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Sunshine Cleaning

by Alan Rapp on March 27, 2009

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Sunshine Cleaning, much like it’s lead actress, is quirky and pleasant to watch – even if it does get a bit hokey at times.

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Two Lovers

by Eric Melin on March 26, 2009

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Director James Gray’s moody drama features a subtle performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a heartsick guy trying to find happiness with a sparkling Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Knowing

by Alan Rapp on March 20, 2009

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Alex Proyas and Nicolas Cage combine forces to give us one of the most bafflingly bad films in recent memory. Way to go!

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I Love You, Man

by Eric Melin on March 20, 2009

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Paul Rudd and Jason Segel star in and carry this very funny if formulaic romantic comedy between a guy who needs a friend and real buddy buddy.

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Watchmen

by Eric Melin on March 6, 2009

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A wildly inconsistent adaptation of the classic graphic novel, this movie ramps up action and reduces the book’s themes to cliches.

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Fanboys

by Alan Rapp on February 27, 2009

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Fanboys isn’t a bad film, but it’s not likely to work all that well outside the rabid Lucas fan base. I’m a pretty huge Star Wars nerd and I had a very mixed reaction.

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Fired Up!

by Alan Rapp on February 20, 2009

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Two high school football studs go to cheerleading camp to score with as many cheerleaders as possible, only to learn lessons about life and love. Aw!

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The International

by Alan Rapp on February 15, 2009

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Clive Owen tries to stop a massive conspiracy of murder and money laundering by some evil bankers.

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Coraline

by Eric Melin on February 9, 2009

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Henry Selick’s 3D stop-motion animation picture is slow-paced, spooky fairy tale and doesn’t use its 3D imagery in a gimmicky way. Rather, it envelops you in its fantastical and claustrophobic vision.

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It starts out with promise, but, as romcoms are prone to do, falls prey to contrivance and the inevitable happy ending which is cuter than a basket of kittens.

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Taken

by Alan Rapp on January 30, 2009

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Liam Neeson knocks out baddies with a single punch, blows up buildings, “heroically” tortures evil-does, and even shoots a cop’s wife without consequences.

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Defiance

by Eric Melin on January 21, 2009

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Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber are two Jewish brothers who fight back against the Nazis in WWII in director Edward Zwick’s latest by-the-books disappointment.

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Revolutionary Road

by Eric Melin on January 14, 2009

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Sam Mendes explores the prison of suburban America again in a beautifully shot and acted movie that hits you over the head with its theme one too many times.

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Gran Torino

by Eric Melin on January 13, 2009

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Clint Eastwood’s newest plays like some sort of R-rated Hallmark made-for-TV movie with lots of frank racism in order to make it different, but none of his actors can play one believable scene against the actor/director.

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Let the Right One In

by Eric Melin on January 10, 2009

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In this visually stark Swedish import, the vampire is not portrayed as a sexy outsider, but rather a pathetic freak of nature.

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