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The Princess Bride (1987)

Reviewed on Jan 5, 2012

Good filmmaking. Obvious inspiration for Shrek and Zemeckis’ Beowulf. Elwes and Patinkin are wonderful. Best line in the movie: “Please consider me as an alternative to suicide.”

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Just Go with It (2011)

Reviewed on Jan 2, 2012

Your cookie-cutter Adam Sandler movie.

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A simultaneous recognition and criticism of sexual psychoanalysis. Definitely a precursor to neurotic romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally. Allen’s good at his shtick, but his shtick gets old after a while. He may be a genius, but he’s got a line for everything and makes references that most…

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Reviewed on Dec 17, 2011

Probably the best of the series. Bird handles live-action just fine, pulling off a polished movie with good action and effects. Unfortunately, the characters and performances in this one aren’t too memorable. An aging Cruise, funny-looking body and all, still pulls it off. Patton is very nice. I imagine that…

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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

Reviewed on Dec 14, 2011

Early on, the story is all over the place. It should be engaging throughout, not just a set-up for the silly romantic stand-off at the end. Most of the comedy is shallow and weak. Carell, like a lot of great comedians, makes the easy transition to pseudo-drama. I could see…

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Repo Men (2010)

Reviewed on Dec 6, 2011

Newbie director Sapochnik delivers a polished and interesting film. Is this where we’re headed? Why is Jude Law so good at playing characters in the future?

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Mobsters (1991)

Reviewed on Dec 3, 2011

Just feels so 90’s, with all the proper camera angles, even lighting, and cheesy melodramatic dialogue. Slater is decent, Dempsey is unpolished.

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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

Reviewed on Nov 28, 2011

The story is slightly messy, scenes are slightly predictable, but it’s a pretty good attempt at fusing western and sci-fi. Not an easy thing to do. Craig is cool and engaging, Ford is OK.

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Being There (1979)

Reviewed on Nov 19, 2011

Perhaps one of the earliest explorations, or even commentaries, on the effects of television and mass media on people. Aside from that angle, the movie is rather boring. An idiot fools everyone and stumbles his way to national fame, a device used again but in a more fanciful way in…

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The Hurt Locker (2008)

Reviewed on Nov 7, 2011

Bigelow makes a boy movie. Wonderful tension in all of the action sequences, though the shaky camera is a bit much at times. Like Three Kings and Green Zone and a lot of Iraq war movies, creative lighting and filters are used to render Iraq the color of parchment. Renner…

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