Category: Ratings
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Millennium Trilogy, Part 3: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, but good
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest – 2009 Directed by Daniel Alfredson Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Mike Spreitz, Annika Hallin, Aksel Morisse, Georgi Staykov, Anders Ahlbom Written by Jonas Frykberg, Ulf Rydberg, based on the novel by Stieg Larsson There is a moment early on when Lisbeth Salander (Rapace) lays nearly helpless in the…
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The A-Team rates a solid C+
The A-Team – 2010 – Unrated Edition Director – Joe Carnahan Starring – Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Wilson, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copely, Jessica Biel, Gerald McRaney, Brian Bloom, Henry Czerny, John Hamm Written by – Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods Of course I avoided The A-Team this summer when it came out, and…
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Winter’s Bone shows an the all too real effect of Meth
Winter’s Bone – 2010 Directed by Debra Granik Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garrett Dillahunt, Lauren Sweester, Dale Dickey, Shelly Waggener Written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini based on the book by Daniel Woodrell In all honesty, as good a movie as Winter’s Bone, I don’t think I could ever watch it again. It…
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Ryan Reynolds provides depth to Buried
Buried – 2010 Directed by Rodrigo Cortes Starring Ryan Reynolds Written by Chris Sparling The first thing one thinks when seeing the first light in the movie Buried (several minutes into the film) is: “Now that you that you know you are in a box with limited air, for God sakes turn off that oxygen…
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Everyone loses in Dinner for Schmucks
Dinner for Schmucks – 2010 Directed by Jay Roach Starring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Jeff Dunham, Larry Wilmore Written by David Guion, Michael Handelman This movie shouldn’t have worked. It didn’t. The mouse sculptures are nice, though. If you want to know more, just look at the above picture for a…
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Piranha 3D should not be taken seriously. Seriously.
Piranha – 2010 Directed by Alexandre Aja Starring Elisabeth Shue, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Dreyfus, Jerry O’Connell, Adam Scott, Steven R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, Eli Roth Screenplay by Really? The best moment in the movie Piranha 3D (or just plain Piranha in 2D) happens early in the movie. Crusty old Richard Dreyfus climbs in…
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You Again is sometimes good and sometimes…Disney
You Again – 2010 Directed by – Andy Fickman Starring – Kristin Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, Betty White, Victor Garber, Cloris Leachman Screenplay by – Mo Jelline You again was unnecessarily slaughtered upon its release in September, and I am not entirely sure why. This was not an award-winning film by…
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Secretariat: Disney makes the rare good family movie
Secretariat – 2010 Directed by Randall Wallace Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich, James Cromwell, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dylan Walsh, Dylan Baker, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis, Scott Glenn Written by Mike Rich Mike Rich has made a living writing screenplays about true life sports competitors, from unlikely MLB starting pitcher Jim Morris, to unlikely football player…
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The Night Chronicles: Devil is up a tick from expectations
The Night Chronicles: Devil – 2010 Director – John Erick Dowdle Starring – Chris Messina, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O’Hara, Geoffery Arend, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven Screenplay – Brian Nelson Cinematography – Tak Fujimoto The name of M. Night Shyamalan is enough to evoke harmful images these days. Having a string of…
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Machete is a political softball and hardcore action
Machete – 2010 Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis Starring Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Jeff Fahey, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan Written by Robert Rodriguez, Alvaro Rodriguez Machete was the goose that laid the golden eggs, but that changed to just an ugly duckling with the political climate of…
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