More of the same. Damon continues to be moderately cool. One pretty good car chase and one pretty good fight scene.

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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Reviewed on Feb 5, 2008

The drama is there, and the tension is built wonderfully. But why, if he is so smart, has he not made anything of his life up to this point? And why is seeing a businessman get out of a fancy car enough to motivate this broke man to work an…

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Firewall (2006)

Reviewed on Feb 4, 2008

Not bad. Ford plays a good victim, Bettany a great villain.

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Breach (2007)

Reviewed on Feb 3, 2008

Not bad. A bit more insight into what drove Hanssen to do what he did, instead of just focusing on his takedown, would have built character and helped the story.

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Fast Food Nation (2006)

Reviewed on Jan 28, 2008

Interesting. Documentary-style, but with a great cast of actors showing up. Linklater is turning into an interesting filmmaker. Graphic imagery from the meat-processing plant turned me off of meat for about 12 hours.

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Rambo (2008)

Reviewed on Jan 27, 2008

I feel like I watched half a movie. Not nearly enough story, and the 93 minute running time doesn’t help. The end left me wondering what the heck was accomplished. Stallone, a grunting pile of muscle, is pretty cool. But I wanted to see more bow and arrow. You can’t…

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