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Review of Death at a Funeral (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 17 Apr 2010

The ensemble family farce squats awkwardly in cinematic purgatory figuratively, and then very nearly literally during a 10-minute slapstick…

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Review of Clash of the Titans (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 01 Apr 2010

The Clash of the Titans remake is the most embarrassing black eye for Greeks since the short-lived McGyro…

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Review of Repo Men (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 22 Mar 2010

If you're like me, and you once financed an entire Spring Break to Panama City Beach with Discover Card cash advances at 43 percent interest,…

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Review of Alice in Wonderland (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 06 Mar 2010

If you're taking pulls from the Blue Caterpillar's hookah atop his magic mushroom, you care more about Hot Pockets than narrative integrity…

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Review of Stranger in the House (1967)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 27 Feb 2010

Everyone who hates buddy cop flicks never spent 48 hours straight sprawled out on their buddy's futon between 1983 and 1994…

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Review of Cop Out (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 27 Feb 2010

Everyone who hates buddy cop flicks never spent 48 hours straight sprawled out on their buddy's futon between 1983 and 1994…

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Review of Shutter Island (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 19 Feb 2010

If you've combined Ambien and a braille Choose Your Own Adventure book, toked to Teletubbies in HD, or taken psychotropic drugs after hot-gluing…

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Review of The Last Station (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 13 Feb 2010

It's good to know that before texted break-ups and instant messaged secret exchanges sink any remaining sexiness out of our collective interpersonal…

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Review of Legion (2010)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 24 Jan 2010

If you wanted to see a new movie about a dude sportin' a six pack and fluffy white wings, you could do worse than Legion…

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Review of A Single Man (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 15 Jan 2010

If you need traditional story arc and structure, and wear jeans that display your waist size on the exterior, then you might want to try on…

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Review of Up in the Air (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 26 Dec 2009

Clooney has found a role he fits into so comfortably, that he might be mix his post-Oscar cocktail with two one-ounce bottles of Grey Goose…

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Review of Avatar (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 18 Dec 2009

The $400-million, 162-minute mega movie will be more scrutinized than Bigfoot photos snapped by Geraldo or Willie Nelson's agricultural deductions…

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Review of Avatar (2011)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 18 Dec 2009

The $400-million, 162-minute mega movie will be more scrutinized than Bigfoot photos snapped by Geraldo or Willie Nelson's agricultural deductions…

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Review of Invictus (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 13 Dec 2009

I'll admit that I was kinda nervous that Invictus would be more melodramatic than the fallout of Tiger Woods accidentally over-tipping an Applebee's…

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Review of The Messenger (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 05 Dec 2009

I used to think working at the Salt Lake City Hooters was the worst job in the world. Boy was I wrong…

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Review of Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 25 Nov 2009

The Fantastic M. Fox is the first book Anderson owned, and it's bound to be his most successful movie. I won't say Anderson & Co…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 20 Nov 2009

It's Shakespeare on training wheels made for future Lifetime viewers…

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Review of The Damned United (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 14 Nov 2009

The Damn United has a far better chance of turning American blokes onto soccer, errr, football than David Beckham's frosted tips…

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Review of 2012 (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 12 Nov 2009

I can't believe I'm saying this, but 2012 filmmakers should have hired Michael Bay as an artistic consultant…

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Review of The Box (2009)

By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 08 Nov 2009

The dude behind Donnie Darko and kid from Richmond's South Side has crafted the kind of movie that will have some diggin' its trippy cosmic…

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