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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5 The Kingdom
4.5/5 The Hunting Party
4/5 Eastern Promises
4.0/5 Iron Man
3.5/5 Illegal Tender
3/5 Feast of Love
2.5/5 Mr. Bean's Holiday
2/5 Balls of Fury
1.5/5 Resurrecting the Champ
1/5 Lust, Caution
0.5/5 Good Luck Chuck
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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5/5 The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
5/5 The Kingdom
5/5 Stardust
5/5 Cashback
5/5 Hairspray
5/5 Knocked Up
5/5 Spider-Man 3
5/5 Black Book
5/5 Paprika
5/5 Catch a Fire
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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0/5 Doom
0/5 Suspect Zero
0.5/5 88 Minutes
0.5/5 Jimmy Carter Man From Plains
0.5/5 Good Luck Chuck
.5/5 Who's Your Caddy?
0.5/5 28 Weeks Later
.5/5 The Condemned
.5/5 Wild Hogs
0.5/5 Happily N'Ever After
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 60% of the time.

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3/5
 
"It broods when it should be snarling, and lacks any of the terror or sense of wonder that made the original show so compelling." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)32%
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1.5/5
 
"incoherent and forced, as if someone stretched out a short film without asking if it was worthy." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 22, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)52%
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4.5/5
 
"the action movie-equivalent of Superbad, and just as funny, if not more so." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 20, 2008
 
Pineapple Express (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"It is maybe the finest film of the year so far." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 15, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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4/5
 
""Money, Money, Money" is more than just the title to an ABBA song. It's also what Mamma Mia is going to make." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 14, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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2.5/5
 
"hardly groundbreaking animation - but it's a mildly entertaining summer diversion for the younger monkeys in your bunch." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 13, 2008
 
Space Chimps (2008)37%
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3.5/5
 
"Too bad the movie seats didn't have seatbelts attached %u2013 it would have been the perfect time to strap 'em on." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)60%
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3.5/5
 
"bigger, longer, louder, more complex, and decidedly show-off-ier than its predecessor and, while entertaining, can't help but call to mind yet another oft-told clich%uFFFD, "just because you can do something doesn't mean you should."" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jul 9, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)87%
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2/5
 
"Will Smith crashes the July 4th party again, this time with a thud" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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4/5
 
"Pixar's unbroken streak, and may be their best and most daring film yet." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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4/5
 
"a super-adrenaline rush, a breathtakingly superb non-stop action-packed thriller." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 23, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)72%
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3.5/5
 
"It is truly a family film; the kind of live action flicks that Disney made all the time so many years ago." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)80%
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4/5
 
"While this is not a perfect film, it drags on a bit too long at nearly two hours; it is a very entertaining flick." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)53%
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2.5/5
 
"Director M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller is hardly thrilling at all." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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4/5
 
"The Hulk is back and better than ever. Forget what you've seen before. This is what you've been waiting for." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Jun 7, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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2/5
 
"Sandler's at it again, this time as an Israeli assassin. Crude, tasteless, unfunny. The usual." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 30, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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3.5/5
 
"At 2 hours and 20 minutes, this is way too much Sex for anyone." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 29, 2008
 
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)51%
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2.5/5
 
"A genuinely dread-inducing beginning quickly gives way to a very conventional home-invasion slasher movie." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 29, 2008
 
The Strangers (2008)41%
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3/5
 
"more fun than a break-up should be, just not as memorable." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)85%
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3/5
 
"Anytime I can spend two hours in my hometown without having to pay for a ticket on American Airlines, I'm one happy gal." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Deception (2008)11%
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3.5/5
 
"Harold and Kumar return, and miraculously, the sequel is just as funny as the original." -- Hero Realm
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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3/5
 
"Seeing is not always believing." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 1, 2008
 
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)26%
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3/5
 
"cute, giggly and funny" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)61%
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4.0/5
 
"exhilirating, funny, involving, and just plain entertaining as hell." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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3.5/5
 
