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Milk Movie Review
Milk is the story of Harvey Milk. Itâs a film that could have easily been a politicized puff piece dedicated to a so-called Great American Hero. Instead, director Gus Van Sant tells the story of a rather lucky gay guy who, by natural charisma an... more
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Transporter 3 Movie Review
Well lets be honest with ourselves here. Do any of us really go to see Jason Statham act in a Transporter movie? For that matter do we watch any of these films for the acting? To answer this for you, NO.
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Australia Movie Review
Well how does one sum up a 155 minute movie into a review without giving away to much or leaving something out? I honestly would like to say I really enjoyed this movie. Even though it was a true love story at heart, it brings so much to the scree... more
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Quantum of Solace Movie Review
Gone are all the high-tech gadgets, flashy and weapon-equipped cars and even the trademark line "Bond, James Bond". Everything that many Bond fans remember and associate the spy series with has indeed been dropped and replaced with more realistic...
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Madagascar 2 Movie Review
This is your captain speaking - thank you for choosing Air Penguin. As a wholly owned subsidiary of DreamWorks Animation, we aim to please. In that spirit, when brainstorming ideas for the sequel to the popular Madagascar movie, we said yes to a...
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Role Models Movie Review
This movie is crude, vulgar, childish, nerdy.. and oh yeah.. freaking hilarious. This is the kind of movie where you expect all the funny parts to be what you saw in the trailer spots on TV, but there's so much more. Although it starts a little sl... more
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Pride and Glory Movie Review
The genre of the cop film seems to have become a dumping ground for film critics, and while I do acknowledge the fact that any movie dealing with the Boys in Blue released these days do follow the same basic formula, my belief is that whether or n...
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno Movie Review
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The Changeling Movie Review
Can you say "Oscars!" The Changeling will definitely have multiple nominations and wins this year.
Set in 1928 Los Angeles, this true story takes you on a journey with Jolie's character, Christine Collins. Upon returning home from work one Saturday...
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Flash of Genius Movie Review
I remember reading once, maybe in a textbook, about American ingenuity. I'm pretty sure American-made school textbooks are always going to be pumped full of nationalism. I guess it was a romanticist idea that a guy would come home after work, put ...
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Max Payne Movie Review
Max Payne was not what I was expecting. I went into the theater looking for a passable story with some in your face violence and a typical Mark Wahlberg solid performance that would be worth watching - but not worth owning on DVD. I came out of th...
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W. Movie Review
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull DVD Review
Utter the words Indiana Jones and immediately everybody knows what you're talking about. You're talking about fast-paced, globe-trotting quests for long-lost artifacts, ancient deathtraps and amazing action sequences. But most importantly, you'r...
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Nights in Rodanthe Movie Review
I must admit that by the end of the second act of Nights In Rodanthe, the sappy romantic inside of me was almost won over by the film. Almost. But about a minute into the third act, the professional film critic in me took over, ...
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Appaloosa Movie Review
It seems the genre of the Western is slowly being brought back to life. Last year saw the release of the remake of "3:10 to Yuma", and now we have "Appaloosa", another great addition to the ranks of those horse-ridin' an...
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Religulous Movie Review
Read the whole review here.Religulous? For starters, it rhymes with incredulous. As in "Bill Maher can't help being incredulous in the face of anything he deems supernatural," or "Bill Maher is incredulous that anyone could think differently tha...
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Blindness Movie Review
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Adapted from the Jose Saramago novel and directed by Fernando Meirelles, Blindness, depicts the events of a sudden epidemic of blindness that sweeps across an unnamed city. Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore and Danny Glover st...
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Movie Review
If you like slice-of-life teen movies, you'll enjoy Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. While not breaking any new ground, it delivers solid performances with a few chuckles, a few "eww gross" moments, and your typical boy...
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Iron Man DVD Review
Check out the full Iron Man DVD Review here!
2008 may very well be remembered as the year of the superhero. This is the year that gave us the immaculate "The Dark Knight", the crowd-pleasing Incredible Hulk (although it did everything BUT please m...
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Choke Movie Review
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Eagle Eye Movie Review
Check out the full Eagle Eye Movie Review here. In short - this is one hell of an action packed, white knuckle, thrill ride!
Eagle Eye, D.J. Caruso's latest film is the 2nd best film of the year behind The Dark Knight! Yes I know that is a bold sta...
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Burn After Reading Movie Review
The story revolves around a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent that ends up in the hands of two everyday gym employees who attempt to sell it. One would think this could have some very funny twists and turns but t...
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Righteous Kill Movie Review
Full review here.
When you first saw the trailer for John Avnet's introspective buddy cop film Righteous Kill, did you honestly hope for fantastic dialogue, an award-winning plot, and heart-pounding action scenes? Probably not, and for that reason ...
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Traitor Movie Review
These days, when it comes to political thrillers, audiences seem to be a little wary, mainly because they don't want to sit through a lecture about our nation's political system. That's probably why a film like last year's "Rendition", which I co... more
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The Rocker Movie Review
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Never give up hope. Never give up your dream. Never let anyone keep you down. Those are the first three things that came to me after I watched "The Rocker". This comedy is about hope and keeping your dreams alive. Y...
