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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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Gossip (2000)
Nice cast of future stars, but the plot is juvenile and it feels like a low-budget movie from the mid-90’s.
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Drive Angry (2011)
Awful. Is this what Nic Cage and William Fichtner have reduced themselves to?
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Interesting concept, but not even a modern treatment is enough to make Shakespeare appealing to me.
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Warrior (2011)
A nicely paced, well-told, real story with real characters. This is a good fighting movie, probably the best since Rocky. Hardy, Edgerton, and Nolte all turn in Oscar-worthy performances. I find it interesting that the two quintessential American tough guys were played by non-Americans. A statement on the sad state…
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Unknown (2011)
It’s basically The Bourne Identity with Neeson reprising his role as a bad-ass from Taken. In the course of finding his true identity, some of the decisions Harris makes when interacting with others are dumb or unrealistic. Not knowing he was an agent, he would have been more inquisitive and…
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The Avengers (2012)
Fantastic action/effects and a pretty good story, if not a bit confusing for those not familiar with all of the backstories, particularly Thor’s. But it doesn’t take long to get up to speed on the characters. Through careful storytelling, their individual strengths and weaknesses are revealed in time. Great casting…
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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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