Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

Decent effects but boring. Unfortunate that Murray had to associate himself with such mediocre work.

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Atonement (2007)

Another Oscar-ish English period piece, and a good one. McAvoy delivers a wonderful performance. He’s the next big thing. The various actresses playing Briony do a fantastic job.

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Just not into musicals. What can I say? Great photography, and wonderfully gruesome effects.

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Extreme Measures (1996)

Grant is just cool. Very eloquent and witty, as always.

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Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic (1986)

Way too much reenacted myth crap. Would have preferred a more scientific look at the falls. A few nice shots.

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Best in Show (2000)

All of Guests movies are the same, aren’t they?

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The Last King of Scotland (2006)

McAvoy is fantastic, delivering a believable, Ewan MacGregor-esque performance. Whitaker’s wonderful, too.

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Ong-bak (2003)

Jaa can move like a monkey, and I like the shots of the same action from different angles. But the story is lacking and the score came out of a $6 Casio synthesizer. Why are all the Aussies in these Southeast Asian kung foo movies all so damn goofy?

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The Alamo (2004)

Great historical story, but were the characters developed enough? Wonderful casting, after checking out historical photos of these characters.

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Toy Soldiers (1991)

Like Red Dawn, some sort of foreign threat uses guns to take over rebellious high school students. A movie like this would never be made today, maybe never again. A lot of familiar faces late 80’s and early 90’s. Astin’s a good lead, but Gossett’s performance seems a little scripted.…

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