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Review of Shaun of the Dead (2004)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 17 Jan 2014

Mixing horror and humor is no mean feat, but Shaun Of The Dead tightens throats in fear without making the laughs stick there in the process…

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Review of Devil's Due (2014)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 17 Jan 2014

While it’s generally above-average for this sorry genre, it’s so derivative, in both style and narrative, that there’s still an overwhelming…

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Review of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Jan 2014

The movie eventually evokes the sense that Branagh is better at directing in front of the camera than from behind it; its best moments are…

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Review of Margot at the Wedding (2007)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2014

Margot has a kitchen-sink realism that's genuinely unsettling, like a John Cassavetes movie populated by the hyper-articulate…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2014

Verbinski knows when to break out the stunning action sequences and when to let his characters dominate the film, and he handles both modes expertly…

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Review of Ride Along (2014)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2014

Many Jerry Lewis staples, including bratty children and imposing tough guys, are present and accounted for; at one point, Hart even childishly…

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Review of Reasonable Doubt (2014)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2014

A courtroom thriller that becomes sillier and more generic as it zips along…

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Review of Momma's Man (2008)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 Jan 2014

A comedy of sorts, though to Jacobs' credit, he doesn't aim for cheap laughs…

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Review of View from the Top (2003)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 10 Jan 2014

Over in a breeze, padded out by a generous collection of outtakes, and filled with characters who disappear virtually unnoticed, View is an…

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Review of The Legend of Hercules (2014)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 10 Jan 2014

While The Legend Of Hercules offers plenty for viewers who’ve acquired a taste for the fake and incompetent (not the least of which is the…

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Review of Clay Pigeons (1998)

By Joe Garden (5) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Jan 2014

Perhaps this will seem fresh and interesting years down the road, when the self-aware-thriller genre has long played out, but for now, it's…

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Review of A Christmas Carol (2009)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Jan 2014

The holiday spirit feels real, but the film does not…

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Review of The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Jan 2014

Unable to create emotional tension, it instead opts for obliqueness — which can be tantalizing, but only if there’s something worthwhile…

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Review of The Best Offer (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Jan 2014

Rush has a lot of fun with Oldman’s gradual thaw, and the questions the movie raises about authenticity and deception, while not remotely…

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Review of Max Payne (2008)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Jan 2014

In a post-Matrix, post-John Woo world, a handful of slow-motion shootouts shouldn't be all that's on offer…

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Review of After the Sunset (2004)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 Jan 2014

When it comes time for the actual robbery, so little has been explained that the plan seems ridiculously easy in some respects and totally…

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Review of Assisted Living (2005)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Jan 2014

Assisted Living gets a little better as it wears on, and at least it's refreshingly short…

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Review of December Boys (2007)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Jan 2014

For much of its duration, December is poignantly bittersweet, but the closing sugar rush washes its pleasing ambiguities away…

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Review of Better Luck Tomorrow (2003)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2014

Perhaps the worst thing that could be said about Better Luck Tomorrow is that, on a slow night, it's easy to imagine these delinquents wanting…

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Review of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2014

For every viewer happily creeped out by the franchise's simple scare tactics — its video vision of things going bump and creak and moan in…

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