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"Fear Itself" Eater (2008)
7/10
2009-02-21 12:40
Kind of a mini-movie, so reviewable. This may have been the best of the "Fear Itself" episodes I saw. No real twist, an interesting lead character, and a genuinely creepy villain.
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"Fear Itself" New Year's Day (2008)
7/10
2009-02-21 12:37
It's kind of like a mini-movie, so I'm going to review it anyway. This was fairly interesting zombie thing; better than some that we spent $18 on (Automaton Transfusion), and we watched this on demand for free.
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"Friends" (1994)
7/10
2008-06-05 23:53
Decently funny for the conventional sitcom model. The characters got old and stale, eventually becoming caricatures of themselves. Everybody sleeps with everybody else until they're all more than friends--they become an incestuous blob of unfunny. Still, there was a time where it was worthwhile viewing, so I'll be generous.
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"The Simpsons" (1989)
10/10
2008-06-05 18:03
What is there to say about this show that hasn't already been said countless times before? Revolutionary, classic comedy. Even the hyperactive recent stuff is better than most television comedy these days, so it remains at a 10.
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"Upright Citizens Brigade" (1998)
8/10
2008-06-05 17:52
Can you review television shows with this program? Probably. Anyway, Upright Citizens Brigade has two things going for it in the realm of sketch comedy. 1: The sketches generally come together in the end to form something bigger and funnier. 2: They avoid chronic SNL syndrome, with only limited character/joke reuse. More hit than miss, and definitely worth picking up on DVD.
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10,000 BC (2008)
4/10
2008-06-29 09:19
There's nothing particularly bad about this movie, but there's nothing particularly good either. It's almost as if this movie was never made (and maybe it shouldn't have been).
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2012 (2009/I)
8/10
2009-11-30 23:19
Everybody likes to see stuff blowing up, so they should probably see this film.
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21 (2008)
7/10
2008-08-25 23:35
You know. The average casino hustle movie. I found it enjoyable and thought the performances were all adequate to good.
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27 Dresses (2008)
6/10
2009-07-26 20:38
Well I don't know, it was what I expected.
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa...
8/10
2008-12-22 20:08
Really surprised by how good this was. Lots of good one-off gags like the carrier pigeons, the mobsters, and the airport security. There was a lot of genuine Muppety feeling. Nathan Lane was the best, and Uma Thurman won my confidence back after her terrible Super Ex Girlfriend movie.
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Adventureland (2009)
8/10
2009-11-29 18:19
A nice, funny teen movie with a surprisingly okay turn by Ryan Reynolds.
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Aladdin (1992)
9/10
2008-06-06 00:04
Part of Disney's awesome streak of animation between 1990 and 1997 or so when we started going to Treasure Planet or whatever. This is actually the ideal role for Williams, who gets to do what he always does and have it make more sense because he's al mystical and blue. Otherwise, there's an odd mixture of speaking and nonspeaking animals, as well as great songs. Almost perfect.
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V)
6/10
2008-06-05 23:58
I bet Disney regrets marrying off Aladdin and Jasmine now that straight-to-video is the rule instead of the exception. This was clearly meant to end the "trilogy" of Aladdin movies. Williams is back as the Genie (he wasn't missed when Dan Castalanetta replaced him). The story isn't as entertaining as either of the first two films, although kudos to Disney for introducing new elements instead of retreading Jafar again.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
9/10
2008-06-05 18:06
One of those rare silly-comedies that actually strikes gold with its nonsequitor humor. Most of the jokes stick, and the ones that don't go down in glorious flames.
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Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
9/10
2008-06-05 23:47
Spielberg's underrated masterpiece. All the lead roles are filled expertly. You can look at the film any number of times and come up with any number of interpretations. Is David the protagonist? Selfish antagonist? Unfortunate victim of his own programming. John Williams turns in his best score of the 2000's. All in all, a flawed but wonderful film.
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August Rush (2007)
7/10
2009-08-22 16:47
We borrowed this and had it sitting on our TV for months. Not bad. A cute little story.
