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Whiteout - R
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typical whodunit, only the hot babe isn't just window dressing, she's the detective. throw in extreme climate conditions and you got everything but the dress dinner where the detective gets the suspects all together to reveal who the murderer really is. i guessed in 5, count'em, 5 minutes after the opening titles, and no dinner either. still...fun.
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September 19, 2009
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9 - PG-13
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the forces of intolerance are at havoc yet again, and so a hero will rise. is it the guy who thinks if you hide then mr. bad man will go away? what about the guy who thinks more muscle is the answer? or the hottie who wants to face evil all by herself cause nobody's man enuff? like so many films nowadays, here's another visual eyeful, but the story could use a little pep, yah? a nice one for the kids.
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September 19, 2009
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Gamer - R
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it's the future again and it don't look so brite again, not with one slap-happy egomaniacal science-nerd-gone-wrong type looking to TAKE OVER THE WORLD ("what're we gonna do today, brain?"). luckily for us common folk football jock/military jock/wrongly convicted murderer jock senor mister butler (stud du jour) is put upon enough to say "enuff is enuff!" and, aided w/ new age shaky camerawork to make things seem edgy, sets upon a bit of a homage to "blade runner" that's entertaining if ever-so-predictable(think "death race").
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September 15, 2009
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N/A
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Sátántangó (Satan's Tango) - Unrated
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September 9, 2009
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N/A
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Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo) (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) - G
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sweet hallucinations and the stuff of dreams inundate this lanquid rumination on spiritual friendship and how the power of our love for one another affects the whole world in a positive way. and mesmerising visuals...!
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September 7, 2009
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Extract - R
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an independent film so MOR it's almost a network TV show, it means well, a yorkie w/one mean territorial growl. bateman is the competent island of caring sanity beset by an avaricious world and plagued w/ a vague dissatisfaction w/ his own life. "is that all there is...?" can he accept his life, his wife, himself? just as i began to care...it was over.
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September 7, 2009
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The Wolfman - Unrated
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September 4, 2009
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N/A
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I psyhi sto stoma (Soul Kicking) - Unrated
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September 2, 2009
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N/A
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H2: Halloween II - R
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terrible...and not in a good way. in the pit of his soul malcolm mcdowell must be wondering why he ever left england, why he came to america, must be damning himself, as america has become his halloween II.
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September 2, 2009
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N/A
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The Final Destination - R
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all of these destination films ask the question, "if you could see the future, what would u do?" well, for myself, i'm gonna skip future destination films, 3-D or no 3-D.
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September 2, 2009
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Taking Woodstock - R
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i was 13 when those infamous 3 days of peace and love occurred, which is to say i'd never been there, of course, and the truth is i probably wouldn't've gone if i'd've been of age, and in new york, and in the know. i'd read about it, sure, but still i've always wondered what it was really like, the whole thing taking on a life of it's own, the beatles weren't there (!) but csn and y were. joni wrote a song about it. pete townsend thought he was the greatest thing to rock that was until he saw jimi live and etc., and etc. and etc. woodstock stories abound. ang lee recreate's the vibe of the time in this nostalgic tip-o-the-hat to a generational milestone. the music is not there so much, but maybe because it's somewhere else and plenty, but what's not many places is a sense of just what happened and why. f'instance, i'd always thought of max yaeger, the rube who's farm was co-opted for the event, as a rube, but in this work he comes alive via eugene levy as one savvy dude who recognises a good thing when he sees it. coincidentally, the day i went to see this my buddy rick the 'nam vet was bragging to me on some group, sweetwater, that was supposed to open at woodstock but didn't, excited about knowing about something that i didn't, still thrilled about music 40 years gone...ang lee gets the vibe i think, and the whys and the wherefores don't matter so much.
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September 2, 2009
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Wendy and Lucy - R
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September 2, 2009
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Inglourious Basterds - R
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high production revisionist history / revenge fantasy, however curious and late in it's timing (what if we could've REALLY kicked nazi ass, huh, i mean really kicked it, kicked it good?). nice touches abound such as a sergio leone homage, pitt's over-the-top john wayne-via-tennessee ernie ford-good ol'boy, christoph waltz's ever evident fun as the slimer-than-thou-ever-could-be nazi schmart guy and the nuanced surprise of melanie laurent as a soul who daren't speak yet has yards to tell. better than "kill bill", with mike myers as peter sellers in a just-because-we-can throwaway tribute, this film actually has nothing whatsoever to do with WWII.
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September 1, 2009
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Shorts (Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock) - PG
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an imaginitive feature for the tweenie crowd, reinforcing their feelings of evident superiority over the embarrassing adolescents they know. a little fun.
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August 28, 2009
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N/A
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The 39 Steps - PG
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i was just thinking "what is this hitchcock thing everyone is always on about?" when a small independent local television station ran this beaut of a tongue-in-cheek chase (think "north by northwest", the biggest differences between the two not in plot but in location and culture: hitchcock is one mean casual observer) across england on morning programming. now i'll be talking like henry higgens for a week!
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August 24, 2009
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N/A
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus - R
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August 19, 2009
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N/A
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Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey - Unrated
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August 19, 2009
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N/A
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The Open Road - PG-13
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August 19, 2009
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N/A
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Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unrated
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August 19, 2009
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Play The Game - PG-13
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August 19, 2009
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Julie & Julia - PG-13
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if there's only one reason to see this it's streep's glorious refusal to whatever "older" woman ought to be, do, and say, enlivening this mere personality toss-off by some and then some. stanley tucci holds up before her assault on preconcieved thoughts and notions, but only barely (though with a wry smile). amy adams...always good, though burdened w/ the less likable of these "tales of two cities", rightly leans in to get her picture taken w/a picture of greatness.
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August 17, 2009
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - PG
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the pre-fight commentary continues as harry et al get ready for the mano-y-mano con el evil magnifico, voldemort, ay yah, but there's snogging romance a-brewing as well! if you were in england while they were filming this, then you're probably in this film! everybody else in england is in it, just everybody. alan rickman enunciates every vowel and every consonant of every word in every line he's given, worth the price of admission in and of itself! ms. helena bonham carter happily continues her stint as the girl you'd least want yer mum to find you out with! a little fun.
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August 17, 2009
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(500) Days of Summer - PG-13
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it happens sometimes: she wants to be "just friends". ay yah, another romantic comedy but, because it doesn't try too hard, a nice one.
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August 17, 2009
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The Time Traveler's Wife - PG-13
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i walked out 45 minutes into the film...and i love rachel mcadams...
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August 17, 2009
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District 9 - R
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think "invasion of the body snatchers" cause the story sneaks up on you, playing like all nice and normal and then whammo. the lead, a surprising and unknown sharlto copley, is totally oblivious to the depths of his own sick degeneracy and depravity (= a real character / human being), and then you discover that he's the most sympathetic human in the piece. chilly sci-fi the way God intended it to be!
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August 17, 2009
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