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Review of Equilibrium (2002)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 14 May 2011

A terrific cast, stylish direction, and elegantly choreographed mayhem help make it far better than it might have been -- Though ultimately…

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Review of Priest (2011)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 12 May 2011

Bettany's performance consists entirely of a purposeful frown paired with a menacing glare: He goes about his godly business with solemn, no-frills…

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Review of Skateland (2011)

By Alison Willmore (681) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 11 May 2011

If he were even a fraction as appealing to the audience as he so mysteriously is to everyone in the film, Skateland would be much more engaging…

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Review of Breakin' All the Rules (2004)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 10 May 2011

Written and directed by Daniel Taplitz, Breakin' has a hard time building up steam and an even harder time distinguishing itself from any number…

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Review of Family Law (2006)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 May 2011

While Family Law is well-shot, it's not spectacularly well-shot, or involving in any conventional cinematic way…

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Review of Passion Play (2011)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 May 2011

Passion Play doesn't overreach so much as it overindulges in aimless pacing, inert acting, and a romance maudlin enough to make Twilight look…

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Review of Something Borrowed (2011)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 May 2011

Yes, perhaps the audience will like its favored couple more, but all the engineering that goes into making them sympathetic results in a film…

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Review of Thor (2011)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 May 2011

It's a film with its own identity, the simple, thrilling story of a handsome god who falls to Earth and reminds everyone what heroes do…

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Review of Jumping the Broom (2011)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 May 2011

While Broom largely isn't a broad comedy, it still rarely goes for restraint in anything but tone…

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Review of The Beaver (2011)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 May 2011

While The Beaver starts with Gibson in What Women Want slapstick mode, it eventually goes to such exaggerated, extreme places that it becomes…

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Review of The Stepford Wives (2004)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 01 May 2011

Rudnick is a wit, and his script allows everyone a decent one-liner or two…

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Review of John Tucker Must Die (2006)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 29 Apr 2011

Revenge movies often end with the message that vengeance is empty and futile, but it's never encouraging when revenge seems pointless from the start…

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Review of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Apr 2011

In Columbus’ hands, it once again all breaks down into a series of rushed, breathless special-effects setpieces, in a thrill ride that isn’t…

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Review of Exporting Raymond (2011)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Apr 2011

At its most compelling when Rosenthal explores why the crassest entertainment is internationally successful, even in the home of theatrical…

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Review of That's What I Am (2011)

By Alison Willmore (681) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Apr 2011

It's a dogged family entertainment determined to teach lessons about tolerance and how it should be extended to everyone, even redheads, gay…

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Review of Lebanon, Pa. (2011)

By Alison Willmore (681) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Apr 2011

The turns the film takes toward the end do offer a few surprises, particularly in the form of redemption for the waffling hero-not in running…

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Review of Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Apr 2011

I wish the film had made its points a little more artfully and implicitly, rather than simply sticking them in McDonald and McKinney’s mouths,…

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Review of The Dry Land (2010)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Apr 2011

A painfully earnest drama about post-traumatic stress disorder that sticks so closely to the soldiers-coming-home template, writer-director…

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Review of Real Men (1987)

By Sean O'neal (13) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Apr 2011

A film becomes a comfort-food favorite because it moves along briskly, has a few solid gags, and maintains a distinct yet uniformly agreeable…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Apr 2011

At times, Innocence feels like a clip show of Oshii projects past. But the effect proves more dulling than warmly familiar…

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