Review: Dumbstruck
Ventriloquism is one of those things that gets somewhat popular, usually due to a single breakout performer, every few years, before floating back ...
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Review: Water for Elephants
Let me get something out of the way right off the bat: Water for Elephants isn’t a bad movie. It’s just not a ...
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Review: Atlas Shrugged Part 1
If there’s one thing I was reminded of watching Atlas Shrugged Part 1 of hopefully 1, it’s that having the power to do ...
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Review: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
Messrs Spielberg and Jackson might be making the most high profile adaptation of a French ‘bande-dessinée’ album with The Adventures of Tintin later ...
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Review: Rio
I know I keep bringing this up every time I review a CGI-animated film, but it has to be asked: Is it fair ...
Review: Scream 4
Two things you need to do before seeing Scream 4. The first is simple: promise me you will never, ever spell it Scre4m. ...
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Review: Hanna
A song for independence, Hanna is paradoxically born of a motion picture studio. As the title character sheds her sheltered life, so does ...
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Review: Hobo with a Shotgun
[Repost: This review was written from the Boston Underground Film Festival. Hobo is now in theaters.] I don’t think Hobo with a Shotgun ...
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Review: Soul Surfer
So there’s this movie about a professional surfer who overcomes a shark biting off her left arm with the power of her strong ...
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Review: Super
In terms of the cinema, we are in a new golden age of superheroes. This summer alone, there are four high-budget, high-profile superhero ...
Review: Source Code
Source Code is a film which wants to make you think, but not overthink. The film shares many things in common with Moon, ...
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Review: Hop
Most holidays have a family-friendly movie to capitalize on the massive over-spending parents will do. Despite the mass production of chocolate and synthetic ...