Category: Movie Reviews by Benamor
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It’s Actually Stupider and Worse Than You’d Expect
The Uninvited Review PG-13 horror. These two things don’t have to be incompatible, despite Hollywood’s best attempts to make you think they are. The Uninvited is a fairly good example of the subgenre I call bullshit-PG-13-not-actually-scary-studio-horror. Seems kinda specific right? Trust me, there are many examples of this, ones I’ve seen include remakes of When…
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Bang Your Head!
The Wrestler Review A simple story well told. The Wrestler is a story of an underdog sports hero you’ve seen before (specifically, Mickey Rourke plays has-been wrestler Randy “The Ram”), and will see again. A few things set it apart from the pack. It’s of a higher quality. This is evident in the script (by…
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Not As Awesome As You’ve Been Led To Believe
My Bloody Valentine 3D Review Before I begin, let me just say I saw this in 2D, which likely made a huge difference. But since many of you will see the movie in 2D, consider this fair warning. Reading some of the reviews on this, most of them being web-based, gives the impression this is…
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Ultimately, It’s Actually Pretty Good
Doubt Review Not to use the cliched press puns I try to avoid on this website, but, hell it kinda fits here. Doubt gives you plenty of reasons to doubt it’s a good movie. It’s about two nuns, Sister James (Amy Adams) sees the priest Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) doing some shady stuff after…
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I Need a Nap
Seven Pounds Review This movie’s promotion, and some of the negative reviews it has received, suggest a pretty exciting movie. A number of critics review basically say they can’t talk much about the plot without ruining it. Which is true. The thing is that gives off the impression there are huge twists in the movie.…
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Maybe
Yes Man Review We haven’t seen Jim Carrey headlining a comedy like this in a while, and unfortunately this vehicle is just a so-so vehicle for his talents. Liar, Liar is a comparably high-concept Carrey vehicle, but the concept lended itself much better to humor. Yes Man has moments of fun, but simply having Carrey…
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Cadillac Records: Volume on HIGH
Cadillac Records This could have been a great movie, really awesome, but it is not. Largely to blame is the refusal to underplay just about anything. I don’t know any of the actual historical facts behind this story, but even the fictional content in the film could have been executed with much more grace. My…