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Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
6/10
2008-06-05 18:14
The retreaded jokes are starting to get stale, and there are not enough new jokes to fill the void. Even though it's full of the same old jokes, something seems "off" between this film and its predecessors. Funny enough to watch, but not to keep.
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Away We Go (2009)
8/10
2009-11-29 18:14
Pretty good. All the dialogue and situations seem fairly authentic, and it was a good mix of funny and melancholy.
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Baby Mama (2008)
7/10
2008-06-05 07:48
Funny if unmemorable. A few weeks later I can't remember a single joke. Still, I remember laughing. I adore Tina Fey and admire Amy Poehler's comic abilities. Greg Kinnear turns in his typical Greg-Kinnearean performance, which is to say that he is good but not revolutionary.
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Batman Begins (2005)
10/10
2008-07-23 00:05
An awesome comeback of the franchise, which plays more as a crime drama than a superhero movie. Not a weak link among the cast and crew. A well-made movie.
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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) (V)
6/10
2008-09-06 19:22
A collection of six "anime" Batman shorts. A lot of good ideas, but a lot of lame execution. Beautifully animated, though. Instead of balancing the mystique of Batman, the torture of Bruce Wayne, and comic-book action, each short really takes a look at one facet. Only one short--Deadshot--is worth watching, for its delicate balance of all the aforementioned issues.
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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
10/10
2009-08-13 21:33
After watching Batman: The Animated Series, which was a lot more hit-and-miss than the gushing people I've spoken to give it credit for, this really took me by surprise. I was enraptured with this movie. Not a moment that didn't keep my attention, and that's a tough thing to say for any movie these days.
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Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) (V)
7/10
2009-08-16 12:13
Not as well done as the previous two films (Mask of the Phantasm and Sub-Zero). This is pretty much an extended episode of the show, which is not bad by a long shot. The titular mystery is pretty well handled, and because they introduced three new female characters, it will probably keep you guessing or at least second-guessing the whole time. I'm a little creeped out by the potential Bruce Wayne/Barbara Gordon relationship that is implied, but mainly because things seemed to be pretty serious between her and Dick Grayson in Sub-Zero and much of the New Batman Adventures. Perhaps there will be some sort of explanation in Batman Beyond or Justice League as to why Robin and Batgirl are not together anymore. In conclusion, comics.
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Be Kind Rewind (2008)
7/10
2008-06-05 17:59
The "sweded" films are hilarious, and there are some good points about the value of cheap, personal art over impersonal pap. In the end, it's a bit uneven. Still worth a watch, though.
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
8/10
2008-08-11 23:33
The story and the ending are pretty good and entertaining, but a lot of the jokes fall flat (either as retreads of bits from Excellent Adventure or just as terribly dated attempts to create slang). Still, a totally station movie to watch.
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Bill (2007)
7/10
2008-09-15 23:40
The first time I've ever seen Jessica Alba act worth a damn. Not to say that it was a great movie, but it had a decent enough cast and enough fun moments to make it worth seeing. Between this and Dark Knight, I would make the love to Aaron Eckhart.
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Blade (1998)
9/10
2009-11-29 18:21
I was very pleased by this. I enjoyed the atmosphere of the first portion of the film; the end was a bit run-of-the-mill comic movie climax, but still interesting.
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Blades of Glory (2007)
6/10
2008-06-05 17:42
Decent entertainment, but not worth anything more than a single viewing. Arnett and Poehler are great, Heder is okay, and Ferrell is Ferrell.
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Bolt (2008)
7/10
2009-01-04 20:29
I would rather have seen a feature-length presentation of the first fifteen minutes. However, this was also pretty good. The 3D was awesome. I didn't care for Journey to the Center of the Earth's blurry stuff, but 3D animation is dead-on.
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Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
7/10
2009-01-26 00:25
Actually a lot better than the rap it gets. Not to say at it's good, but it's no worse than most other scary movies, and better than some. At least this one leaves some mystery, and for all its pointlessness the DVD has a fun little "find me" for hidden words in the movie.
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Bride of Chucky (1998)
8/10
2008-10-13 02:17
Still haven't seen Child's Play 2 or Child's Play 3, but even out of order this is pretty good. A fair amount of camp makes up for the total lack of menace that a wisecracking doll usually provides.
