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Review of Toy Story 3 (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 02 Jul 2010

I appreciate it as an efficient, effective machine - even a thing of beauty. But you can't make me love it…

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Review of Mystery Train (1989)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 02 Jul 2010

has the same weird beauty as a Van Morrison vocal, a mannered eccentricity that somehow cracks open and lays bear the stuttering, fervid…

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Review of From Paris with Love (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 15 Jun 2010

Not even the pleasures inherent in watching John Travolta mug it up as a gonzo CIA operative bent on breaking things and killing people…

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Review of Harry Brown (2009)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 15 Jun 2010

A revenge fantasy that recalls the Charles Bronson Death Wish series and Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, Daniel…

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Review of The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 15 Jun 2010

Note to prospective satirists: The idea is to pick on something that's not smarter and funnier than you are…

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Review of Mystery Team (2009)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 01 Jun 2010

Enjoyably crude and occasionally sharply observed dork comedy by Derrick Comedy, a troupe of young unknowns who have gained a YouTube following…

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Review of Winter's Bone (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 01 Jun 2010

a relentlessly bleak tale that in some ways echoes Charles Portis' classic True Grit, another story about a young girl who takes on adult…

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Review of Dear John (1964)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 May 2010

Another timeless' romance from the pen of Shakespeare-level genius Nicholas Sparks made into a mediocre movie starring pretty young people…

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Review of Dear John (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 May 2010

Another timeless' romance from the pen of Shakespeare-level genius Nicholas Sparks made into a mediocre movie starring pretty young people…

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Review of Stagecoach (1939)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 May 2010

a thoughtful ensemble examination of grace (and lack of grace) under stress…

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Review of Bigger Than Life (1956)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 May 2010

is a dark cautionary tale about suburban ennui that feels like an unacknowledged antecedent to the AMC TV series Breaking Bad…

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Review of Dear John (1988)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 31 May 2010

Another timeless' romance from the pen of Shakespeare-level genius Nicholas Sparks made into a mediocre movie starring pretty young people…

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Review of M (1931)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 20 May 2010

a touchstone, one of those classics that infects the popular imagination to the point that it's really not necessary for most people to…

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Review of Edge of Darkness (1943)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

Standard rogue copseeks-revenge story is more entertaining than most thanks to Mel Gibson's seething (and likely self-referential) turn as…

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Review of Vincere (2009)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

an operatic sendup of the strongman as monument, a tongue-in-cheek indictment of absolute power that at times comes dangerously close to…

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Review of Daybreakers (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

Somewhat enlivened by perfunctory professional performances by Ethan Hawke (as a guilt-ridden vampire looking for a cure for blood dependency)…

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Review of Iron Man 2 (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

I cannot imagine that anyone intimately involved with the making of Iron Man 2 would ever, on their own dime and their own time, ever go to…

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Review of Malice in Wonderland (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

While you might expect a cheap quickie designed to cash in on the Tim Burton feature…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

while all of the performances are strong, Rapace owns this movie and this character, to the point that casting anyone else as Lisbeth seems…

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Review of Edge of Darkness (2010)

By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 May 2010

Standard rogue copseeks-revenge story is more entertaining than most thanks to Mel Gibson's seething (and likely self-referential) turn as…

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