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Navy Seals (1990)
Kind of a crap movie, but an interesting mix of late 80’s and early 90’s stars.
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Due Date (2010)
What looked like a goofball comedy really caught me by surprise. This road comedy with a happy-go-lucky goofball and a goal-oriented straight man reminded me a lot of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Downey is wonderful as the straight man, with razor sharp dialogue and comic timing. Galifianakis keeps up. Cameos…
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Fantastic origin story, creating a reality which magnificently spawns the larger story. Events of the subsequent films are now motivated and clear. Forcing science fiction to be grounded in reality can be difficult, but doing so can make it truly magical. We’re now wide open for some great sequels. Let’s…
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Die Hard 2 (1990)
They didn’t do a horrible job duplicating the charm and feel of the original, but the story and characters just aren’t as good.
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The Mechanic (2011)
It’s The Professional with a hairy dude instead of a little girl. Statham’s kind of cool, but he doesn’t have much range, does he? He’s the same character in every one of his movies.
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Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Awful in so many ways. Shore, a desperate has-been, is trying his hardest to make a few more bucks. At the same time, the movie is about Shore being a desperate has-been. There’s a strange irony there. An impressive collection of cameos.
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The American (2010)
Polished and simple. A good role for Clooney. He’s good at this sort of thing.
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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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