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Julie & Julia Roger Longenbach |  Aug 16, 2009 It's not very often that Hollywood can make TWO different books into ONE movie, but perhaps they found the perfect vehicle to try it. Julie & Julia is based on the book which is also its... Full Review  | Grade: B

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Roger Longenbach |  Aug 07, 2009 I had been worried about this film ever since reading in the trades about how early word of mouth was horrible, and that Paramount had put an embargo on pre-release screening by critics. At... Full Review  | Grade: A

G-Force Roger Longenbach |  Jul 25, 2009 Disney has decided that 3-D is the future of motion pictures at your local cinema, and with the exception of the "extra fee for 3-D", they may be right. While the current version of 3-D techno... Full Review  | Grade: A

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Roger Longenbach |  Jul 16, 2009 I don't know if it's just my luck, or just the quality of movies this summer, but this movie is another hard one to judge. If you're a fan of the books, or have followed the previous 5 movie... Full Review  | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Marco Chacon |  Jul 09, 2009 "It is easy to shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France.  But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers.  They (the critics) review... Full Review  | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Roger Longenbach |  Jun 25, 2009 This is one of the hard movies to review, because I could give this movie an F and if you are a fan of the first movie, you're probably going to go see it in the theater anyway. While I did... Full Review  | Grade: D

The Hangover Marco Chacon |  Jun 22, 2009 The Hangover fits into a category that is somewhat fuzzy and defined as "guy movies". That is, there are few women, there is a lot of male-bonding, and there are wacky, usually R-rated hijin... Full Review  | Grade: B

The Proposal Nathan M Rose |  Jun 19, 2009 2009's summer movie season is now in full swing with its killer robots from the future, Full Review  | Grade: B

The Taking of Pelham 123 Marco Chacon |  Jun 18, 2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 was a 1973 thriller about a group of thugs who take over a subway train and threaten to kill one hostage a minute unless they are paid 1 million dollars.  It was remade i... Full Review  | Grade: C

Up Marco Chacon |  Jun 01, 2009 I was able to tell from the teaser-trailer that Up was about an old man who fastens a bunch of helium balloons to his house and then uses it to take off. I thought "what then?"  It... Full Review  | Grade: A