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Burn·E (2008) (V)
7/10
2008-12-22 20:08
Not my favorite Pixar short. Kind of slight, but entertaining and occasionally funny.
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Charlie Bartlett (2007)
10/10
2008-06-29 23:18
Fantastic comedy with great performances by all involved (especially Downey). I wish they'd make more high school movies like this, and less like American Pie.
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Child's Play (1988)
8/10
2008-09-30 22:21
Pretty good eighties slasher flick that deserved sequels of a higher caliber.
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City of Ember (2008)
7/10
2009-02-03 14:20
A fun little sci-fi movie with good turns by Tim Robbins and Bill Murray.
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Click (2006/I)
7/10
2008-12-13 11:43
Pretty good. Better than it had any right to be given the premise and the cast and crew's prior films. I do think that they grossly overestimated the importance of The Cranberries' "Linger" in the distant future.
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Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
7/10
2009-02-21 10:17
This movie was actually not bad. Kind of a frivolous little movie, and I had every intention of hating this character. Somehow they made me not hate this character--even before the inevitable change of heart. I guess that's pretty high praise for a movie like this.
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Coraline (2009)
8/10
2009-04-05 16:15
This was pretty amazing; totally different and weird and wonderful in most ways.
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Corn Chips (1951)
9/10
2008-12-25 10:39
Very funny. I like this better than the more famous Chip N Dale cartoons.
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Cube (1997)
9/10
2009-01-04 10:40
A really good, suspenseful, claustrophobic movie. The fact that it was all filmed on one set is just amazing to me. Looking forward to the terrible direct-to-DVD sequels.
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Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
7/10
2009-01-10 18:15
This was not as good as regular-type Cube. However, it was not a bad movie. It was an okay movie with terrible special effects.
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Cube Zero (2004)
5/10
2009-01-10 23:44
This one was okay. I'm glad it returned to the "trap cube" as opposed to the hypercube, but I didn't care about any of the cubed characters, and removing half the action from the cube proper really took away from the claustrophobia that made the first two decent.
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D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
7/10
2008-09-08 22:51
About what you could expect from a Mighty Ducks movie. It seemed kind of lame when the new coach unveiled the "Ducks" jerseys. Maybe it's time to grow up--you can play like ducks under any team name, btw.
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Death Proof (2007)
8/10
2008-09-01 23:06
Hilarious, although it dragged a tiny bit in a few moments of conversation. Subject matter not quite as sharp as prior Tarantino flicks. Still worth watching.
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Death Race (2008)
8/10
2009-02-22 16:48
This is just about what I expected, and totally worth watching. Big, dumb fight scenes and big, dumb races.
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Delicatessen (1991)
8/10
2009-09-07 16:29
A lot of fun. Every stupid little character in this movie contributes in their own stupid little way to the endgame. Worth picking up as a blind buy as long as you're okay with subtitles (you should be okay with this).
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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
7/10
2008-06-05 17:54
More of these jokes hit than fall flat. Watch it for the montages of bad dates. Probably used up all of the best "male gigolo" ideas in this one, because...well, we all saw the previews for the sequel.
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District 9 (2009)
9/10
2009-08-16 12:17
This was really good. I like that the star was kind of a dweeby regular guy instead of a film star "everyman." The effects were great, and the emotions were fantastic.
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Doubt (2008/I)
8/10
2009-04-28 22:34
Great acting all around, and an accurate interpretation of the play.
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Drag Me to Hell (2009)
8/10
2009-06-10 06:36
A nice return by Raimi to horror. Entertaining, goofy, gross, and occasionally frightening.
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E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
10/10
2008-06-26 23:02
Spielberg's best. No matter how many times I watch it, I'll still get choked up during the children's escape to the spaceship at the end. The perfect mix of movie and music. John Williams really outdoes himself.
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Earth (2007)
8/10
2009-04-26 19:22
Pretty amazing. A lot of great shots, and a few overarching narratives to add a little cohesiveness.
