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Friends with Benefits (2011)
Risque story line and sex scenes from a couple of today’s hot, young stars. Trendy backdrops of New York and LA. Disabled father figure provides drama. Too easy. Patricia Clarkson was funny.
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Prometheus (2012)
A film epic in scale is reduced to a mediocre action flick by sloppy execution. How realistic is this high-priced scientific expedition? To begin with, there’s no way a long-term expedition into space would be comprised of characters so antagonistic towards each other for no particular reason. Think about how…
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White Chicks (2004)
The Wayans brothers are funny. This one’s goofy, bit not too goofy. There’s actually some good comedy here.
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Downfall (2004)
Lots of research went into the proper sequencing of events and the impressively reconstructed sets. The same authentic treatment for other German stories from war in subsequent films would be epic. Authentic performances all around. Kudos to Ganz for pulling it off. Discounting the argument that Hitler should never be…
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Jackie Chan’s Who Am I? (1998)
Bad acting, even for a kung fu movie. It’s especially amazing how awful the white, typically Australian actors are. It’s also dumb how everyone, even the executive types, break out with perfect kung fu. How realistic is that? Some decent action on the roof at the end.
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Vertigo 2005: U2 Live from Chicago (2005)
Uninspired, documentary-style footage of a U2 concert. Almost no crowd shots. And why Chicago? It doesn’t seem like a particularly interesting venue. Bono flubbing a few lines didn’t help. A concert film should be more than this. U2 3D did it right.
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Interesting story, but the buildup to the creepy and touching ending is a bit long and slow. Darín is an interesting actor and turns in a nice performance. One of the signs of a good movie is that you feel like you really know and understand the characters by the…
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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 2,387 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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