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Tag: 2.5 stars

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THE GREEN HORNET

Not quite “a comic book movie” as one might think – and that’s not a good thing.

Posted on January 16, 2011June 2, 2012
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HEREAFTER

“Not knowing” is sometimes the hardest thing to endure.

Posted on November 15, 2010June 2, 2012
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THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST

Lisbeth Salander’s Descent Into Hell Mercifully Ends…Perhaps Underwhelmingly So.

Posted on November 3, 2010June 2, 2012
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THE TOWN

Shippin’ Up to Boston and Robbing It Blind.

Posted on September 22, 2010January 16, 2012
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SALT

A Pinch of Salt Goes A Long Way, Even If The Film Wants Us To Choke Back a Whole Spoonful.

Posted on July 25, 2010June 16, 2012
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ROBIN HOOD

If this film was a comic book, it’d be called “Robin Hood: Secret Origin”

Posted on May 16, 2010June 6, 2012
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CHLOE

Toronto never looks this good – and that’s coming from someone who lives here.

Posted on March 28, 2010July 6, 2012
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THE BLIND SIDE

I sat down wanting to hate it and tear it apart as sentimental fluff…but I can’t.

Posted on February 7, 2010July 25, 2012
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CRAZY HEART

Sometimes when you fall it can feel like flying…for a little while.

Posted on January 31, 2010July 25, 2012
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IT’S COMPLICATED

No matter how much time passes or how well you know the other person, love never gets less complicated.

Posted on January 4, 2010August 7, 2013
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BRÜNO

Sacha Baron Cohen is back, and he’s coming at us with an entirely different sort of “Shock & Awe”

Posted on July 12, 2009July 25, 2012
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ANGELS & DEMONS

Or “What the Scooby Gang did During Their Vatican Vacation”

Posted on June 15, 2009July 25, 2012

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