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November 10, 2010 @ 12:37 AM

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Morning Glory: Movie Review
Morning Glory: Movie Review

In the new comedy Morning Glory, Rachel McAdams plays Becky Fuller. The film starts out with Becky being fired from her New Jersey morning show producing job which she dedicated her life to. Desperate to find a new job, she jumps at the first job offered to her at the low rated morning talk show Daybreak.

The first thing Becky decides to do is fire Daybreak co-host Paul McVee (Modern Family

November 10, 2010 @ 11:20 PM

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Unstoppable: Movie Review
Unstoppable: Movie Review

Director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington have worked together quite a bit over the past decade. The director/actor team has given us some uneven but entertaining films like Man On Fire, D

November 12, 2010 @ 02:02 AM

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Skyline: Movie Review
Skyline: Movie Review

The Brothers Strause (yes, that

November 12, 2010 @ 02:29 AM

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^ok i take your word nikkka

I want to see the world burn

November 12, 2010 @ 01:51 PM

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Yeah, Skyline was sooo bad

November 17, 2010 @ 06:26 PM

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The Next Three Days: Movie Review
The Next Three Days: Movie Review

Writer/Director Paul Haggis (Crash) is back with his directorial follow up film, The Next Three Days. Even though he has only directed a few features, Haggis is the man behind the screenplays of Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Casino Royale, and many others. Even though I personally loved Crash, critics have been mixed on that film.

In Haggis

November 17, 2010 @ 08:25 PM

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: Movie Review
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: Movie Review

If you are a fan of J.K. Rowling

November 22, 2010 @ 11:27 PM

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127 Hours: Movie Review
127 Hours: Movie Review

127 Hours is director Danny Boyle

November 22, 2010 @ 11:46 PM

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Tangled: Movie Review
Tangled: Movie Review

The new film Tangled happens to be Disney

November 23, 2010 @ 12:54 AM

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Harry potter was fucking great. Honestly surprised the semen out of me.

Krazy how no ones fucked hermoine yet tho

November 23, 2010 @ 06:22 PM

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Burlesque: Movie Review
Burlesque: Movie Review

The beauty of a film like Burlesque is that if your star cannot act, it does not matter. As a matter of fact, I think that sometimes bad acting in a musical can actually add to the charm. I am not saying that Christina Aguilera is the worst actress out there but I will say that as soon as she belts out her first song her acting skills do not even matter anymore. Not only that, but she has Cher & Stanley Tucci to share screen time.

In the film, a small town girl named Ali (Christina Aguilera) leaves Iowa for Los Angeles to live out her dream as a singer/ dancer. While Ali is out looking for work, she comes across a nightclub called Burlesque. The club is run by a former dancer, Tess (Cher). Ali is in love with the place and wants to be on stage with the other girls. When the bartender Jack (Cam Gigandet) helps Ali out with a waitressing job at the club, Ali studies each dance number being performed on stage while serving drinks.

Like I said before, Aguilera

November 23, 2010 @ 06:24 PM

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Faster: Movie Review
Faster: Movie Review

One thing that I love about Dwayne Johnson in action movies is his levity. He has a great tough guy presence but has great comic timing as well. Look at The Rundown, The Scorpion King or even his role as the gay bodyguard in Be Cool (Probably his best performance to date). After churning out a couple of nearly unwatchable Disney films like Tooth Fairy & Race to Witch Mountain, Mr. Johnson is back in action mode which will please his fans. As for his levity, this movie is completely devoid of that. I am not complaining because his character has nothing to be happy about. This is a straight revenge film.

The premise of Faster is pretty simple. When Driver (Dwayne Johnson) is released from prison after 10 years, the only thing on his mind is to go after the people who shot him and killed his brother. Even though Driver was legally dead, he was revived in the hospital. While Driver was in prison, he arranged for someone on the outside to find the names and locations of the people who took his brother

December 9, 2010 @ 01:35 PM

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The Chronicles of Narnia

December 9, 2010 @ 01:55 PM

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i liked the first one

the second one sucked balls

and i dont know about this one

I want to see the world burn

December 9, 2010 @ 11:25 PM

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The Tourist: Movie Review
The Tourist: Movie Review

To be honest, I did not have high expectations for the new Johnny Depp/Angelina Jolie film The Tourist. The trailers did not interest me and the fact that the studio was screening the film just hours before its release is hardly ever a good sign, especially when you have two of the world

December 16, 2010 @ 01:02 PM

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Black Swan: Movie Review
Black Swan: Movie Review

Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) brings us one of the most original and engrossing films of 2010 with Black Swan. I am not one of the most cultured people out there. I am not a fan of ballet and I knew nothing about the story of the Black Swan before seeing this film. That being said, I absolutely loved this picture. The main reason to see Black Swan would be the Oscar worthy performance from Natalie Portman. I cannot think of a single female performance this year that stands out more than Portman

December 16, 2010 @ 01:03 PM

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How Do You Know: Movie Review
How Do You Know: Movie Review

Writer/Director James L. Brooks is the man behind films like As Good As It Gets, Spanglish, Broadcast News, & Terms of Endearment. Each one of those films was terrific in many ways. One of the main reasons was because of the characters and their relationships with each other (family, friendships, romance). Brooks never missed a beat, and if he did, it would have been a tiny misstep. That is until now. How Do You Know is a major misstep in so many ways.

