Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews
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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 called T...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Kick-Ass
Roger Longenbach | Apr 17, 2010
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke's quote is all that is necessary to summarize this movie. An unusual blend of teen angst, action a...
Full Review | Grade: B
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How To Train Your Dragon
Marco Chacon | Apr 10, 2010
The trailers for How To Train Your Dragon present a story to us that are easily grasped -- there is a Viking outpost that is beset by dragons. A very un-Viking like boy (Jay Baruchel) uses his brain,...
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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Hot Tub Time Machine
Nathan M Rose | Apr 04, 2010
When I first heard about Hot Tub Time Machine, I was a bit skeptical. Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped; Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal; Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husba...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Clash of The Titans
Marco Chacon | Mar 22, 2010
With the remake coming out soon, you might be interested in seeing the original Clash of the Titans. If you were interested, here is how you may do that -- download it from iTunes United States store...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Repo Men
Marco Chacon | Mar 21, 2010
Repo Men takes us to an ultra-dark, cyberpunk future where it appears everyone needs artificial organs that sell for astronomical amounts of money. When you can't pay up, the repo-men comes for yo...
Full Review | Grade: B
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Up in the Air
Marco Chacon | Mar 21, 2010
I feel like I know George Clooney because he always plays the same guy. Okay, maybe that is not literally true -- see Burn after Reading -- but, just being realistic. He plays the se...
Full Review | Grade: C
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A Serious Man
Marco Chacon | Mar 18, 2010
The Coen's, A Serious Man, packs a punch like a Kafka story – it is dark, the main character suffers, and there is no explanation or redemption. As it is well made, if that is your cup of te...
Full Review | Grade: C
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Green Zone
Nathan M Rose | Mar 15, 2010
From the studio, director, and actor that gave your the Bourne series, comes their latest collaboration, Green Zone. Matt Damon and director, Paul Greengrass ( Full Review | Grade: B
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