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  Armored (Armoured) (PG-13, 2009)

  Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich

  A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with...[ read more ] a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

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  Everybody's Fine (PG-13, 2009)

  Ben Schwartz, Brendan Sexton III, Drew Barrymore, James Frain

  "Everyboyd's Fine," a remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's "Stanno Tutti Bene," follows a widower who embarks on an impromptu road trip to reconnect with ea...[ read more ]ch of his grown children only to discover that their lives are far from picture perfect.

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  Brothers (R, 2009)

  Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bailee Madison

  A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. Based on Susanne Bier's film, "Brothers".

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  Up in the Air (R, 2009)

  George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey

  Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road, is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He ...[ read more ]is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he's worked toward for years: reaching five million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

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  The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13, 2009)

  Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene

  In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer's phenomenally successful Twilight series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as...[ read more ] Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of - only to find herself in greater peril than ever before.

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  The Blind Side (PG-13, 2009)

  Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw

  The Blind Side depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Tou...[ read more ]hys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle. Based on the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

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  2012 (PG-13, 2009)

  John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet

  An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar.

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  Old Dogs (PG, 2009)

  John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green

  Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee (ROBIN WILLIAMS) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (JOHN TRAVOLTA) -- have their lives turned upsid...[ read more ]e down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives. The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins (newcomers ELLA BLEU TRAVOLTA and CONNER RAYBURN), leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what’s really important in life.

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  Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 2009)

  Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn

  An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterio...[ read more ]us Christmas apparitions.

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  Ninja Assassin (R, 2009)

  Naomie Harris, Rain, Sung Kang, Rick Yune

  Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, ...[ read more ]a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them…and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow, Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi, to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive…and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.

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  Planet 51 (PG, 2009)

  Alan Marriott, Dwayne Johnson, Freddie Benedict, Gary Oldman

  Planet 51 is a galactic-sized animated alien adventure comedy revolving around American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker, who lands on Planet 5...[ read more ]1 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950s America, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders...like Chuck! With the help of his robot companion "Rover" and his new friend Lem, Chuck must navigate his way through the dazzling, but bewildering, landscape of Planet 51 in order to escape becoming a permanent part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum.

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  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (R, 2009)

  Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey

  In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life c...[ read more ]an head in a new direction.

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  Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 2009)

  Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney

  A crafty fox finds himself and his family targeted for death by the three dumb, plug-ugly farmers who tire of sharing their chickens with the critter.

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  The Men Who Stare at Goats (R, 2009)

  George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey

  The story of a secret unit within the US Army called the First Earth Battalion, whose paranormal military ideas mutated over the decades to influence ...[ read more ]interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay.

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  The Stepfather (PG-13, 2009)

  Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward

  A seemingly normal man wants the perfect family. When they don't measure up, he eliminates them and moves on to find his next perfect family.

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  Saw VI (R, 2009)

  Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston

  Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer ...[ read more ]to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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  The Invention of Lying (PG-13, 2009)

  Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.

  Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

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  Zombieland (R, 2009)

  Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

  Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick th...[ read more ]eir ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

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  Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG, 2009)

  Andy Samberg, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell

  A scientist trying to solve world hunger encounters a problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky.

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  Whiteout (R, 2009)

  Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short

  Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent’s first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. ...[ read more ]Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.

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  Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (PG-13, 2009)

  John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia

  Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly...[ read more ] breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. 16-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That's the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty. Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what's left of his humanity.

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  All About Steve (PG-13, 2009)

  Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong

  Convinced that a CNN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to con...[ read more ]vince him that they belong together.

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  Where the Wild Things Are (PG, 2009)

  Max Records, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano

  The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is...[ read more ] loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.

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  Sorority Row (R, 2009)

  Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung

  When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and...[ read more ] never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.