The film starts off with a flashback of a little girl watching a boy trying to hit a softball with a bat and failing repeatedly. The little girl walks up and hits the ball on her first swing. The boy walks up to the girl and pushes her down which makes her cry. Cut to present day, the little girl named Lisa (Reese Witherspoon) is all grown up. Lisa is an athlete and her whole life is sports. When she is not training, she is dating athletes. Her current boyfriend is a professional baseball player named Matty (Owen Wilson). When Lisa finds out she has been cut from her team, she decides that staying in a relationship with a guy who won

December 16, 2010 @ 01:05 PM

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Tron: Legacy: Movie Review
Tron: Legacy: Movie Review

First time feature film director Joseph Kosinski had one hell of a task ahead of him when he took on the gig of bringing Tron: Legacy to life. How do you take a movie from 28 years ago, make a sequel to it and have it appeal to kids and adults alike? Not only that, but when the original Tron was released in 1982, it was a box office dud. Over the years, Tron did develop a following, but one to warrant a sequel after nearly three decades? In my eyes, the answer is yes. I was a Tron fan from the beginning. To this very day, it remains one of my favorite films. Admittedly, the original film did not hold up very well over time.

In this sequel (which Disney is also trying to use as sort of a reboot) we start off in the year 1988 when Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) goes missing, leaving his son Sam behind to be raised by his grandparents. Not only that, but Sam was left the majority shares in his father

December 17, 2010 @ 03:54 AM

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i actually heard this movie was amazing.

I agree with this guy!!

December 17, 2010 @ 12:54 PM

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I agree with this guy!!

Visually YES, story, NO

December 21, 2010 @ 02:11 AM

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True Grit: Movie Review
True Grit: Movie Review

True Grit has all the makings of a great movie. You have an amazing cast, terrific writer/directors, and beautiful landscapes used for the locations. The actors go above and beyond. Jeff Bridges as the drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn is captivating, but newcomer Hailee Steinfeld as fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross is the big discovery of this film. The problem with True Grit does not lie with the actors or locations. It falls squarely in the hands of the writer/directors Ethan & Joel Coen. The movie is under 2 hours but feels like it goes on forever.

After Mattie Ross

December 21, 2010 @ 01:31 PM

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Little Fockers: Movie Review
Little Fockers: Movie Review

The whole gang is back in the 3rd installment of the Focker

December 21, 2010 @ 08:28 PM

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Gulliver

January 6, 2011 @ 01:45 PM

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Casino Jack: Movie Review
Casino Jack: Movie Review

Casino Jack is based on a true story about Washington DC lobbyist Jack Abramoff (Kevin Spacey) and his prot

January 6, 2011 @ 11:45 PM

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Country Strong: Movie Review
Country Strong: Movie Review

I am not the biggest fan out there of country music. Actually, I am not a fan at all. One does not have to enjoy country music to enjoy the new film Country Strong. As a matter of fact, I even enjoyed the songs that were performed in the film. I knew Gwyneth Paltrow was a capable singer (Does anyone remember her 2000 movie Duets with Huey Lewis?

This time she proves that she can sing as well as act, though her performance in Country song is 85% crying and 15% singing. OK, maybe I am exaggerating just a bit. There is one actual country singer in the film, and that is Tim McGraw. He is the only one who does not sing. Go figure.

Paltrow plays Kelly Canter, a country music superstar who

January 13, 2011 @ 11:25 AM

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The Dilemma: Movie Review
The Dilemma: Movie Review

It

January 13, 2011 @ 11:11 PM

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The Green Hornet: Movie Review
The Green Hornet: Movie Review

Up until a few weeks ago, I had pretty low expectations for The Green Hornet. The first trailer which was shown around the time of Comic Con was mediocre at best. In my mind Seth Rogan was poorly cast and the humor seemed stale. Not a whole lot of people were excited for this film to his theaters. To make things worse, Hornet was set to release in January (The post-holiday dumping ground). A funny thing started happening though, the buzz from advanced screenings of The Green Hornet were extremely positive. The word kept getting better and better, to a point where I was actually looking forward to seeing it for myself. I am pleased to report that The Green Hornet is worth the trip to the theater. Not only that, but the 3D is pretty good at times too.

Seth Rogan plays Britt Reid, the spoiled playboy son of wealthy newspaper publisher (Tom Wilkinson). When Britt

January 13, 2011 @ 11:42 PM

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Thanks for the reviews. Earlier I was not sure about watching it but now i am really looking forward to watch it.

January 20, 2011 @ 08:07 PM

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No Strings Attached: Movie Review
No Strings Attached: Movie Review

Going in to No Strings Attached, I did not expect much more than a run-of-the-mill Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy. There were a few things about it though that had me hopeful. First there was the female lead played by Natalie Portman. Having just seen her in Black Swan, I was looking forward to getting another helping of whatever she was serving. There was also director Ivan Reitman. With all the current Ghostbusters 3 talk, I was curious to see if he could still pull off a good comedy. It feels strange having to tell you that I am disappointed in an Ashton Kutcher rom-com, but it

January 27, 2011 @ 05:33 PM

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The Mechanic: Movie Review
The Mechanic: Movie Review

Director Simon West (Con Air) is behind the camera for this remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson film The Mechanic. The new film stars Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop. Bishop is an elite assassin (mechanic) who follows a strict code when it comes to his work. His job requires him to be detached and professional when it comes to taking someone out.

The opening scene in The Mechanic has Bishop drown a target in a swimming pool and then moves the body across the pool from underneath to make it look like the corpse is still swimming. All of this while security guards are walking around the pool area. You see, Bishop was at the bottom of the pool using an oxygen tank, waiting for the target to take his daily swim. This was a clever scene and it was nice to see something I had not seen before.

Arthur is forced to kill his long time friend and mentor Harry (Donald Sutherland) because he is told that Harry has been selling information. Harry