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Film Preview: Fireproof (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: The point of the redundant imagery is lost. While the title featuring wedding rings in place of the O’s is the only thing of merit on the one-sheet. Trailer Rating: C- Review: Kirk…
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Film Preview: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: Rudimentary at best, the poster does very little to sell the picture to anyone who isn’t already familiar with Michael Cera, but his name alone isn’t likely to sell the flick. Trailer Rating:…
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Review: Get Smart (2008)
Get Smart Rating Director Peter Segal Screenplay Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember Length 110 min. Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Ken Davitian, David S. Lee, Dalip Singh, Geoff Pierson MPAA Rating PG-13 for some rude…
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Review: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk Rating Director Louis Letterier Screenplay Zak Penn Length 114 min. Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, Christina Cabot, Peter Mensah, Lou Ferrigno, Paul Soles MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material Review Hoping…
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Review: No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men Rating Director Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Screenplay Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (Novel by Cormac McCarthy) Length 122 min. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin, Stephen Root, Rodger Boyce, Beth Grant MPAA Rating R (for strong graphic violence and…
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Review: Wall-E (2008)
Wall-E Rating Director Andrew Stanton Screenplay Andrew Stanton Length 103 min. Starring Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver MPAA Rating G Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Review Charming, effervescent and socially relevant are three terms that accompany almost every Pixar feature thus far made. Wall-E takes many of…
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Review: April Fool’s Day (2008)
April Fool’s Day Rating Director The Butcher Brothers Screenplay Mikey Wigart, Danilo Bach Length 91 min. Starring Taylor Cole, Josh Henderson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Joe Egender, Jennifer Siebel, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Frank Aard, Sabrina Aldridge MPAA Rating R Buy/Rent Movie Source Material Review It goes without saying that remaking well liked films is an ill-advised…
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The DVD Report #66
It’s time for another in my series of “Films By Year” and their availability on DVD. While my articles on the years from 1957 through 1961 focused on films released in the U.S. in those years, I’m doing a bit of shift in focus starting with 1962 and going with the first year of theatrical…
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Film Preview: The Order of Myths (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: Not terribly impressive nor involving. It’s overly simplified and feels out of place with regard to a film about Mardi Gras. Trailer Rating: C Review: I can’t figure out what the film is…
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Film Preview: Ashes of Time Redux (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: B- Review: Having never seen Wong Kar Wai’s first film,…
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Film Preview: Patti Smith – Dream of Life (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C- Review: Bland and unoriginal. Simplistic and inelegant. Trailer Rating: B- Review: While I’m sure Patti Smith has had a fascinating life as a pioneering female rock legend, the trailer itself doesn’t look terribly exciting.…
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Film Preview: I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: Symbolic testimony of a country in crisis, the poster, while sensational to say the least, certainly captures the heart and spirit of the documentary. Trailer Rating: B+ Review: This isn’t your typical educational…
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Film Preview: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: Obviously taking its cue from Army of Darkness, this poster is crude and cheesey, which is entirely fitting within the framework of the film’s plot. Trailer Rating: C+ Review: Robert Englund hamming it…
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The DVD Report #65
Peter Luketic’s 21 starts out well on the campus of Boston’s M.I.T. where poor boy Jim Sturgess falls under the influence of evil professor Kevin Spacey who teaches him to count cards, a trick he will need to win the money he needs for his tuition at Harvard Medical School. Once the film gets to…
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Film Preview: Beer for My Horses (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: At least the poster effectively uses color and symmetery, but that’s as far as it goes with a rather uninteresting group of characters and lame tagline. Trailer Rating: D- Review: This might appeal…
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