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Review of Underworld (1927)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix…

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Review of Underworld (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix…

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Review of Underworld (1996)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix…

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Review of Underworld (1985)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix…

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Review of Underworld (1937)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

Rather than a clever horror hybrid, the movie spends most of its energy channeling The Matrix…

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Review of On_Line (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

The youthful cast is lively enough to make the enterprise almost work, presenting a time capsule of cyber- communication that should be more…

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Review of No Good Deed (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

For all the talent on screen, no one has much chemistry…

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Review of The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

There are movies that have a way of hitting you at a certain time in your life, and this study of being married with young children speaks…

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Review of No Good Deed (2014)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

For all the talent on screen, no one has much chemistry…

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Review of Cabin Fever (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

On the surface, Cabin Fever might seem like just another ripoff of the Michigan-made cult classic The Evil Dead, but it has a style and sense…

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Review of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 10 Sep 2003

Of all the great films of the 1960s, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is one of a fistful that can be truly appreciated only on the big screen…

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Review of Step Into Liquid (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 28 Aug 2003

Step into Liquid is for extreme sports fans, for sure…

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Review of Cinemania (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 20 Aug 2003

There's a certain smugness to the proceedings, like an episode of Cops where the camera lingers a bit too long on a police suspect's trailer-trash…

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Review of The Cuckoo (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 20 Aug 2003

A well-acted, mildly arresting antiwar allegory…

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Review of Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 20 Aug 2003

New Line's smartest move was letting Ronny Yu direct…

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Review of Johnny English (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 17 Jul 2003

There's a lot of entertainment, especially for families, in Johnny English…

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Review of How to Deal (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 17 Jul 2003

How to Deal might be a serviceable drama for kids. For anyone with a driver's license, though, Moore's sophomore vehicle hits too many wrong notes…

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Review of Rugrats Go Wild (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 12 Jun 2003

Where the earlier Rugrats movies had a unique and quirky point of view, this one strictly follows formula…

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Review of Wrong Turn (2003)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 04 Jun 2003

While this movie doesn't have the warped sensibilities of 1977's similarly plotted The Hills Have Eyes, it has decent performances and genuine…

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Review of Manic (2001)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 May 2003

Yes, there are the usual lessons learned, but the movie also speaks the truth about kids who need to lash out but only end up harming each…

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