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Review of Gamer (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

At times striking, and at others silly, and and yet at others sickening, but never too stupid, at least not compared to so much else flash…

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Review of Planet 51 (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

A short-sighted assembly of sci-fi references and scatalogical humor that should nonetheless placate undemanding tots ... for ninety minutes or so…

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Review of Traitor (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

We watch for the sake of the chase, and while it's a chase that certainly proves better than most, it's also one that is good enough to have…

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Review of Transporter 3 (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

The first film was slick, the second one silly, but at least we knew what was going on during those action beats…

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Review of Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Between all the dates and dinners, Bangkok almost ends up being as less thriller and more travelogue; by the hour mark, there are literally…

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Review of The Last House on the Left (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

This version is a capably, confidently, and chillingly effective opportunity to place ourselves in the worst possible shoes for a length of time…

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Review of The Marc Pease Experience (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

No character is worth caring about, worth pitying, worth paying attention to; no dilemma they face is too petty…

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Review of The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

As a flashy big-budget distraction, Stood Still is adequate overall -- rarely above, occasionally below -- and often familiar in its spectacle…

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Review of Ninja Assassin (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Hard-to-see fight scenes and harder-to-swallow dialogue, delivered with a straight face and capped off with some super-splattery kills…

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Review of Disaster Movie (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Indeed a disaster first, and a movie barely…

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Review of Outlander (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Vikings vs…

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Review of An American Carol (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

It is hard to believe that a comedy this singularly inept and downright unfunny came from one of the minds behind one of the funniest comedies…

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Review of The Square (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Director Nash Edgerton and writers Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner pull the strings with tremendously adept precision and a marvelous mean streak…

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Review of The International Player (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

A thankfully, skillfully mature effort by Tykwer to produce a proper thriller for adults, one even lent a little extra resonance by our currently…

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Review of Four Christmases (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Maybe if Four Christmases had extended itself beyond white trash targets and projectile vomiting, we could've been talking about a new Christmas…

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Review of New in Town (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

Zellweger exudes none of the warmth and winsome behavior that helped raise the first Bridget Jones film to something solid…

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Review of My Bloody Valentine (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

It's low-brow entertainment with high-tech execution, and while it's anything but scary, it IS cheesy, corny, gimmicky, gory fun…

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Review of Zombieland (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

A constantly clever comedy whose characters have amusingly direct motives (i.e…

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Review of The Box (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

What is supposed to suggest a state of discomfort and unease feels more disjointed and frustrating than anything, and what's meant to be menacing…

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Review of The International (2009)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

A thankfully, skillfully mature effort by Tykwer to produce a proper thriller for adults, one even lent a little extra resonance by our currently…

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