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• Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 2009)

  - by jimmc

  An hour and a half? It seemed like 3 hours, at the end people were up and out of the theater while l...[ read more ]ights were still low. The moral of inter-species acceptance was a good one, the implimentaion of "cuss" was a bit goofy, the wordsa re not bad, the meaning is. By implying them is the same as using them. The idea of it's OK to steal from the businessmen of the society is just beause you are poor or it's in your blood, not so good. I am still confused if this was a movie for kids or adults? Perhaps if I was on mind altering substances it would have been better?

• Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 2009)

  - by kiriyamakazou

  We can bitch about remakes all we want, but when it comes to classic tales, I say the more the merri...[ read more ]er. It's stories like this that really let us appreciate the storyteller. So here we have Zemeckis bringing the story to life through his beloved motion capture, which he, surprisingly, doesn't utilise all that well. The film would have been just as impressive in live action.
  
  Whenever viewing a story such asthis, you are bound to compare it to your favorite version. For me it has to be Muppet Christmas Carol. A version that is flawless. Though good, Disney's Christmas Carol, leaves a lot to be desired. First of all we have Jim Carrey. His performance isn't bad,but he simply has too much to do. Making himself older and Englisher, leaves his accent sounding like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon at times. Zemeckis is also trying to please everybody. He adds the most random action sequences you can imagine. Despite informing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, that he is willing to go with him, Scrooge is suddenly chased through the streets of London. It adds nothing to the characters or story.
  
  It also fails to grasp at the emotional core of the story. It moves too fast and lingers in the wrong places. It's a very 'bitty' film, which is inherent in the story itself, but other adaptations have managed to bridge the gaps between each section. This film rushes along, and you can hear therace against the rising budget.
  
  However, you can't go wrong with A Christmas Carol, and most of the misgivings I have are due to my preference of other versions. This is still a great introduction to the story, and a fine adaptation.

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13, 2009)

  - by drblood

  I've read a lot of reviews of New Moon since I watched it myself and one thing I've noticed is that ...[ read more ]the Twihards are divided over whether or not New Moon is better than the first Twilight movie. There are some that say it is close to the book and those that say not but, since I haven't read any of the saga novels myself, I have no opinion about that whatsoever.
  
  Is New Moon better than the Twilight movie though? That's the problem because some of it is and some of it isn't. The romance, action and hotness of everybody involved has certainly improved this time round and it's starting to move right into "Interview with the Vampire" territory so that's no bad thing. But (and there's always a "but") the story still moves too slowly and there are too many characters to keep track of even if they only have minor roles compared to the big triumvirate of Bella, Edward and Jacob.
  
  The story is much as before, i.e. Bella loves Edward and wants to be a vampire so that they can be together forever, Edward doesn't want to take Bella's humanity away, and so it goes on. This time though Edward leaves Bella because he wants her to be safe and so she drifts into the world of werewolves as Red Injun Jacob reveals his feelings for her during Edward's absence.
  
  To tell you any more would spoil it for you but I have to say that the CGI werewolves weren't too bad considering that they are still CGI and fake as hell and that both Edward and Jacob spend a lot of time with their shirts off (which I'm sure will please a lot of little girls). Unfortunately Bella doesn't spend any time with her shirt off which would have certainly made New Moon 100 times more enjoyable for me.
  
  Aesthetically the film looks really good and ithe camerawork is consistently better than in Twilight. There wasn't too much of a distracting soundtrack to this either with the music being quite minimal and unobtrusive. That works in New Moon's favour but perhaps not for future CD movie soundtrack sales. I only noticed two songs in the whole thing so where the rest of the album would come from I have no idea. I only mention that because I went to Burger King and got the little burgers with the free New Moon coupons with them and I know one of them was for money off the soundtrack CD. I won't be buying one anyway. (BTW the "Burger Shots" suck!)
  
  I'll add more to my review later once you've all had chance to see New Moon for yourselves.
  