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Tropic Thunder Movie Review
No movie in recent years has poked fun at, mocked and downright dragged the good name of Hollywood through the mud, laughing all the way quite like Tropic Thunder. In a time when theaters are overpopulated by comedies that somehow have Judd Apato...
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Big Brother 10 - Episode 8 - Recap
Big Brother 10: Tonight is the veto competition and Keesha's nomination (Angie and Jessie) has the whole house pissed. Will Keesha's nominations stay the same? I hope someone is vetoed to make room for Libra, but we will see.
While all the drama is...
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Big Brother 10 - Episode 7 - Recap
Ok, so I missed episode 6 last week, but in short Steven was evicted and Keesha won HOH. Now that you are cought up it is time for episode 7, nomination night.
Now that Keesha is HOH she is planning to change the game. At th...
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Big Brother 10 - Episode 5 - Recap
Jessie, Steven, Dan, Michelle, Libra, Keesha compete in pov, Jerry hosts!
The veto competition was "license to veto!" The game was unscrambling vanity license plates that are the answers to big brother related questions. Dan ...
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The Dark Knight reviewed
5 out of 5 stars , Best movie I have seen in 10 years is some of what I heard at the screening last night.
Read the full review of The Dark Knight at AP.
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Hancock reviewed
Heââ¬â¢s hungover when we first meet him. With two empty bottles of alcohol rolling in the wind slightly underneath the public bench heââ¬â¢s sleeping on, and another bottle hanging loosely from one of his hands, his ragged and dirty clothes...
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Meet Dave Reviewed
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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Reviewed
I hope you are all having a wonderful summer of movie fun. This week boys and girls I am going to talk to you about Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, a sequel to 2004's Hellboy. Just like the first movie, this one is written and directed by Guillermo d...
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The Bourne Ultimatum Reviewed
The Bourne series may gain ground on the James Bond franchise, but it certainly showed how Bond should be in a movie: dark and heavy on the ass kicking. The Bourne Ultimatum takes place about six weeks after the second movie left off, as CIA offic...
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Transformers reviewed
Letâs start off by saying; the wrong director could have tanked it. By no means am I a fan of Michael Bay, but I do think he did a great job at what he was tasked to do. Transformers could have been a total mess if it wasnât for a number of th...
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3:10 to YurMama (Even bad boys love their Mommas)
Let me start off by saying that I am typically not a big fan of westerns. I usually find them boring or ridiculous, and Iâve never been able to sit through any of them with John Wayne. Well, thank God, this is no typical western (and yes, I do t...
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Good Luck Chuck (Or, as I will forever refer to it “Kill Me Nowâ€)
Holy s%&$. I donât even know where to begin. Let me start off by saying I went into this film with an open mind and cleared all prejudices out of my head before it started. I did everything I could, but nothing could change the fact that this is...
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Saw IV - Finally
My apologies to all that voted (and anyone else that just wanted to read), this should have been posted Friday night. However with the nightmare that my life has been the past five days this is the first time Iâve been able to even think about i...
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American Gangster Reviewed
Pheww⦠After a busy week of surprise family visits, 12 hour days of class, and the relentless torment of bills, thereâs nothing like going to a theatre, sitting in the dark, and taking in a movie. Or so I thought. Iâm gonna kick this off wit...
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August Rush Reviewed
After I got past the cliched, unbelievable romantic encounter of cellist Lyla Keri Russell and rocker Lewis [Jonathan Rhys Myers], the "love-at-first-sight and then girl gets pregnant thing is so annoying and overdone" I settled in with the comple...
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Review of Beowulf
How does one become a warrior? All it takes is an arrangement of warriors, a pair of brass gahones, and the ability to rip apart your enemies while yelling your own name, âI am Beowulf!â Well, I hadnât intended to see this flick, but I had a...
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No Country For Old Men Review
The Coen Brothers have a long history of great films. I've been a fan of their's for many years and went into this one with high expectations. I try not to do that with many film makers, but they usually don't disappoint me, and they didn't here. ...
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Stephen King’s The Mist
Stephen King + Frank Darabont (typically) = SUCCESS âThe Mistâ marks the third time Mr. Darabont has written and directed a Stephen King adaptation, previously scribing and helming âThe Shawshank Redemptionâ and âThe Green Mileâ (he al...
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Review: Juno
âThat ainât no etch-a-sketch. Thatâs one doodle that canât be un-did, homeskillet.â Yes! Finally a movie I can recommend to my friends without any disclaimers! I feel as if the season has been filled with trailers portraying either too m...
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I AM LEGEND gave me bowel cancer!
Iâve had a reoccurring dream since I was a boy that involves humanityâs extinction here on earth. Ok, honestly⦠this dream is more like a fantasy, and by Earth I mean Macyâs or some giant department store, and by extinction I mean âIâm...
