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Review of The Brothers Solomon (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 06 Sep 2007

The trick to a comedy like this is to make an audience care about these goofballs, but we're just like everyone else the brothers come into…

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Review of The Ten (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 16 Aug 2007

If there were Ten Commandments for filmmaking, one would certainly be: Thou shalt not pass off sketch comedy as a feature film, especially…

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Review of Death at a Funeral (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 16 Aug 2007

Struggles valiantly to be funny but is mostly dead on arrival…

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Review of Skinwalkers (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 09 Aug 2007

Werewolves ride into town on motorcycles, sporting dark sunglasses, shaggy but mostly human except for pearly white canine teeth…

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Review of Skinwalkers (2002)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 09 Aug 2007

Werewolves ride into town on motorcycles, sporting dark sunglasses, shaggy but mostly human except for pearly white canine teeth…

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Review of Underdog (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 02 Aug 2007

Serious movie standards aren't necessarily required in an entertainment like Underdog…

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Review of Who's Your Caddy? (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 26 Jul 2007

The snooty country club is one of the easiest institutions to lampoon. So why does Who's Your Caddy? make us feel almost sorry for the power elite…

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Review of I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 19 Jul 2007

The sad thing is that this could have been really good…

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Review of Dynamite Warrior (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 12 Jul 2007

You have to applaud the attempts to enliven the genre, but Dynamite Warrior doesn't have the visual flair or humor to make this a midnight…

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Review of License to Wed (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 02 Jul 2007

Anyone who has been through the process of church-mandated marriage preparation counseling should get a chuckle out of License to Wed, that…

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Review of Evan Almighty (2007)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Jun 2007

[Kids] will enjoy the animal antics best, especially when the critters start doing their part to help build the ark…

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Review of Paprika (1991)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Jun 2007

Especially for fans who understand how movies are put together, Paprika grabs you from the get-go in a series of flowing images and transitions…

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Review of Paprika (1959)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Jun 2007

Especially for fans who understand how movies are put together, Paprika grabs you from the get-go in a series of flowing images and transitions…

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Review of Air Guitar Nation (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Jun 2007

Sure, there is an infectious goofiness in watching a grown man in a red robe and Hello Kitty breastplate rock out on an imaginary ax…

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Review of Paprika (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Jun 2007

Especially for fans who understand how movies are put together, Paprika grabs you from the get-go in a series of flowing images and transitions…

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Review of DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 17 Jun 2007

While the teen target audience may be convinced that this is exciting, the rest of us will leave the theater exhausted and with brain cells…

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Review of Offside (2015)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 14 Jun 2007

The rare Iranian film that is not only thoughtful and thought-provoking but also a lot of fun…

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Review of Offside (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 14 Jun 2007

The rare Iranian film that is not only thoughtful and thought-provoking but also a lot of fun…

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Review of Offside (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 14 Jun 2007

The rare Iranian film that is not only thoughtful and thought-provoking but also a lot of fun…

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Review of Offside (2006)

By John Monaghan (292) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 14 Jun 2007

The rare Iranian film that is not only thoughtful and thought-provoking but also a lot of fun…

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