Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews
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A Christmas Story
Dec 27, 2007
The Christmas movie can get away with sappiness in a way that most other family-friendly movies can't. It's okay to have peace-on-earth and goodwill to all men as your message if you also have a Chris...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Dec 27, 2007
It's hard to judge Alien vs. Predator - Requiem. On one hand the human characters are forgettable, the plot fairly absurd, and the movie, as a horror show simply a kinetic gore-fest. On the other hand...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Beowulf
Dec 13, 2007
There is more Beowulf than you might think. There are no fewer than four movies in IMDB with exact-matches to Beowulf in their title. That's not including The 13th Warrior that mi...
Full Review | Grade: C
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The Golden Compass
Dec 04, 2007
Canada is forward thinking: their politics are more progressive, their environmental discipline is more advanced, and their movie sneak previews are a week ahead.In the UK, the book wa...
Full Review | Grade: B
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No Country For Old Men
Nov 24, 2007
The title comes from WB Yeats Sailing to Byzantium (a poem about growing old). It's a bit of the ultra violence based on...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Stardust
Nov 14, 2007
Gaiman knows how to work a fantasy world with an internal logic and this carries through into the shorter, tighter movie script.
Full Review | Grade: B
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Shooter
Nov 01, 2007
The list of "sniper" movies runs the gamut from the obligatory 1993 Sniper where the euphonious character is a Zen Buddhist principled sold...
Full Review | Grade: B
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We Own The Night
Oct 31, 2007
There was precious little owning of the night, to be honest. In fact, a large part of the movie was not shot at night. If anything got owned for sure it was my $8.50.We Own The Night s...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Transformers
Jul 09, 2007
I missed the 1984 TV show by about 5 years: being in high school placed me outside the zone where I'd watch it. I was aware of it though: a Saturday-morning cartoon featuring overly literal n...
Full Review | Grade: B
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1408
Jul 09, 2007
I was introduced to 1408 in the audio-book collection Blood and Smoke, three stories by Stephen King that vaguely, barely, relate to death and smoking ... as in ... they have a cigar...
Full Review | Grade: B
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