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Sweeney Todd Review
What can you say about a movie that has revenge, secret identities, cannibalism and more throat slashings than your local meat packing plant? When itâs directed by dreary genius Tim Burton and starring his two favorite muses in Johnny Depp and (...
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Review: PS, I LOVE YOU
PS, I Love You
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How I Was Bribed With Sex To Watch A Hilary Swank Film.
Iâd love to tear this movie apart in a long winded diatribe full of $15 words lamenting the demise of film, pop culture and romance as we know it, but the Ill try to keep it ...
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Alvin and the Chipmunks Review
You know who they are. Three cute Chipmunks, that sing cute songs, and act all cute and shit (in this movie they took that last part a bit too literally) and their ever suffering writer/father figure. Add in an evil record mogul and youâve got t...
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Cloverfield Review
Well, itâs finally here kiddies. Months of anticipation, meted out through a now infamous viral campaign, and what do we have to show for it? A big fucking monster movie. Thatâs pretty much exactly what I wanted. Were all of our questions answ...
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Rambo: The Review
know a few months back when the teaser came out for Rambo all the big time action movie lovers got excited. You could just tell from that short little bit that this was going to be a no holds barred ass kicking movie and I can honestly tell you th...
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Review: Definitely, Maybe
know what you guys are thinking, Phocks is reviewing a romantic comedy? What the hell? Well yes, I am, and I am glad that I went to see this movie because it was put together very well.
Ryan Reynolds has completely turned his career around as an ...
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Be Kind Rewind - Review
My first question going into this film was; Does anyone rent videotapes anymore? Do kids these days even know what they are? Alright, that was two questions. And for the movie to work you really have to suspend that disbelief. Let me back up, ther...
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Doomsday Movie Review
Mankind has a expiration dateâ¦
Stealing from â28 days laterâ, âV for Vendettaâ and âMadmaxâ, we see a futuristic look at what the government is ready to do when life becomes a political chess piece, and nothing more.
Doomsday opens wit...
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Doomsday Movie Review
Mankind has a expiration dateâ¦
Stealing from â28 days laterâ, âV for Vendettaâ and âMadmaxâ, we see a futuristic look at what the government is ready to do when life becomes a political chess piece, and nothing more.
Doomsday opens wit...
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21 Movie Review
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
If you ever walk through a casino or sit at a blackjack table, you may just want to be hearing those four strange, yet exciting words. It just maybe your lucky night to win at a hand of blackjack.
21 boasts a cast with...
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21 Movie Review
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
If you ever walk through a casino or sit at a blackjack table, you may just want to be hearing those four strange, yet exciting words. It just maybe your lucky night to win at a hand of blackjack.
21 boasts a cast with...
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21 Movie Review
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
If you ever walk through a casino or sit at a blackjack table, you may just want to be hearing those four strange, yet exciting words. It just maybe your lucky night to win at a hand of blackjack.
21 boasts a cast with...
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Movie Review
This quirky, romantic, comedy is from the minds that brought you 40-year-old Virgin, Knocked-up, and Super Bad.
Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is a struggling musician who makes the between scenes music (think Law and Orderâs dun dun) for the hit cr...
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The Ruins Movie Review
Why arenât you looking at me?â
The freaky reality (yes I know its not all real) of this movie really surprised me. I actually jumped once or twice in my seat last night. As with most horror films some aspects of the film are over the top. But t...
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Where in The World is Osama Bin Laden Movie Review
I must say I knew almost nothing of this film going into the screening so I wasnât expecting much from it. Boy was a pleasantly surprised as I sat in a brand spanking new theater with comfy leather seats and three other critics. I must say I lov...
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The Happening Movie Review
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The Incredible Hulk Movie Review
The summer of 2008 will be known as the starting point for something great. This will be the time we look back and see how Marvel Comics was able to take their properties and move them forward into one big movie universe. Some wi...
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Kung Fu Panda Reviewed
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Sex and the City Movie Review
Well, what can I say, if you are a Sex and the City fan, you will love the movie!
Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha are back and bigger than ever and do I mean bigger. The laughs, the outfits, the stories, all bigger than rea...
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Reviewed
Well lets cut to the chase shall we? We all know who Indiana Jones is and if you have been living under a rock for the last 20+ years and have no idea, please continue to let us be and enjoy your rock!
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Lost Skull Reviewed
Well I had the privilege of a special screening of this movie last week. What else is there to say.. Its Indiana Jones people! Read more of the review here
Indiana Jones is a house hold name to most folks and if its not something is seriously wrong...
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Speed Racer Movie Review
"Here he comesâ¦here comes Speed Racer. Heâs a demon on wheels.
I am a big Speed Racer fan. I used to rush home after school to catch Speed Racer before doing my homework. I even wanted to paint my bike white and put a red 5 on the side to make ...
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What Happens in Vegas Movie Review
What Happens in Vegas, usually stays in Vegas, or at least its supposed to.
That is not exactly how things play out in the romantic comedy staring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz.
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