Category: Ratings
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World doesn’t require an explanation
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – 2010 Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alfie Rackley, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall based on the comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley The first best thing about Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Polley and Brody get to play Frankenstein in Splice
Splice – 2009 Directed by Vincenzo Natali Starring – Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon Screenplay by Vincenzo Natali, Doug Taylor, Antoinette Terry Bryant Abomination. That’s the name of the game in Splice. The implications of mad science in modern-day is met with the responsibility of meeting deadlines for those who supply the funds. In the midst…
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Clooney’s The American can never rest
The American – 2010 Directed by Anton Corbijn Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Rueten, Paolo Bonacelli, Irina Bjorklund, Johan Leysen Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Hit man movies have only so far to go. You are usually making the hit, and then becoming the target. There are other options, where one becomes entangled along the way,…
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Jonah Hex What In Tarnation’s Going on?
Jonah Hex – 2010 Directed By Jimmy Hayward Starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Aidan Quinn, Wes Bentley, Tom Wopat, Will Arnett Screenplay By Neveldine/Taylor Around the second time Jonah Hex (stoically grimaced by Josh Brolin) is injured to the point where he should be dead, a series of…
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Easy A provides an all too simple view of High School
Easy A – 2010 Directed by – Will Gluck Starring – Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patrica Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcom McDowell, Alyson Michalka, Stanley Tucci Written by – Bert V. Royal Everyone wants to imagine that they mastered High School, and Olive Pendergast (Stone) is no exception. Given…
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Jolie’s Salt hits all the spots, should try to miss a few
Salt – 2010 Directed by Philip Noyce Starring – Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor Screenplay by – Kurt Wimmer, Brian Helgeland There are 3 versions of the movie Salt, with none of them substantially differing from the rest, in terms of predictability. This is hard to do, but the makers of the film manage to…
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The Kids are All Right…Dad’s a Pandora’s Box
The Kids are All Right – 2010 Directed by Lisa Cholodenko Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson Written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg The myth of Pandora’s Box has been portrayed as a misogynist rant against the women’s womb over the last 140 years or so. True or not, there…
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The Other Guys is Ferrell and Wahlberg on a trip
The Other Guys – 2010 Directed by Adam McKay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans, Jr. with Narration by Ice-T Written by Adam McKay and Chris Henchy About midway through The Other Guys, detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz…
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If you love your daughter(s), you’ll love Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus – 2010 Directed by Elizabeth Allen Starring Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Ginnifer Goodwin, Hutch Dano, Sandra Oh Written by Laurie Craid, Nick Pustay from the series of books by Beverly Cleary First thing’s first: this movie should just be called Ramona, as it takes many of…
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Inception plants the idea of perfection
Inception -2010 Written and Directed by Chris Nolan Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Lukas Haas, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, Pete Postlethwaite In all the films I have seen in my life, maybe three made me feel like I needed to be an adult…
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