"The bittersweet coming-of-age story will resonate with just about everyone as the curtain is pulled back on a segment of a tumultuous era in Brazilian history when Pelé was king and young boys dreamed of scoring winning goals." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2008)85%
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3.5/5
 
"recommended for anyone who enjoys smart performances, witty dialogue and its message that a dysfunctional family is still family." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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2/5
 
"what used to feel like a dark revelation now only comes off as an exercise in setting the odds against corrupt characters and watching them crumble." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 10, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)36%
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1.5/5
 
"No The Ruins is not about Britney's career, but a killer plant. At least Britney is entertaining to watch." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
The Ruins (2008)47%
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2.5/5
 
"Leatherheads calls many plays, still comes up short of a great movie." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Leatherheads (2008)53%
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3.5/5
 
"Scorsese's concert film of the Rolling Stones performing in New York City is intimate, bombastic, and entertaining as hell." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Apr 3, 2008
 
Shine a Light (2008)86%
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3.5/5
 
"Fans of Lennon and people curious about Chapman will enjoy this but if you have no interest in the subject matter, there is a high potential for boredom." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 30, 2008
 
Chapter 27 (2008)20%
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1.5/5
 
"a nice rental but is a bit of a chore to sit through in a dark theater." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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1.5/5
 
"Calling Day of the Dead a remake of the original George Romero film is like saying fish tastes like pork. Sure they're animals but that's about the end of the comparison." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
. Day of the Dead - The Need to Feed (2006)n/a
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1/5
 
"Dull and flat, Shutter is Ring-y, Grudg-y and utterly boring" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 21, 2008
 
Shutter (2008)7%
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2/5
 
"Judd Apatow-style is repurposed to aim squarely at teenage boys, but loses a lot in the translation." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 20, 2008
 
Drillbit Taylor (2008)26%
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2/5
 
"Simon Pegg shouldn't make movie that doesn't involve either Nick Frost or Edgar Wright." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 18, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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2.5/5
 
"Where Escape from New York and the Mad Max films are dark and give a pretty brutal look at the future, Doomsday takes the theme to a new level of bleakness, depravity, and gore." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Doomsday (2008)48%
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4/5
 
"The film will be remember as one of his best and shows that Van Sant is a director that is still traveling the road less traveled." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 13, 2008
 
Paranoid Park (2008)74%
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3/5
 
"If you've always found Greenaway to be an overindulgent, pretentious director, your opinion will not change." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 13, 2008
 
Nightwatching (2007)n/a
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2/5
 
"sporadically fun, but mostly a beatdown" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
Never Back Down (2008)25%
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3/5
 
"move over Carpenter, Craven and Romero, Haneke is here and you better hope he's not playing games." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 12, 2008
 
Funny Games (2008)50%
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3.5/5
 
"should be a solid hit, with many of Dr. Seuss's relevant messages of respecting others opinions strongly reinforced throughout, down to a predictably fun climax" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)78%
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2.5/5
 
"will please many in the ADD MTV set, satisfying them until the next big CG adventure drops" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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2/5
 
"However poignant the moments were between father and son, it was still not enough to rescue the film" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 2, 2008
 
Romulus, My Father (2008)44%
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3/5
 
"as the story of the most extreme example of sibling rivalry on record unfolds, the tale of loyalty and sister bonding comes shining through, although with a hefty dose of tragic consequences." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 2, 2008
 
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)42%
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2/5
 
"a beautiful film but lingers too long on mundane moments and shallow characterization" -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Mar 2, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)47%
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3.5/5
 
"There's much to enjoy and likewise much to forget the second you leave the movie theatre." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Feb 28, 2008
 
The Bank Job (2008)78%
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3/5
 
"It is simply good, and not great." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Feb 28, 2008
 
City of Men (2008)76%
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2.5/5
 
"Will Ferrell and co. bring us a little more of the same, but the joke is wearing thin." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Feb 26, 2008
 
Semi-Pro (2008)21%
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3.5/5
 
"It's not perfect, but perfect enough to please the many young teenage girls who feel imperfect compared to Hannah Montana." -- Pop Syndicate
Posted Feb 26, 2008
 
Penelope (2008)52%

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