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Review of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 28 Sep 2010

In some ways Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a modern western -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Wall Street…

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Review of The Town (1944)

By Tony Macklin (521) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 21 Sep 2010

The Town is bogged down by Hollywood wheezes of plot and character. It's a slam-bang, raucous action film that is not as authentic as it thinks it is…

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Review of The Town (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 21 Sep 2010

The Town is bogged down by Hollywood wheezes of plot and character. It's a slam-bang, raucous action film that is not as authentic as it thinks it is…

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Review of Animal Kingdom (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 15 Sep 2010

In Animal Kingdom, [director] David Michod has brought chilling fatalism to the human condition…

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Review of I'm Still Here (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 10 Sep 2010

I'm Still Here is a home movie for relatives and masochists. It's the Apocalypse Now of crap…

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Review of The American (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 31 Aug 2010

I know The American is not just a Clooney vanity project, but it sure has the trappings. There are seemingly endless shots of Clooney…

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Review of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 19 Aug 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a film full of sound and fury signifying WTF. It's slick shtik…

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Review of Get Low (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 13 Aug 2010

Get Low is a slice of folksy angst, which Robert Duvall seizes with a firm grasp…

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Review of Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 06 Aug 2010

Despite its shortcomings, at its best Dinner for Schmucks has moments of charm and amusement…

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Review of Inception (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 19 Jul 2010

Inception is a diverting gambit, but you might want to check your watch a few times to see when the dreams are going to be over…

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Review of The Kids Are All Right (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 15 Jul 2010

The Kids Are All Right is a sudsy soap opera. It's a concoction of lilac water and spermatozoa -- with lots of wine and whine…

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Review of Melvin and Howard (1980)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 05 Jul 2010

The most engaging portrayal of Howard Hughes on film is not by Howard Hughes -- it's by Jason Robards, Jr. in Melvin and Howard…

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Review of Toy Story 3 (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 28 Jun 2010

Toy Story 3 is a Mr. Potato Heady assemblage of nostalgia, excitement, and danger. It flies in all directions, but Woody keeps it pleasurably intact…

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Review of Knight and Day (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 26 Jun 2010

If you like exhilarating, escapist nonsense with personality, Knight and Day is for you…

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Review of Sex and the City 2 (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for Fayetteville Free Weekly (88) on 08 Jun 2010

Girls, let's have another Cosmpolitan and remember the past fondly. But make way for Chelsea [Handler]. She drinks vodka neat. She's a real woman…

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Review of Robin Hood (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 19 May 2010

In Robin Hood, director Ridley Scott has no problem in ratcheting up action. But Scott does have a problem in ratcheting up drama…

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Review of Racing Dreams (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for Fayetteville Free Weekly (88) on 14 May 2010

Director Marshall Curry's film smacks of being too much of a home movie. And the kids' narration and commentary sometimes seems practiced…

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Review of City Island (2009)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 13 May 2010

For most of its 100 minutes, City Island is smart entertainment. The characters are involving, and the dialogue has snap…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 29 Apr 2010

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo takes one on a journey down the icy roads to hell, with a dogged, investigative journalist and an avenging…

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Review of Date Night (2010)

By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 22 Apr 2010

Date Night is a comedy in which writing and direction don't matter. That's not funny…

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