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W: Too Little Too Soon

October 20 2008 01:05
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“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” - George W. Bush

I say with all due respect that if there was anyone qualified to be the Hollywood hatchet man to take whack at one of the most hated presidents in U.S. history, Oliver Stone would be the one. However, I was a little taken aback by the fact the man who brought us such intensely powerful films as Platoon, JFK, and Born on the Fourth of July has given us a film like W, almost as lightweight of an epic as the intellect of the man who’s biography is being portrayed. Read More...

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Religulous: Thank God It's a Thumbs Up!

October 04 2008 22:05
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I don’t really like to use the term “important” when describing a movie. Sure a movie can be important to the industry. Groundbreaking effects like the original Star Wars or groundbreaking narratives like Pulp Fiction. This may be as close as you can come to an “important” movie in terms of our modern culture.
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Choke: Blending Sex and Alzheimers

October 01 2008 22:03
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Why Sam Rockwell isn’t an A-list star right now, I don’t quite understand. This guy simply destroys—in a good way. His performances are fresh and always funny while still being believable and grounded. Choke fits in with some of his more edgy and fringe work. Read More...

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Ghost Town: Yes Ghosts Use Cell Phones

September 21 2008 20:59
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If you had the chance to take the scripts of The Sixth Sense and Ghost into a blender with a British Comedian you’d end up with something that resembled the new Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear comedy Ghost Town--well, along with some chunks of bone and teeth if you threw the whole comedian in, that is...sorry, got sidetracked. Read More...

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Burn After Reading: Joel and Ethan Doing What They're Best At

September 21 2008 20:36
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The Coen Brothers have given us a new “spy” comedy which only deals with spying in the most superficial and inept levels imaginable. It’s actually probably doing the film a disservice to advertise it that way. However, it does give us the successful formula we’re used to seeing from the Coens. Read More...

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Classic TV to Modern Cinema: Greatest American Hero?

September 10 2008 19:54
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Believe or not, a classic 80’s TV series being re-worked for the big screen. This one I actually will look forward to. Read More...

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Tropic Thunder: Sticking with Stiller Pays Dividends

August 24 2008 16:05
Looks like we have typical Vietnam War movie that’s not about war and mostly doesn’t take place in Vietnam. Read More...

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Step Brothers: Another Will Ferrell Comedy or the Same One Again?

August 24 2008 15:57
Will Ferrell’s career is still pretty much on cruise control... Read More...
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (working title: WHY GEORGE WHY?)

August 18 2008 20:31
Wondering what new toys are slated for the Lucasfilm product-line later this year? Why not pay $9.50 for a prolonged commercial for them? Read More...

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Pineapple Express -- Hot Fuzz for Stoners

August 10 2008 23:31
How about a stoner comedy with Seth Rogan and the dude that played the Goblin in the Spiderman movies? Okay, let’s give it a shot! Read More...

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Midnight Meat Train -- No, Not to Georgia

August 10 2008 22:51
When I see superstar Brooke Shields has signed on to star in a low budget adaptation of an obscure Clive Barker short story about a serial killer I’m at the theater damnit! Read More...

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X-Files: I Really Really Wanted to Believe

August 03 2008 22:26
Finally, the answer to the question all X-Files fans have been asking for the last 6 years: Yes, Mulder and Scully are still self-absorbed douche bags, only this time less entertaining. Read More...

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The Dark Knight: Lots of Hype. Worth it?

July 19 2008 21:07
An opening day box office record. A young star that passed away. A phemonemal amount of pre-release, positive buzz. We’ve seen a Batman movie franchise take a tumble before over time. What’s different this time? Read More...

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Hancock: The Fresh Prince of the Air?

July 04 2008 18:57
Hancock pounded out the box office register receipts this week, but what’s the word? Can Will Smith get jiggy with it as a superhero or will parent’s just not understand? Read More...

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Get Smart

June 22 2008 18:23
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I really understand Hollywood’s penchant for grabbing on to hot TV or cult commodities and adapting them for the big screen, many times in name only. With the cost of making a film these days, it pays to have a built in audience for something. This increases the chances of at least breaking even at the box office. But for me, the real head scratcher is when something like Get Smart gets the big screen treatment. Read More...

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Darabont's Indy 4 Screenplay

June 15 2008 12:13
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I have to say that I’m pretty pissed off right now. As I read through Frank Darabont’s original screenply for Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods, the original source material for what became what we were given on screen as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I became at bit madder with each passing page. Even though I’ve tried to be a Crystal Skull apologist since opening day, it’s hard not to read this script and as an Indiana Jones fan and not realize that this would not only have been a much better movie, but arguably in Spielberg’s hands could honestly have lived up to movie that Jones fans have wanted for the past 19 years.
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