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Live Free or Die Hard |
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One of my favorite action movies ever. Flawed, yes. But so actiony. |
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Knocked Up |
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Proves that movies don't need to be believable in order to be enjoyable. Great |
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Alpha Dog |
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Timberlake is so stunningly charismatic onscreen I actually forget his boy-band roots. |
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Zodiac |
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A weak performance by Gyllenhaal sullied what was otherwise a truly great film. |
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Breach |
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A plodding movie that somehow seemed to work despite itself. |
Suggested
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Disturbia |
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Competent performances from the teen actors made this film surprisingly likable. |
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Music & Lyrics |
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Embarrasingly, one of my favorite chick flicks in recent memory. |
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Fracture |
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Better than it should have been. Gosling is so unexpectdly charming. |
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Shooter |
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I like watching things blow up. What can I say? |
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Blades of Glory |
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How can the same one note continue to work so well for Will Ferell? It just does. |
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Because I Said So |
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Mandy Moore is so charming I couldn't even hate this piece of formulaic crap. |
Tolerated
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The Hoax |
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Not nearly as good as I wanted it to be, but still enjoybale. |
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The Invisible |
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Suffers, I think, because of Brick's success, but not all bad. |
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14.
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Ratatouille |
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I just don't understand animation. Sure, it was ok. But it was a cartoon. |
Scorned
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Spider-Man 3 |
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A huge disappointment, but not entirely a suck-fest. |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
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A step up from the last film, to be sure, but still a miss. |
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Smokin' Aces |
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An absolute bloodbath. Jason Bateman is hysterical in his little throwaway role. |
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18.
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Reign Over Me |
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This movie just didn't work for me. I saw what it wanted to be, but I couldn't connect. |
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Mr. Brooks |
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Kind of shoddy all around. Demi Moore looks great, though. |
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20.
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Black Snake Moan |
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I didn't like the way this movie was edited, and that kept me at its arm's length. |
Reviled
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21.
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Premonition |
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Plot holes and continuity errors made this thriller far less-than-thrilling. |
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22.
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Bridge to Terabithia |
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Far less magical than I wanted it to be. Almost joyless, even when it wasn't supposed to be. |