Tag: review
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I know you want to go see it anyway, but don’t!
Wolverine Review Listen, at this point you probably pretty much know if you’re going to go see this movie or not. And if you love Wolverine it’s hard to blame you, surely even if the movie sucks you want to at least see what it was like, right? WRONG! Don’t do it. I mean it.…
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No Honestly, It’s Not Even Guilty Pleasure Fun
Fighting Review Listen, when you go see this movie you’re probably not expecting much. Which is actually kind of sad, because this underground fighting movie has the magnificent Oscar nominated Terrance Howard and director Dito Montiel’s A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was decent, energetic, personal and had the best performance I’ve seen Channing Tatum…
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American Violet: No Really, It’s Super Good
Since this movie, American Violet, is an indie and I’m not sure how widely it’s being distributed I’m going to just copy/paste my review from The Diamondback. This review ran on www.diamondbackonline.com under the Diversions section this past week. “Take note: American Violet is no well-intentioned political indie lacking in artistic value, but a major…
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What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (4/12/09)
Alright here’s what you got Hannah Montana Are you a screaming 12 year old? Alright then. Dragonball Poor reviews, trailer looks bad. Those combined usually means a bad movie. I loved the Dragonball Z show, but I think this is the type of thing destined to be watched one lazy afternoon at home. Observe and…
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It’s Tough To Be A Cop
Southland Review (Pilot) Thanks to the wonders of Hulu I just watched the pilot for the new series Southland before its airdate on television. In case anyone thought being a cop was easy, Southland makes sure you know it’s not. And that’s a worthy thing to do. Cops deserve an unlimited amount of praise for…
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It’s Fun While You’re There, But Forgettable Later
Monsters Vs. Aliens 3-D Review I actually saw this movie in 3-D, which is still novel enough that I was pretty excited. But as neat as it is to initially see something fly out at you from the screen that gimmicky fun eventually wears off and you need a good story. Monsters Vs. Aliens is…
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Same Old, Same Old
Fast and Furious Review The above picture is from pretty much the only really strong scene of Fast & Furious, a truck-hijacking shot with longer takes that allow the viewer to see what is going on and appreciate the stunt work. There’s also a chase scene on foot shortly after which is similarly shot and…
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Nowhere Near As Bad As You’ve Been Led To Believe
Knowing Review Knowing has been talked about by some critics as an early front runner for worst movie of the year. Here’s why that’s so off-base I can’t even fathom it. The movie’s about Nicolas Cage (playing an MIT professor) finding a list of numbers that predict disasters and trying to do something about fate,…
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Too Slick For Its Own Good
Duplicity Review Duplicity is written and directed by Tony Gilroy, who also directed and wrote the almost undeniably good but somewhat slow Michael Clayton. I personally was lucky enough to interview Gilroy in person before he hit it big with Clayton and found him to be a pretty nice guy. And I’ve also enjoyed the…