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Review of American Teen (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 07 Aug 2008

Presented with humor but not at the expense of its subjects, American Teen was the toast of this year's Sundance Film Festival…

Review of Nim's Island (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 03 Apr 2008

Nim's Island is funny when it needs to be, serious when it's required and fantastical throughout…

Review of Never Back Down (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 13 Mar 2008

In lieu of character development we get musical montages, and the film is sliced and diced more than all of Sweeney Todd's victims combined…

Review of Charlie Bartlett (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 22 Feb 2008

Charlie Bartlett is an often-laugh-out-loud-funny comedy that takes aim at privileged WASP culture and the public school system with equal fervor…

Review of How She Move (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 24 Jan 2008

How She Move is a solid addition to the dance genre's dance card…

Review of Mad Money (2008)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 17 Jan 2008

This is another American remake of a European original that loses something in translation, in a story that never offers any real sense of…

Review of August Rush (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 20 Nov 2007

Wholesome family entertainment with a life-affirming message…

Review of B'ella (2014)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Nov 2007

This is, first and foremost, an actors' showcase, and the entire ensemble delivers…

Review of Bella (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Nov 2007

This is, first and foremost, an actors' showcase, and the entire ensemble delivers…

Review of Bella (2006)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 09 Nov 2007

This is, first and foremost, an actors' showcase, and the entire ensemble delivers…

Review of The Game Plan (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 26 Sep 2007

A generic, predictable, family-friendly comedy that seems a better fit for the Disney Channel than for a theater near you…

Review of Mr. Woodcock (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 13 Sep 2007

There's a funny movie somewhere in Mr. Woodcock. It's too bad that the filmmakers weren't more mindful of the pot…

Review of Balls of Fury (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 28 Aug 2007

Unfortunately, it loses its sense of humor as it gets more desperate to find its way to the end…

Review of No Reservations (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 25 Jul 2007

What the film lacks in substance it more than makes up for in style…

Review of The Ex (2006)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 10 May 2007

In its cast, especially Bateman, The Ex has better material than it seems to know what to do with…

Review of The Ex (1996)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 10 May 2007

In its cast, especially Bateman, The Ex has better material than it seems to know what to do with…

Review of The Condemned (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 26 Apr 2007

There are only so many ways to kill a person before it starts becoming utterly predictable, making things feel boring even as they become more harsh…

Review of Disturbia (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 12 Apr 2007

In addition to being a solid thriller, Disturbia is also a scathing indictment of life in suburbia and the movie gamely plays to teens while…

Review of TMNT (2007)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 23 Mar 2007

The predictable story and hackneyed dialogue -- the interplay between April and Casey is particularly bad -- get in the way of the movie's…

Review of Night at the Museum (2006)

By Mack Bates (94) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 21 Dec 2006

Entertaining enough that kids might not even mind the history lessons along the way…

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