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Die Hard Review (Classic Write-Up)
2012 looked like it was finally, finally, finally the year where Bruce Willis proved to the world that he was indeed a good actor. Wes Andersons Moon…
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Evolution (Classic Write-Up Review)
Evolutionary Road I think we take for granted how complex comedy is as an artform, especially quality comedy. Edgar Wright populates his films not on…
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Wild Wild West? More Like Mild Mild West, Amirite?
Wild Wild West wants to be Men In Black so badly. It's coming two years after those galaxy defenders showed up on multiplex screens across the w…
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Penguins of Madagascar Is More Frantic Than Anything Else (Classic Write-Up)
Part of the humor of the main group (that group consisting of Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman) that all three Madagascar movies center on is that desp…
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The Grinch Is The Nadir Of Christmas Movies
To watch the 2000 Grinch movie is to state into the yuletide covered abyss long enough for it to stare back at you. It is, without a doubt, one of th…
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A Tour De Force Awaits For Those Who Watch There Will Be Blood
If there's one common fixture in the last three movies made by Paul Thomas Anderson, it's an affinity for going into decades past of American…
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Easy A Has Some Major Story Issues And Also Some Strong Humor And Acting From Emma Stone
Before the surprisingly high number of amazing High School movies we've had this decade (namely, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Spectacular…
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl Review (Classic Write-Up)
They said it couldn't be done. A live-action pirate movie in this day and age, and based on a theme park ride to boot?? Disney might as well be b…
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Review (Classic Write-Up)
The Todd Are About To Get Even Tim Burton is strongly associated with the macabre, but I find it interesting how rarely he divulges from the world of…
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The Happening, Like Hot Dogs, Gets A Bad Rap, But Unlike Hot Dogs, It Totally Deserves That Bad Rap
After the double-whammy of the fun thrillers The Visit and Split, going back to watch M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening for the first time is ak…
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Wild Wild West? More Like Mild Mild West, Amirite?
Wild Wild West wants to be Men In Black so badly. It's coming two years after those galaxy defenders showed up on multiplex screens across the w…
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The Triplets of Belleville Is A Rallying Cry For The Virtues of Hand-Drawn Animation
I've always carried a deep affinity for hand-drawn animation. I remember being the one eight-year-old on the planet who was fervently following t…
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Revolutionary Road Review (Classic Write-Up)
Road To Nowhere Who among us hasn't had the desire to escape conventionality for an existence riddled with unpredictability? It's a common ai…
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Review (Classic Write-Up)
The Todd Are About To Get Even Tim Burton is strongly associated with the macabre, but I find it interesting how rarely he divulges from the world of…
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The Matrix Reloaded Goes Bigger Than Its Predecessor To Mixed Results
Like many sequels, The Matrix Reloaded has a burning desire to go bigger than its predecessor in every way possible. It wants to double down of the p…
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Is Southland Tales A Mess? Wildly Entertaining? Perhaps Both?
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOLLOW Donnie Darko seemed to signal that newbie director Richard Kelly was someone to watch out for. The film was so unique in its…
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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Review (Classic Write-Up)
This Is The Dawning Of The Age Of Aquatic The films of Wes Anderson have covered a surprisingly wide spectrum of storytelling, whether it be the mid-…
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Easy A Has Some Major Story Issues And Also Some Strong Humor And Acting From Emma Stone
Before the surprisingly high number of amazing High School movies we've had this decade (namely, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Spectacular…
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Classic Write-Up: Hot Fuzz Review
At this point, my respect and admiration for Edgar Wright is far beyond most artists in the entire world, let alone just ones in the film industry. T…
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Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb) Review (Classic Write-Up)
Last year, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldbergs comedy The Interview generated an enormous amount of controversy by creating a film centering around the con…
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