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Review of Underworld: Awakening (2012)

By Ross E (84) on 04 Aug 2012

Underwhelmed Audience whoooooooo ooooo cares, a complete void of ability to draw viewer interest, some credit has to be given for production…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Ross E (84) on 04 Aug 2012

Comes off like a less caricatured sequel to American Psycho, here it's a spiritually bankrupt sex addict instead of a murderer, the acting…

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Review of J. Edgar (2011)

By Ross E (84) on 24 Apr 2012

Dnf - did not finish, uninteresting propaganda in what could have been infotainment; Eastwood displayed no skill while not making outstanding…

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Review of Thief (1981)

By Ross E (84) on 21 Apr 2012

Has Mann's directorial signature, like Manhunter, Collateral and Miami Vice, but a lesser, less developed-skill version…

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Review of Jeepers Creepers (1939)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Mar 2012

A fun version of something that's been done a lot already…

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Review of Jeepers Creepers (1939)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Mar 2012

A fun version of something that's been done a lot already…

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Review of Jeepers Creepers (2001)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Mar 2012

A fun version of something that's been done a lot already…

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Review of The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

By Ross E (84) on 23 Mar 2012

The book is too much better, and the book's not outstanding…

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Review of Cinderella Man (2005)

By Ross E (84) on 07 Feb 2012

This is a prequel to Rocky, a financially destitute boxer (with a casual interest in pet turtles) works menial labor and gets an unlikely opportunity…

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Review of The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter (2009)

By Ross E (84) on 07 Feb 2012

More thorough than coherent, this tour guide's skill is in his comprehensive knowledge rather than storytelling ability; nice to have a visual…

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Review of Buried (2010)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

With a similar small scope of setting, James Franco and Danny Boyle did more with a little in 127 Hours…

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Review of Cropsey (2010)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

A fascinating mystery thriller who-done-it in urban legend as real-life documentary form…

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Review of Pi (1998)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

Interesting in an enigmatic way; it's hard to distinguish between D Aronofsky's work and Danny Boyle's…

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Review of Déjà Vu (2006)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

Denzel, ( like Russell Crowe ), is one of the best all-purpose actors working; his range from drama to action works well in thrillers like this…

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Review of Funny People (1976)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

This is the type of movie Sandler should be making, stop it with the Happy Madison drivel, a point he basically makes in the movie, where the…

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Review of Funny People (2009)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

This is the type of movie Sandler should be making, stop it with the Happy Madison drivel, a point he basically makes in the movie, where the…

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Review of Narc (2002)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

Phenomenal, and an example of how, updating earlier career choices can sometimes payoff - Liotta has played hard nosed cop plenty, and one…

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Review of Platoon (1986)

By Ross E (84) on 29 Jan 2012

Possibly the most archetypal characters in one movie, a bit heavy handed, as evidenced by the movie poster; it's remarkable how poor some of…

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Review of Big River Man (2009)

By Ross E (84) on 22 Jan 2012

The Colonel Kurtz parallel was a nice touch, even had his own sidekick disciple taking the journey with him into insanity, this time downriver…

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Review of Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

By Ross E (84) on 27 Nov 2011

It's a eulogy for the career of the best director of all time, and depicts an interesting duality between never apathetic, obsessive particularity…

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