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Review of Fast and Furious (1924)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 06 Apr 2009

There was a time when car movies used to be about the cars. The star of this picture is a computer, creating CGI car crashes. The picture is a phony…

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Review of Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 02 Apr 2009

Desperately quirky, with desperately quirky characters. There are no characters in this film who aren't quirky. That's a problem…

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Review of Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 27 Mar 2009

I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman takes on a whole new meaning at 50 feet tall…

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Review of Watchmen (2001)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 07 Mar 2009

Snyder is slavishly reverential to the source work. Too faithful, to the point that film's greatest irony is that it lacks an identity of its own…

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Review of Watchmen (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 07 Mar 2009

Snyder is slavishly reverential to the source work. Too faithful, to the point that film's greatest irony is that it lacks an identity of its own…

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Review of Friday the 13th (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 15 Feb 2009

A knockoff of a knockoff, with fresh young stars to take the movie money out of the pockets of fresh young moviegoers…

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Review of The International Player (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 13 Feb 2009

Realized by Tykwer as a convoluted roman a clef that, without much heart, seems to have been pumped up with action scenes…

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Review of The International (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 13 Feb 2009

Realized by Tykwer as a convoluted roman a clef that, without much heart, seems to have been pumped up with action scenes…

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Review of I've Loved You So Long (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 06 Feb 2009

Thomas and Zylberstein are exceptional beyond the film itself, which demands deliberation and made me wish that it delivered a more memorable…

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Review of The Wrestler (1971)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 26 Jan 2009

You will feel pinned to your seat watching Rourke's characterization of a broken man in this modern take on the old-school boxing movie…

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Review of The Wrestler (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 26 Jan 2009

You will feel pinned to your seat watching Rourke's characterization of a broken man in this modern take on the old-school boxing movie…

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Review of The Wrestler (1984)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 26 Jan 2009

You will feel pinned to your seat watching Rourke's characterization of a broken man in this modern take on the old-school boxing movie…

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Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 20 Jan 2009

James takes a Segway, a cheesy mustache and the comic idea of Die Hard in a mall and bumbles his way to a lightweight but frequently funny…

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Review of My Bloody Valentine (2009)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 20 Jan 2009

Constantly brutal and consistently terrifying. The acting, that is…

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Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 20 Jan 2009

There is great anguish and great artistry in this showcase by Winslet. This is a film that hurts so good…

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Review of Gran Torino (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 12 Jan 2009

Eastwood grunts, snarls, curses and gives young punks the stink-eye with precision, playing his most racist character ever for entertainment…

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Review of The Reader (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 02 Jan 2009

Kate Winslet is the sheer force that lifts a film with a provocative concept, but uneven execution, to become an absorbing drama about reconciling…

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Review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 26 Dec 2008

Fincher's achievement is, in both quality and spirit, a film of great beauty, and it touched me deeply…

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Review of Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 22 Dec 2008

At turns wonderfully entertaining, powerfully heartfelt and downright chilling as it delivers its message: Pay attention, life will tell you…

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Review of Yes Man (2008)

By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 22 Dec 2008

Falls squarely into the category of seen-Carrey-do-this-before, and it's surprising how few laughs there are on his character's path to…

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