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Review of Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 12 Mar 2009

Race to Witch Mountain moves fast enough to minimize its flaws, and its good nature is most welcome…

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Review of Watchmen (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Mar 2009

Snyder handles all of this lucidly and reverently; the vignettes propel the story, but they won't bring the uninitiated any closer to this…

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Review of Watchmen (2001)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Mar 2009

Snyder handles all of this lucidly and reverently; the vignettes propel the story, but they won't bring the uninitiated any closer to this…

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Review of Two Lovers (1928)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 26 Feb 2009

Phoenix may be falling into an abyss, or it may be a stunt, some kind of public performance art…

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Review of Gomorrah (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 26 Feb 2009

Gomorrah, a portrait of mob-ruled Naples, is a violent, long, hopeless, dispiriting movie, and also possibly a work of genius…

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Review of Two Lovers (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 26 Feb 2009

Phoenix may be falling into an abyss, or it may be a stunt, some kind of public performance art…

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Review of The International Player (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 12 Feb 2009

The movie's theory of insidious capitalism is mildly interesting, but there are no interesting relationships to make it meaningful…

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Review of The International (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 12 Feb 2009

The movie's theory of insidious capitalism is mildly interesting, but there are no interesting relationships to make it meaningful…

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Review of Yonkers Joe (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Feb 2009

Celestino's bid to wrap everything up in tidy fashion feels at odds with the grittiness of the film's first two-thirds, but in the end, the…

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Review of Coraline (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2009

The most unnerving kids movie in many a full moon, and also one of the best…

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Review of Fanboys (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2009

Fanboys finally arrives in theaters today, although what fanboys will see may be its mangled remains…

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Review of He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2009

There are laughs here and there, but of the pleasant, forgettable and often predictable kind, and you keep hoping for something with a little…

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Review of Wendy and Lucy (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 22 Jan 2009

Relentlessly solemn movies like Wendy and Lucy are why recession-plagued Americans paid $33 million last week to see Paul Blart, Mall Cop…

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Review of Outlander (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 22 Jan 2009

Kudos are in order for the entire cast, which recites the corny dialogue, and never once turns a glowing red…

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Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 15 Jan 2009

Unlike James himself, the movie is a few bricks shy of a load, which explains why a movie obviously ticketed for a holiday release has backed…

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Review of Che: Part One (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 15 Jan 2009

A four-hour, two-part epic that brings out Soderbergh's weakness for stylistic doodling, which sometimes strangles his material…

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Review of Not Easily Broken (2009)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Jan 2009

Not Easily Broken, battles credibility problems…

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Review of The Wrestler (1971)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Jan 2009

A tough, bloody, enthralling movie that makes Rourke a sure bet for an Oscar nod, and even money to win the whole thing…

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Review of The Wrestler (2008)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Jan 2009

A tough, bloody, enthralling movie that makes Rourke a sure bet for an Oscar nod, and even money to win the whole thing…

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Review of The Wrestler (1984)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Jan 2009

A tough, bloody, enthralling movie that makes Rourke a sure bet for an Oscar nod, and even money to win the whole thing…

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