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The Expendables (2010)
Like Stallone’s recent Rambo, it’s a bloodfest with little story and crap special effects. Why does Stallone’s CGI blood look so shiny? It’s a shame that a movie with such stars has so little character and such poorly shot action.Statham’s the best of the lot. Stallone and Schwarzenegger look like…
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Mannequin (1987)
Extremely stupid. McCarthy’s got charisma, but there’s something about Cattrall I don’t like.
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Inception (2010)
Certainly got me thinking. Theories about dreaming are neatly woven into the plot. Must have been a bitch of a script to write (research says it took eight years), and even more of a bitch to get approved. Warner Brothers put a lot of faith into Nolan for this one.…
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Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
Lots of funny people, but there’s no comedy. Paul Rudd is horribly miscast as the straight man. How did this happen? Szostak’s a cutie.
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Moon (2009)
Interesting idea, but way too slow. Definitely inspired by 2010: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Rockwell does a pretty good job playing two different characters. GERTY has to be the dumbest robot ever. Big budget idea, but low budget execution. Effects are sloppy and filled with misspellings. The most cliche…
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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Some good comedy, driven by good actors who have great chemistry with each other. Corddry is a really funny guy. Acceptable story for a goofball comedy. The 80’s stuff seemed really authentic. Brushing off all the usual time travel paradoxes, the only thing that really bugged me was that Nick’s…
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New Moon (2009)
There are two stories in this one, and it seems like a bit much to tackle in one movie. Perhaps an awkward consequence of adapting from the books. The unhealthy relationship between Bella and Edward continues, but a third element is added to make things even more chaotic. In Edward’s…
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Twilight (2008)
If any guy was as creepy as Edward, any healthy girl would run the other way. But Bella is not healthy, and this is a movie. So just like that, we have romance. Stewart is not a good actress. She’s a cute girl, but her reluctance to sustain eye contact…
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Pumping Iron (1977)
An interesting peek at early Arnold. And it’s amazing how all of the bodybuilders seem completely unaffected by the cameras. They are natural and care-free, not self-conscious or paranoid like they certainly would be today. But then, in the “Making Of” special, I discovered that Arnold played it up for…
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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 2,375 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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