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Finding Nemo (2003)
10/10
2008-06-26 23:21
One of my favorite "kids' movies." Great story, great animation, pretty good voices. Don't know what else to write. It's about fish.
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Fired Up (2009)
5/10
2009-08-18 09:57
Surprisingly not the worst movie I've seen this week by a long shot. Super cliched plot, and a lot of cheerleading, but there is the (very) occasional laugh-out-loud joke that turns this from unwatchable to a worthwhile $1 rental.
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Flatliners (1990)
7/10
2009-01-12 20:57
A pretty good mildly supernatural movie with a decent cast. The idea works better than the execution, and shockingly enough I thought Julia "The Mouth" Roberts turned in the best performance here. Good way to pass a Sunday afternoon.
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Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a...
7/10
2008-09-15 23:37
Like any movie of its ilk, you get what you expect. Zombies, enclosed spaces, stock characters, camp. The prisoner was a lot of fun, and it's worth watching if you have a pizza around or something.
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Flubber (1997)
4/10
2008-06-05 23:50
Silly movie, but I didn't really like Flubber as a character. It should have been a mere substance instead of some little dancing guy. Might as well watch The Absent Minded Professor, which excels with the same plot.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
7/10
2008-06-05 07:51
More hit-or-miss than a lot of the recent "From the Guys that Brought You The 40-Year-Old Virgin" fare (Walk Hard, Knocked Up, Superbad). Jonah Hill's role as a waiter is one-note and annoying after the first of many appearances. Mila Kunis is cute as a button and I would like to make her my bride. Jack McBrayer (Kenneth from "30 Rock") is cute as a button and I would also take him as my bride. Anyway, this was a funny movie and worth watching again, but it's not one I'll be adding to my DVD shelf with some of those other Apatow-crew flicks.
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Forrest Gump (1994)
9/10
2008-06-26 23:24
A really enjoyable if overlong story. Hanks is great, as is Gary Sinise.
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Friday the 13th (2009)
4/10
2009-03-05 20:25
Completely out of the spirit of the original Fridays. There are no words.
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Frozen River (2008)
8/10
2009-02-21 16:23
A good, naturally-moving drama. Leo probably deserved her nomination for Best Actress.
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Funny Games U.S. (2007)
10/10
2008-06-29 09:17
Quite possibly the best movie I've seen in some time. It comes off like a bit of a Pinter play--nonstop, terrifying tension is contributed by everything from the acting to the sound design to the colors to the set. It plays with genre conventions. It is the scariest thing I've seen in years, which goes to show what you can accomplish with a great production crew, even omitting the typical "scary movie" musical stingers and jump-scares.
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Funny People (2009)
7/10
2009-08-09 01:04
A little long, but generally a funny and fairly likeable movie.
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Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (V)
10/10
2008-06-29 23:05
A bit self referential, but it works )outside of a few "we're back" jokes that seem to come right out of the rehabilitated Family Guy's playbook). The jokes hit and the voices are wonderful--especially John DiMaggio's Bender, who is in top form here.
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Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) (V)
8/10
2008-11-11 20:22
Pretty good. The most like a "regular episode" of Futurama thus far, which isn't a bad thing but probably doesn't make this as "special" as the previous two features.
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Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)...
9/10
2009-03-23 06:34
A fittng ending to the series if it is, in fact, the end. Good jokes, and a great ending which leaves the door open for plenty of further adventures if they are so inclined.
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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs...
9/10
2008-06-29 23:04
A great Futurama movie without all of the "hey, we're back!" todo from "Bender's Big Score." Full of laughs, love, and David Cross. In the end, probably not as good as "Big Score" but better than most comedy out there.
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Get Smart (2008)
7/10
2008-06-26 22:34
Fun but unmemorable. Best moment was Bill Murray's cameo. Anne Hathaway is smoking hot, and Steve Carrell is funny as ever despite the lackluster material
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Good Will Hunting (1997)
7/10
2008-06-05 23:49
Not necessarily meriting all of the awards nods, but this is a nice little drama.
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Halloween II (2009)
4/10
2009-08-30 00:18
About as good as the first Rob-Zombie-directed remake. This is not a particularly good thing.
