Reviews

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[Review] Dinner For Schmucks

From the opening of Dinner For Schmucks, you may think you are in the latest Wes Anderson film. Like Fantastic Mr. Fox, we see obsessively detailed rodents ...
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[Blu-Review] The Losers

The Losers was a film overlooked by most. Granted, it’s not a great film by any means, but it is entertaining. It has flaws (many flaws) but it does ...
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[Review] Salt

Not even Phillip Noyce can create a good film out of a Kurt Wimmer script. With Law Abiding Citizen being one of the most inane cinematic offerings last yea...
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[Blu-Review] Repo Men

Repo Men isn't a bad film. Many have argued it is, but it's also got a lot going for it. It's a fun B-movie sci-fi genre exercise that works as an satirical...
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[Review] Inception

It's frightening how much Inception asks from its audience. In a blockbuster summer of paint-by-numbers Christopher Nolan has crafted a superb heist tale, elevated to the nth degree due to its wildly absorbing concept....
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[Review] The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the type of film you expect from Jerry Bruckheimer. In other words, it happens to be a quite enjoyable, utterly forgettable piece of spectacle. ...
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[NYAFF Review] Alien vs. Ninja

Alien vs. Ninja takes us on the journey of a young, fearless, and often over-ambitious warrior by the name of Yamata (Masanori Mimoto). Yamata was orphaned as a child and has always felt like an outsider in his own village. Nevertheless he has proven himself as the greatest ninja in all of Asia....
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[Off Stage] Stage Beauty

Mostly written off as a lesser version of Shakespeare in Love, Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty, based on Jeffrey Hatcher's play (he also wrote the screenplay), ...
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[Review] Inception: A Dream Come True

Inception is without a doubt the most anticipated film of the summer. Director Christopher Nolan, the man who brought us The Dark Knight, The Prestige and Memento, has put together an all-star cast for his latest outing....