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Review of Clash of the Titans (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 04 Apr 2010

Leading man Sam Worthington exacerbates the film's downbeat tone: as Perseus, Worthington remains a credible but basically charisma-free actor…

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Review of Toy Story (1995)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Mar 2010

Introduced not one but two indelible characters to the pop culture pantheon: cowboy rag-doll Woody (Tom Hanks) and plastic space ranger Buzz…

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Review of Toy Story 2 (1999)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Mar 2010

You can't rush art.' Pixar's bliss in art and play is part and parcel of both the creation and the meaning of Toy Story 2, a celebration of…

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Review of Yojimbo (1961)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 28 Mar 2010

The biggest impression left by Yojimbo is the characterization of Sanjuro, whose iconography of stoic cool (that inspired Clint Eastwood's…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Mar 2010

The 3D is justified, mostly by flying sequences that are certain to fuel the dreams of many a child…

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Review of Repo Men (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Mar 2010

Perfectly positioned to take advantage of the health care debate…

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Review of Greenberg (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Mar 2010

Greenberg doesn't amount to much, really, but it's an enjoyably amusing character study with plenty of little pleasures…

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Review of Green Zone (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 12 Mar 2010

Serves up soldiers, spies, politicians, reporters, and Iraqi civilians who speak almost entirely in clichés…

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Review of The Negotiator (1998)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 17 Feb 2010

This highly incredible story lives and dies on its leading performances, so it's a damn good thing someone hired Jackson and Spacey to go toe…

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Review of Gamer (2001)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 16 Feb 2010

What to make of short-attention-span artists satirizing a short-attention-span world? [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Heat (1995)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 16 Feb 2010

A stealth epic, framing an urban jungle and making its own kind of contemporary history by pairing acting giants Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino…

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Review of Gamer (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 16 Feb 2010

What to make of short-attention-span artists satirizing a short-attention-span world? [Blu-ray]…

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Review of The Final Destination (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Feb 2010

There's absolutely no reason for The Final Destination to exist other than the only one Hollywood studios really care about: a cynical cash…

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Review of The Last Station (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Feb 2010

Winds up feeling strangely perfunctory. This is subject matter that should fascinate, rather than deliver an occasional droll observation…

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Review of From Paris with Love (2010)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Feb 2010

If only Morel and Besson would have committed to satirizing, instead of merely exploiting, this superficially cool, destructively cold archetype…

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Review of Cliffhanger (1993)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2010

As preposterous as this Die Hard on a mountain flick is, Cliffhanger remains one of the zestier big-budget action pictures of the nineties. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Last Action Hero (1993)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2010

Considered a dunderheaded big-budget flop in its day, Last Action Hero looks considerably better now in its creative self-parody. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of The Lovely Bones (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Jan 2010

It's a mark of Jackson's lack of restraint as a filmmaker that the mystery-thriller elements and fantastic visualizations overtake the domestic…

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Review of Crazy Heart (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Jan 2010

Bridges ably does his own guitar playing and singing, another reason Crazy Heart is a gift to those who have long appreciated his talents…

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Review of The Hangover (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Jan 2010

The stupid fun of The Hangover is worth experiencing at least once. [Blu-ray]…

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