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Review of Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

In going after a Seabiscuit type of movie about the famous '30s amateur golfer Bobby Jones, the filmmakers chose a double epithet for a biopic…

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Review of Dopamine (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

gut-wrenchingly awful--should be avoided at all cost. Rated R 84 mins. (D-)http://www.colesmith…

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Review of Man on Fire (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Man On Fire is remake of a notoriously dreadful 1987 movie, based on the same-titled novel by A.J…

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Review of MC5: A True Testimonial (2002)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

captures the gritty charisma of Detroit as it informed the quirky and colorful personalities of a band that many fans still remember today…

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Review of Man on Fire (1987)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Man On Fire is remake of a notoriously dreadful 1987 movie, based on the same-titled novel by A.J…

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Review of Dopamine (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

gut-wrenchingly awful--should be avoided at all cost. Rated R 84 mins. (D-)http://www.colesmith…

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Review of Raging Bull (1980)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Robert De Niro's metamorphosis into boxing legend Jake La Motta (AKA the Bronx Bull) is one of the most impressive acting transformations on…

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Review of Godsend (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Godsend suffers from a feeble plot, laughable dialogue, and thriller cliches that barely effect the characteristic jolts of the genre…

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Review of Godsend (2014)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Godsend suffers from a feeble plot, laughable dialogue, and thriller cliches that barely effect the characteristic jolts of the genre…

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Review of Laws of Attraction (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 07 May 2009

Pitched as a homage to George Cukor's 1949 classic romantic comedy Adam's Rib (with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy), Laws of Attraction…

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Review of 13 Going on 30 (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 06 May 2009

Jennifer Garner breaks character by forgetting that she's playing an awkward 13-year-old girl in a 30-year-old woman's body in this girly comedy…

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Review of Adoration ou la transsubstantiation (1987)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 May 2009

As with all of Egoyan's films, Adoration is a forward-thinking exploratory work of cinema meant to invigorate audiences into social discussions…

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Review of Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 May 2009

Although it's a gigantic shame that Miramax split Quentin Tarantino's long awaited 'kung-fu samurai Spaghetti Western love story' epic into…

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Review of Adoration (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 May 2009

As with all of Egoyan's films, Adoration is a forward-thinking exploratory work of cinema meant to invigorate audiences into social discussions…

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Review of Connie and Carla (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 May 2009

For audiences who adored My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos' follow up movie (she wrote both scripts) will come as a big fat letdown…

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Review of The Alamo (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 May 2009

This dog of a movie confirms that in 1836 Texas was stolen from Mexico by a bunch of opportunistic bastards whose descendants went on to use…

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Review of Easy Rider (1969)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 May 2009

The film stands up as a profound period piece that continues to reverberate with the despondent hostilities of modern American existence…

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Review of Young Adam (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 May 2009

Nudity is perhaps the only intriguing element in this ponderous and torpid story about Joe (McGregor), a young drifter who takes work on a…

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Review of Shaolin Soccer (2001)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 May 2009

Kung Fu and sports movies collide in writer/director/actor Stephen Chow's devilishly entertaining Honk Kong action movie…

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Review of The Girl Next Door (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 03 May 2009

The writing team of National Lampoon's Van Wilder crafted it as a satire about conflicting levels of sexual experience among teens, but fail…

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