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[Review] ‘The Ugly Truth’

The Ugly Truth is one of the average cliche romantic comedies that isn't funny and is more so annoying. Its predictable story is at the level of The Proposa...
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[Review] Watchmen: Director’s Cut

Zack Snyder's anti-superhero epic was released back in March and was met with a rather mixed response. While many seemed unimpressed by Snyder's ambitious a...
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[Review] ‘500 Days of Summer’

500 Days of Summer is a wildly likable film that actually delivers on some originality. Marc Webb, in his impressive directorial debut shows us an admirable...
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[Review] Brüno

Brüno is an hilarious adventure that provides stomachache inducing laughs. Sacha Baron Cohen delivered an excellent shocking original film with Borat, but d...
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[Review] Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is about as luke warm and formulaic as successful family film can be served. With the tone of a 94 minute Saturday morning cartoon you can’t expect a lot. Watching a movie like Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in the age of Pixar makes me ask myself - What’s the point? It has little heart and moves at a pace that dangerously flirts with losing your attention, but I’m definitely not the target audience for movies like this. While modern family entertainment has proved it can be relevant for children and adults alike -- Do I even need to say Pixar again? -- the target audience for the Ice Age series is definitely below the 5th grade reading level. The franchise is in danger of becoming as relevant as the Land Before Time series. Remember that? I believe we’re on Land Before Time XIII now. Bottom line is will your kids enjoy it? The answer is yes. Should you see this movie in the theatre if you don’t have any kids? The answer is most assuredly no. If you’re having a craving for mildly entertaining animation save your $15 to $20 and tune into Nickelodeon....
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[Review] Public Enemies

By Jack Giroux Having established himself as a master of the seedy crime underworld, director Michael Mann has once again delivered an other prime exampl...
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[Review] The Hurt Locker

After years of Iraq war films that are mostly nothing but pandering messages, now there is finally a film that adds something new to the genre. Kathryn Bige...
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[Review] Samson & Delilah

Taking out the much-coveted Camera d'Or this year at the Cannes Film Festival, director Warwick Thornton’s first feature film has reignited the Australian film industry. Using very little dialogue, this unpredictable coming of age story relies upon body language to engage with its audience. Set in a remote Aboriginal Community in the Central Australian desert, Samson & Delilah follows the story of two Aboriginal teens, Samson (Rowan McNamara) and Delilah (Marissa Gibson) whose fight for survival is thwarted by violence, poverty and substance abuse....