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Edge of Darkness
Stephen Compall | May 05, 2010
In the beginning she appears in one of those sorts of home movies that you know no real parent ever takes of their children. It is the sort of Hollywood home movie that depicts a pure frivolity...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Tombstone
Nathan M Rose | Apr 26, 2010
The western film has been around since the golden age of cinema; however, in the 1980s and 1990s, the western genre was almost nonexistent aside from Young Guns, Unforgiven, and a little film calle...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Chacon | Apr 05, 2010
When I saw the trailers for Fantastic Mr. Fox, I was somewhat under whelmed; the two-legged animal protagonists looked primitive to me compared to the nearly seamless, if equally-stylized look of Cora...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Old Dogs
Nathan M Rose | Mar 15, 2010
From the team that brought you Old Dogs, they now give you their latest creation with Old Dog starring, John Travolta and Robin Williams. Dan (Robin Williams) and his best friend and business p...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Zombieland
Marco Chacon | Mar 09, 2010
I have to admit that the trailers confused me. There seemed to be a video-game element to the film, and I knew that at least part of it took place in an amusement park. I wondered if it wa...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Amelia
Roger Longenbach | Feb 21, 2010
Out on Blu-Ray from 20th Century Fox is Amelia, the story of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The story mainly covers Amelia briefly before she is selected to be...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Surrogates
Marco Chacon | Jan 30, 2010
Surrogates is a decent action film and a good try at a serious sci-fi movie. It doesn't move into the classic zone in any of its categories, but it is a great try for all of them.
Full Review | Grade: B
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Fame
Marco Chacon | Jan 26, 2010
Considering that Frame was just re-made, this is a timely point for a Blu-Ray release of the 1980 hit musical because it is now an oldie classic. Viewers who think they vaguely remember it...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Pandorum
Marco Chacon | Jan 21, 2010
Alien, now three decades old, still sets the standard for sci-fi horror. We can see that in Pandorum's opening scenes when Dennis Quaid "slooowly" comes out of hyper-sleep...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Magnolia
Marco Chacon | Jan 19, 2010
Paul Thomas Anderson's epic, Magnolia features an ensemble cast (Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, and others) who share interlocking lives in a Byzantine plot. Magnolia takes 188 minut...
Full Review | Grade: C
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