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Project X (2012)
Nothing to it. When a movie reduces itself to a midget punching other people in the balls, it’s hopeless. The only thing I know for sure is that I wanted to punch Oliver Cooper in the face and that Alexis Knapp is good-looking. Was Thomas really on drugs? Looked like…
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Pretty faithful to the series. Lots of great effects. Love the cameos by Jackman and Romijn.
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Hugo (2011)
An homage to early cinema, and a nice rendition of 1930’s Paris, but for what? It’s more a slice of life than a story worth telling. Nice effects and lots of gliding camerawork, but there’s just not much to it. Why do they have English accents? This isn’t Dickens. Quite…
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Single White Female (1992)
Good story, classically spooky. I could see this as a remake of a Hitchcockian 50’s horror. Leigh is good at playing evil.
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Perhaps funny for its time, but it doesn’t hold up. Slow and silly. Wilder always has a nice delivery. Was Pryor comfortable in front of the camera? He’s always got that deer-in-the-headlights look. Neither of them are terribly funny. Minor characters and extras were all so horrible in the 70’s…
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
With the characters already established, the adventure continues. Only this time, the comedy is better. Galifianakis is especially funny.
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Superman III (1983)
The whole thing’s a bit silly. Lame story, uninspired performances, and really bad slapstick. The scrapyard fight and supercomputer finale were the only good sequences. I bet Reeve had a good time playing bad Superman. That was by far the most interesting character. But without Lex and almost no Lois,…
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Safe House (2012)
Exciting to see Washington play a bad guy, and just as exciting to see Reynolds, typically the pretty-boy smart-ass, constantly beaten and humbled and victimized by situations way over his head. He doesn’t crack a joke once. Both do an amazing job. Espinosa, a relative newcomer, has skills. Story and…
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Contagion (2011)
Through understated, natural performances from an exceptional cast, really good make-up, unobtrusive photography and editing, and a Cliff Martinez score that beats with urgency and gloom, Soderbergh creates a realistic sense of apocalyptic desperation. It’s very real and very scary. Soderbergh continues his love affair with Matt Damon. They work…
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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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