  The bottom line is that I enjoyed it. I'd rate it as about 6 out of 10 (and half of that again if seen as a horror movie which it really isn't). I still think of the Twilight series as being the Dark Shadows of the 21st century.

• Ninja Assassin (R, 2009)

  - by ogerre225

  I'm still trying to decide if this movie was more of a comedy or an action film.

• Old Dogs (PG, 2009)

  - by jimmc

  A good light hearted slapstick _b_style movie. There is a good moral of business success balanced wi...[ read more ]th personal success.

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13, 2009)

  - by mrpopcorn

  "You're my only reason to stay... alive. If that's what I am."
  
  When Edw...[ read more ]ard leaves Bella, her hole world is turned upside down. With Bella's heart broken, she turns to Jacob (Jake) her best friend to fill the void that was left by Edward. As Bella spends more time with Jake, she learns that there's more than vampires in the town of Forks.
  
  REVIEW
  How many times can "I can't live without you" or its variant be said in a movie? Too many when it's New Moon, the new teen tease of the Twilight Saga. I get the idea that teens long for each other much more than adults do, making teens the horniest animals on the planet. Wait. Wait. "Animals": That's the big motif because were-wolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) substitutes for vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), who is on vacation from Bella (Kristen Stewart). It's just another sexual frustration for her. This girl might stand a better chance in a nunnery. The slow teen romance has some of the worst dialogue this year. Bella says, for instance, "The absence of him is everywhere I look. It is like a big hole has been punched through my chest." While she says this, she gives her endlessly distracted look, the one that says how difficult life is for a teen with two wild hunks pursuing her.
  
  When the teens are not mooning in the second half, there is some satisfactory action as Jacob and his shirtless boys turn into very big wolves. In fact, so many shirtless boys and no scantily-clad girls leave me to suspect a homo erotic sub theme. Do girls really want to date gay men?
  
  Who would have thought vampires and were-wolves could be dull? When they're teens, that's when.

• Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 2009)

  - by RiderOfTheStorms

  I loved it! This is the best adaptation i've ever seen of this story.It was also the scariest movie ...[ read more ]i've seen all year, i'm not kiddin some parts are just fucked and freaky like, I thought the acting was pretty great in some parts aswell. the animation is amazing, this is one of my favorites of the year. I urge 4 every1 2 watch it in IMAX 3D however. It makes such a huge difference and it was filmed 4 dat format so its so much better. The movie is great on its own but i'm telling u, if u wanna watch this movie, watch it in IMAX or don't bother seeeing it in the theatre at all. Might as well wait 4 the dvd.

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13, 2009)

  - by JohnSilver

  N'ayant pas été fan du tout du premier volet, j'ai été surpris de celui-ci! Beaucoup plus d'action, ...[ read more ]d'interaction entre les personnages. Le premier film de la série se basait plutôt sur Edward, et dans celui-ci, plus sur Jacob. On parle aussi de la rivalité entre les 2 clans qui est très présente. Cependant, encore une fois, il y a des mystères un peu trop important qui sont encore omniprésent. Néanmoins, la connaissance sur cette race continue d'évoluer.
  
  Chose tout à fait inacceptable dans le film, LA FIN !!!! Mon dieu! mais qu'est-ce que c'est que cette fin ? Ma grand-mère aurait fait mieux à 4 ans !! Elle est complètement à chier !!! C'est ... inacceptable une fin comme celle là!
  
  Autre chose, même problème que dans le film #1, les vampires ne voient pas leur reflet dans la glace, cela signifie aussi qu'ils ne devraient pas apparaître sur les photos!! Moins évident que la scène avec les miroirs dans la salle de danse dans Twilight 1.
  
  PS: Alice alias Ashley Greene est que trop jolie ! :)

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 2009)

  - by DrZeek

  Mr. Fox: [sighs] Who am I, Kylie?
  Kylie: Who how? What now?
  Mr. Fox: Why a fox? Why not ...[ read more ]a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I'm saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you'll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?
  Kylie: I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds illegal.
  
