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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

The story has all the makings of a ripping crime thriller…

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Review of The A-Team (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

The biggest problem with the film version is material that shuts out a core part of its potential audience…

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Review of Secretariat (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

It's hopeful, it's cheerful, it's funny, and there's nothing in it to keep you from seeing it with either your 88-year-old grandmother or your…

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Review of Sex and the City 2 (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

Apparently this is supposed to be a nod to the feminism that the series is famous for-because nothing says American liberty so much as dressing…

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Review of The Kids Are All Right (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

The Kids Are All Right is the height of self-congratulatory, agenda-driven filmmaking. As such, you can expect to hear from it come Oscar time…

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Review of Knight and Day (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

You don't have to be an industry expert to see that the biggest problem with Knight and Day is that the filmmakers quit working before they'd…

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Review of Robin Hood (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

Scott's story about how a common soldier named Robin Longstride (a riveting Russell Crowe) becomes the enemy of the crown is good, though not great…

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Review of Hereafter (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

With the brilliant team of Eastwood and screenwriter Peter Morgan behind it, Hereafter could hardly be anything but a finely crafted, engaging film…

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Review of True Grit (2010)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 02 Oct 2018

True Grit is a masterpiece that should win over the most dedicated Duke die-hards and introduce a new generation of boys (and girls) to the…

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Review of Smallfoot (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 27 Sep 2018

Let's just say I was glad my 9-year-old wasn't able to attend the movie with me and my 4-year-old was so bored by the heavy-handed messaging…

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Review of Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 12 Sep 2018

It's as if the film doesn't trust the audience to identify with the real man or his real salvation experience and so softens him in some places…

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Review of Muscle Shoals (2013)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 05 Sep 2018

The movie doesn't mention the contemporary Christian or gospel albums recorded at his studio…

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Review of Alpha (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 15 Aug 2018

While it's a visually stunning movie that's sure to please plenty of dog lovers, you can't help feeling like Alpha missed an opportunity to be great…

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Review of Christopher Robin (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 01 Aug 2018

Aside from the lovely, iconoclastic theme, Christopher Robin is simply a warm, fuzzy hug of a film that the whole family can enjoy…

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Review of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 17 Jul 2018

Whenever the story stops taking itself seriously and gives in to the sheer silliness of being a jukebox musical based on some of the airiest…

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Review of Super 8 (1988)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Jul 2018

It's impossible not to get caught up in Abrams' nostalgia for summer days at the Cineplex gone by…

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Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Jul 2018

Parents of comic book fans could do much, much worse…

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Review of Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Jul 2018

The very nature of Atlas Shrugged -- turning on its head all the typical clichés of who's a hero and who's a villain and its refreshing honesty…

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Review of Super 8 (2011)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Jul 2018

It's impossible not to get caught up in Abrams' nostalgia for summer days at the Cineplex gone by…

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Review of I Am (2011)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Jul 2018

With two simple words G.K…

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