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Review of The Kingdom (2014)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 11 Oct 2018

In spite of a couple of misstep -- like a tacked-on ending and a few too many one-liners --The Kingdom is a serious movie for serious times…

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Review of The Kingdom (2007)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 11 Oct 2018

In spite of a couple of misstep -- like a tacked-on ending and a few too many one-liners --The Kingdom is a serious movie for serious times…

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Review of The Golden Compass (2007)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

Weitzman hits all the book's plot points without ginning up any of its corresponding emotion…

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Review of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

It would be dishonest to say that the story... doesn't generate a few laughs…

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Review of Swing Vote (1999)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

What keeps Swing Vote from being good isn't politics, it's lazy plot devices…

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Review of Fred Claus (2007)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

The biggest problem with Fred Claus isn't that it's not very good, it's that it pulls a bait-and-switch on parents expecting to see Hollywood's…

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Review of Swing Vote (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

What keeps Swing Vote from being good isn't politics, it's lazy plot devices…

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Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

It's a rare thing for a film populated by fantastical creatures to elicit genuine emotion…

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Review of 10,000 BC (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

It is inconceivable that filmmakers as experienced as Emmerich and his team didn't know they were making a bad movie…

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Review of Millions (1937)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

To say Millions is a lovely parable would almost do it a disservice, as that suggests that it succeeds more as a moral lesson than as the charming,…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

While there's no denying that Crystal Skull succeeds as a summer popcorn flick, it won't follow in Raiders' footsteps by becoming a classic…

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Review of Leatherheads (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

The audience most likely to enjoy this film-fans of classic romantic comedies like It Happened One Night and His Girl Friday to which Leatherheads…

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Review of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

However fanciful the happy endings are (and there must always be happy endings in this type of production), thanks to McDormand and a sweet,…

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Review of The Goonies (1985)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

With a story by Steven Spielberg, it's like being able to share the fun of Indiana Jones with your kids without all the monkey brains and eyeball…

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Review of A Star Is Born (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

Nearly every moment of A Star Is Born feels real and specific. Often painfully so…

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Review of Millions (2005)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

To say Millions is a lovely parable would almost do it a disservice, as that suggests that it succeeds more as a moral lesson than as the charming,…

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Review of The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

Is this Hollywood championing relativism, or is it just lazy writing…

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Review of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

By [the end] point, the gentle humor and selfless sentiment of the film has done its work, and you're likely to walk away with some uplifting…

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Review of Vantage Point (2008)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 10 Oct 2018

The most intrusive of these problems is the acting…

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Review of Twilight (2001)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 09 Oct 2018

Die-hard fans of the vampire romance novel Twilight will be happy to know that the film follows the book nearly to the letter…

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