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Hamlet 2 (2008)
7/10
2009-11-01 20:19
Pretty funny; some inspired moments.
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Hancock (2008)
7/10
2008-07-07 20:16
Smith and Bateman are good. Plot is here and there and everywhere. Dumb summer fun, worth one viewing but not necessarily on the big screen.
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Happy Feet (2006)
4/10
2008-06-05 18:23
You know what will help stop global warming? Dancing damn penguins. Some good music and gorgeous animation, but an oversimplistic story.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
8/10
2008-06-29 10:03
An okay effort, although it came from probably the hardest book of the series to adapt. There's no intensified throughline, so the director smartly sticks to the Triwizard Tournament and makes this like a sports movie with magic.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...
8/10
2008-06-29 09:55
A pretty good adaptation of a very long book. The "Dumbledore's Army" stuff is great, as is the raid on the Ministry. Helena Bonham Carter was a well-cast addition to the series. Not too bad at all.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone...
7/10
2008-06-29 09:34
The first and the worst of the Harry Potter franchise (to date). Chris Columbus seems to want to cram every little detail of the books into this movie, which would be all fine and good if all of these details worked on film. Take a retroactive page from the later directors (or, for that matter, Peter Jackson) and make a movie that stays faithful to the SPIRIT of the source material as opposed to the material itself.
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Hellboy (2004)
8/10
2008-07-22 23:59
Silly, silly fun. The whimsy is lost in the last ten or fifteen minutes when it becomes a serious mission, but it's full of great stuff.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
8/10
2008-08-18 21:48
Can't decide whether or not it was better than the first. The effects were better. The villains weren't quite as cool, but probably had more meaningful motiviation. A worthy successor to the first film and a heck of a lot of fun.
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High Fidelity (2000)
9/10
2008-06-05 17:58
One of my favorite rock and roll movies, and definitely a great portrait of a person about my age coming to a crossroads in their life. Funny where it needs to be, poignant where it can be. Cusack and Black are great.
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Home Alone (1990)
9/10
2008-06-29 10:05
One of my favorite Christmas movies. Culkin was really good in the role, and Stern and Pesci were expertly cast. Silly action, funny jokes, great music. Keep the change, you filthy animal.
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Hook (1991)
9/10
2008-06-05 18:19
Most people I know hate this movie, but I love it for the most part. Robin Williams is not the rubber-faced cokehead that he normally plays in kids' movies, and his rediscovery of childhood manages to be poignant yet still full of pirates. Dustin Hoffman is tremendous as Hook, by the way.
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Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
7/10
2008-06-05 17:38
Horton was a surprisingly good movie. Jim Carry does his usual thing, and the wheels spin. Otherwise, Carrell turns in a decent vocal performance; the animation is different enough to stand out from the norm; the music is good. The story is passable, which is a surprise after expansions of The Grinch and Cat in the Hat fell flat.
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Hot Rod (2007)
8/10
2009-01-10 18:09
This movie was very funny. I'm surprised this didn't do well; hopefully Andy Samberg gets more roles like this in the near future.
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Hotel Chevalier (2007)
10/10
2008-06-26 22:46
This short film was by far the best part of The Darjeeling Limited. Filled with melancholy, amazing performances by both Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman, and enough style to keep you intrigued by the simple story.
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Hulk (2003)
7/10
2008-07-12 22:41
A lot better than people give it credit for, and certainly stylistically interesting. I could have used a more solid villain--the genesis of this film's baddie is quick and bizarre.
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I Am Sam (2001)
5/10
2009-03-29 10:22
This movie was okay. I'm usually very easily manipulated by sappy/sacchrine/sentimental garbage like this, but this one was kind of a no-go for me, which means that it failed on its primary level. Rachel hates this movie for its portrayal of child protective services, which is incorrect on virtually every level.
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I Love You, Man (2009)
9/10
2009-03-29 10:23
Terrific! Not the best of the recent crop of comedies from this troupe (Role Models and Pineapple Express were both slightly funnier) but this was still great. Paul Rudd is my mancrush.
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