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Review of 11:14 (2004)

By Joel M (772) on 10 Oct 2009

Not a bad little crazy movie! Its entertaininmg and clever the way the lives of several random people intertwen with one another…

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Review of Black Narcissus (1947)

By Joel M (772) on 05 Sep 2009

The story lags a bit, and some of the edits are a bit spotty and distracting (the seemingly rushed re-cut of the climactic bell tower sequence…

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Review of Superman II (1980)

By Joel M (772) on 29 Aug 2009

I was seriously underwhelmed. For a film with minimal plot, there sure were a lot of plot holes…

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Review of Goodbye Solo (2009)

By Joel M (772) on 29 Aug 2009

An unadorned, disarming film that surprised me by its emotional depth…

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Review of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

By Joel M (772) on 24 Aug 2009

The director of this movie, andrzej bartkowiak, used to be a cinematographer and it shows…

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Review of The Bodyguard (1992)

By Joel M (772) on 15 Aug 2009

Promotion movie for Whitney Houston, that's for sure…

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Review of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 12 Aug 2009

Can you just imagine if there was another Hunter S. Thompson twin with the equivalent eccentricities as Gonzo himself…

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Review of Righteous Kill (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 29 Jul 2009

Most film critics lambasted the highly anticipated Al Pacino & Robert DeNiro film collaboration Righteous Kill…

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Review of Nikita (1990)

By Joel M (772) on 28 Jul 2009

An action film with character development and a well-developed story? It's nearly unheard of, but here it is…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 24 Jul 2009

A hauntingly disturbing narrative, especially as it happened so recently in American history…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2013)

By Joel M (772) on 24 Jul 2009

A hauntingly disturbing narrative, especially as it happened so recently in American history…

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Review of Shanghai Grand (1996)

By Joel M (772) on 24 Jul 2009

A remake of popular TV drama called Shanghai Tan (Shanghai Beach in English, 1983) which featured Hong Kong icon Yun-Fat Chow…

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Review of The Wackness (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 19 Jul 2009

Overall good film. Seeing Josh Peck act like this was quite jarring, but the story was interesting and easily made an impact…

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Review of Savage Grace (2007)

By Joel M (772) on 19 Jul 2009

Savage Grace is not based on this wild child dominatrix I used to date back in college. Kidding…

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Review of Tootsie (1982)

By Joel M (772) on 17 Jul 2009

For any time, any reason, this movie is one of the mothers of all those dress-in-drag movies that make it to the top of the box office…

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Review of Kicking It (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 08 Jul 2009

A poignant look at the world's poverty through the unique soccer tournament…

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Review of The Thin Blue Line (1988)

By Joel M (772) on 03 Jul 2009

My naivitÃ© knows no bounds. Erol Morris is just one more artist that has sought to undo that. A perfect documentary…

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Review of Sphere (1998)

By Joel M (772) on 16 Jun 2009

A sci-fi thriller that lacks any sense of thrills…

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Review of Nothing But the Truth (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 07 Jun 2009

The following film deposition of my sincere appreciation of the political thriller Nothing But The Truth is nothing but the truth…

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Review of Wendy and Lucy (2008)

By Joel M (772) on 24 May 2009

I liked the way it was handled, and I liked the relationships that develop in the movie, but I felt that the story was lacking which became…

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