  I'm just gonna say it. This movie is fantastic. Director Wes Anderson moves into stop motion animation territory and manages to bring his idiosyncratic _b_style with him. Based on the children's book by Roald Dahl, this is a film that blends Anderson's indie _b_style into a very neat looking world filled with fun and quirky characters, all of this enveloped inside of what is being sold as a kids film.
  
  Ash: You should probably put your bandit hat on now. Personally, I- I don't have one, but I modified this tube sock.
  Kristofferson: You look good.
  Ash: Yeah, I do.
  
  It is the story of Mr. Fox, voiced by George Clooney, and his nocturnal adventures at stealing chickens. Upon finding out that his wife, Mrs. Fox, voiced by Mery Streep, is pregnant, he has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. Mr. Fox hangs up his heist hat and settles down to become a journalist and provide for his family.
  
  However, he is too rebellious and too wild. Mr. Fox is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. This leads to the main drive of the story, which is the wild animals vs. the mean farmers who have had enough of these raids.
  
  On the side, you also have the story of Mr. Fox's son Ash, voiced by Jason Schwartzman, who wants to show everyone that he is just as much a capable athlete and normal a kid as anyone else. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities, midnight adventures, and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.
  
  Mrs. Fox: Everyone in this world is different. Especially your father, but there is something kind of fantastic about that.
  
  I had such a great time watching this movie. Its the kind of film that you can just watch and smile throughout, laughing at many of the funny sight gags, running jokes, and obscure humor, while admiring the very homemade quality of the film.
  
  The humor is reserved and wry, brought across via idiosyncratic rhythms, awkward pauses, and dialed-down performances. Tonally, it's indistinguishable from previous Anderson films like Rushmore and The Life Aquatic. However, it does play to all audiences, as the meta-jokes only move into the gags that these characters are in fact wild animals, and act as such when the situation calls for it.
  
  The look of this film is all kinds of intriguing. Despite being animated, it is very much a Wes Anderson film, from the way the settings contain all sorts of information scattered throughout the backgrounds, to the individual characters all having very deliberate looks and tailored costumes to define them. With this stop-motion animation use, it looks much more King Kong than it does Coraline, that is it feels much less like it needed to be smoothed out and more like all the little movements that are a result of tiny inconsistencies have made the film feel much more personal. Now, this doesn't mean that either way is better, just that for this film, the look has a refreshingly different and honest approach that certainly separates it from other recent animated films. In fact, the film is very visually akin to old 60s holiday specials.
  
  The cast is great. Clooney is having a great time at voicing Mr. Fox. Streep can basically do anything, so its no sweat for her to be the long suffering wife and have fun with it. Schwartzman is very lovable at playing a very Anderson film type character as the insecure son. Bill Murray gets to have some fun here as well as Willem Dafoe and Owen Wilson in small roles. All of the actors feel pretty natural here and that may have to do with having them all recording together, while semi-acting out the parts, as opposed to being recored in a studio.
  
  Always bringing together a quality soundtrack, Anderson does it again here, combing a very folk-like score with his standard supply of choice tunes by the Rolling Stones and some Beach Boys thrown in for good measure.
  
  While managing to capture the story and essence of what was in Dahl's book, Anderson and his collaborator Noah Baumbach have managed to bring together a story about mischief, family, and being different in a very fantastic way.
  
  Badger: In summation, I think you just got to not do it, man. That's all.
  Mr. Fox: I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.
  Badger: The cuss you are.
  Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
  Badger: No, you cussing with me?
  Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me!
  Badger: If you're gonna cuss, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss!
  Badger: You're not gonna cuss with me!

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG, 2009)

  - by Julie

  The animation is lovely and the voices are all great, but I found myself getting a bit bored, and wo...[ read more ]uld like 20 minutes chopped out. Got that, Wes?