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January 01, 1990 - October 04, 2012 + Film Reviews
Land of the Lost; 24 City 
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General Motors may be in a class by itself when it comes to bankruptcy, but so is Land of the Lost. This dramatically, thematically and...
Drag Me to Hell; Departures
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The good news -- and there's no bad news -- is that Sam Raimi's horror flick Drag Me to Hell is smart, funny and cringe-worthy...
Terminator Salvation; Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
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In Terminator Salvation, primal screams come with the bleak territory. Any character of consequence gets to unleash one, and there's plenty to scream about...
Night at...
Angels and Demons; Management
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Angels and Demons draws a sharp historical distinction between the Illuminati (the bad guys) and the Catholic Church's Preferiti (the good guys), but the movie...
Star Trek; Galaxy Quest
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Joe Morgenstern, film critic for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Star Trek. He also mentions Qalaxy Quest, which is just being released on DVD.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
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It's been a while since I've seen anything as unpleasant as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but one sequence sticks out...Does anyone love to watch Matthew McConnaughey...
The Soloist
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The Soloist is actually a duet on the theme of redemption. It's scored for two very different, though equally remarkable actors, and performed with uncanny...
Every Little Step; State of Play
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How long has it been since a mo vie left you literally speechless? For me it's been a week. When the lights came up after...
Valentino: The Last Emperor; Adventureland
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Early in the course of Valentino: The Last Emperor, an interviewer asks the legendary fashion designer whether he ever wanted to be a fireman or...
Monsters vs Aliens; Shall We Kiss?
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One of the retro monsters in DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs Aliens is a scientist with the head of a cockroach. He points to another monster,...
Duplicity; Sin Nombre
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To give Duplicity its due, Tony Gilroy's romantic caper goes against the Hollywood grain by smartening itself up instead of dumbing itself down…By Hollywood standards...
Sunshine Cleaning
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At the end of Sunshine Cleaning, a foxy grandpa shrugs off the extravagance of an advertising claim he has made by saying, "It's a business...
Watchmen; Everlasting Moments
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Watchmen presents two great challenges -- getting your mind around it, and getting your head out from under it. The first comes as no surprise,...
Crossing Over; An American Affair
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Crossing Over has its heart in umpteen places and its head stuffed with dramatic claptrap...
I'm reviewing An American Affair only because it's opening, and America...
Eleven Minutes; Must Read after My Death
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A documentary called Eleven Minutes follows the fashion designer Jay McCarroll as he prepares his first show and pulls it off…Horror and social value contend...
