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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Love how they tied in his comic book uniform. Is that where he came from in the comic mythology? And nice tie-ins with the other movies in the Avengers series. They obviously put a lot of thoughtful planning into these movies. Evans pulls it off. He looks particularly cool when…
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Four Christmases (2008)
A pleasant surprise. There’s some cheap physical comedy, but more than enough great dialogue to make up for it. Vaughn’s a genius. He’s just so quick, perhaps the best ad libber in movies today. Witherspoon’s a good counterpart.
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The Quest (1996)
Some decent fighting sequences, but, predictably, there’s not much to the story.
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Kind of silly, but I guess this is adventure in the 70’s. Lots of racial dialogue that wouldn’t fly today. Some great shots that must have been really great in the theater. Must have been kind of a bitch to shoot.
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
Very faithful sequel. Wonderful extension of the story, similar style, and nice tie-ins with the original. Kudos to Fresnadillo. Renner is particularly good. Carlyle is interesting, but his effort to make his loved ones suffer rather than indeterminately trying to eat them implies an intelligence that the zombies aren’t supposed…
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Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
Not completely horrible. Dave Sheridan even looks a bit like Jim Carrey. Cameron Richardson’s cute in a Geena Davis sort of way. Lots of nice cameos.
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Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Crap story. Was the San Fernando Valley really overrun with country folk in the 70’s? How does a truck driver simpleton acquire and take care of an orangutan? Bad dialogue. Almost no comedy. Aside from some mediocre fight scenes, no action. An extremely awkward ending. Even the cheap orangutan cuteness…
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Real Genius (1985)
Typical 80’s cool-cat-takes-uptight-youngster-under-his-wing-in-his-struggle-against-the-man storyline. Kilmer was hot property at this point, but his infantile humor is grating. Meyrink was the original Neve Campbell. I’ve always liked William Atherton. I remember that Weird Science came out at the same time as this one, and I ended up choosing this one. Bad…
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