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D
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73%
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V for Vendetta (2006) |
"
At last, there's a movie that's not afraid to look Big Brother in the eye and declare that fascism is totally uncool...V for Vendetta is dumb with a capital D."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 25, 2006
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1/5
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15%
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) |
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jul 7, 2005
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1/4
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7%
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New Year's Eve (2011) |
"
The sanitized setting and sappy script are so littered with cardboard characters and crass product placements that you'll mourn for the muggers and porno theaters that De Niro cursed in "Taxi Driver.""
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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1/4
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54%
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Hesher (2011) |
"
When the blessed credits finally roll, the first thing Susser shows us is Hesher's tattoo of a raised middle finger. Backatcha, dude."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 13, 2011
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1/4
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53%
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The Mechanic (2011) |
"
Even by the sloppy, soulless standards of hit man movies, "The Mechanic" is a mess."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 28, 2011
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|
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10%
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Grown Ups (2010) |
"
Chris Rock, call your agent."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 25, 2010
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1/4
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9%
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Marmaduke (2010) |
"
The flea-bitten screenplay seems to have been plucked from the wastebasket of recycled ideas and rewritten by someone whose third language was English -- after Danish and Dog."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 3, 2010
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|
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47%
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Cartel (2010) |
"
Watching this film, you'd think that most public schools were Mafia-run slaughterhouses and most charter schools were urban academies with high success rates. Bowdon barely mentions the religiosity and profit motive behind some charter schools."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 29, 2010
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|
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8%
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Furry Vengeance (2010) |
"
Even professional judgment as faulty as Fraser's can't explain his presence in this fleabitten fiasco."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 29, 2010
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|
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48%
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The Losers (2010) |
"
Whether you're betting on action or laughs, this is a lose-lose scenario."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 22, 2010
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19%
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The Last Song (2010) |
"
It's not surprising that in the hands of a first-time director and first-time screenwriter, nobody in this movie behaves like a recognizable human being, but it is surprising that Cyrus comes across as such an unlikable sourpuss."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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|
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28%
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Extraordinary Measures (2010) |
"
There's nothing cinematic about this turgid tearjerker except the slumming presence of movie star Harrison Ford."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 20, 2010
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|
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84%
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The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"
It's a worthy cause and an honorable film, the first full-length Disney cartoon with an African-American heroine. But without a strong story, it's a case of one step forward and two steps back."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 10, 2009
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1/4
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25%
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009) |
"
The big problem with the movie isn't the violence, or the message about coddling criminals, or the two lead actors, although they've never been worse. It's the utter implausibility."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 14, 2009
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1/4
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14%
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I Love You Beth Cooper (2009) |
"
Suffering through I Love You, Beth Cooper is like being locked in detention with five idiots misquoting The Breakfast Club."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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|
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45%
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3) (2009) |
"
With its three-dimensional action and two-dimensional feelings, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is warmed-over nonsense."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jul 1, 2009
|
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1/4
|
0%
|
Super Capers (2009) |
"
You'd have to have X-ray vision to find a semblance of a plot here, yet you'd have to be blind to overlook the cheapness of the special effects and the ineptitude of the direction."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 19, 2009
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|
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54%
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Body of Lies (2008) |
"
Body of Lies has nothing to say about geopolitics, the action scenes are formulaic, and DiCaprio is rarely on the screen with Crowe, who coasts through the most puzzling performance of his career."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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|
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1%
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Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"
One of the most inept movies a Hollywood studio has ever unleashed."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Aug 9, 2007
|
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C-
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14%
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Deception (2008) |
"
When you advertise an erotic thriller and then give us a comedy, that's deception in any language."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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1.5/4
|
42%
|
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
"
Anyone old enough to have read Jules Verne or seen the way his work was successfully adapted in the past will suffer worse than the kids in the audience who just came to laugh."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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1.5/4
|
61%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
Is "Game of Shadows" the most pandering picture of the year? Fo' shizzle, Sherlock."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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1.5/4
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
Even though it mimics the original, "Happy Feet Two" is incoherent, and if there's an actual story here, it's drowned out by the vapid pop songs, yapping wisecracks and flapping wings of too many characters."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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1.5/4
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
At gunpoint I might confess to smiling when English pummeled the Queen of England with a tea tray, but the babysitters for the target audience will know that his best bits are burgled from Austin Powers."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 21, 2011
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1.5/4
|
83%
|
Dolphin Tale (2011) |
"
Instead of steering toward deep and troubled waters, "Dolphin Tale" jumps through hoops to engage a young audience."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Sep 23, 2011
|
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1.5/4
|
27%
|
Green Lantern (2011) |
"
I never thought I could feel sorry for Ryan Reynolds."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 16, 2011
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1.5/4
|
34%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) |
"
A long, slow voyage through shallow water."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 19, 2011
|
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1.5/4
|
26%
|
Hop (2011) |
"
It's supposed to be sweet, but "Hop" is a headache waiting to happen."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 1, 2011
|
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1.5/4
|
11%
|
Red Riding Hood (2011) |
"
"Red Riding Hood" is such a sorrowful attempt to resurrect the marketing magic of "Twilight" that it ought to be titled "Career Eclipse.""
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 11, 2011
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1.5/4
|
34%
|
Hall Pass (2011) |
"
Like the middle-aged dads in this flaccid fiasco, "Hall Pass" is a decade behind the curve of what's happening."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Feb 25, 2011
|
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1.5/4
|
32%
|
I Am Number Four (2011) |
"
"I Am Number Four" delivers none of the spectacle of a competent sci-fi film, none of the emotion of an effective teen romance and none of the giggles of a kitsch fiasco."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Feb 18, 2011
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1.5/4
|
10%
|
Little Fockers (2010) |
"
It's about squeezing the last few dollars from a gullible public like milk from a cat."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 21, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
49%
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) |
"
An utter shipwreck, a would-be adventure with meager rations of magic and a listless crew."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 10, 2010
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|
1.5/4
|
6%
|
The Last Airbender (2010) |
"
The movie has been criticized for racially inappropriate casting, but that's the least of its problems. The acting is laughable, the effects are phony, the editing is addled and the dialogue is disastrous."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 30, 2010
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1.5/4
|
29%
|
Survival of the Dead (2010) |
"
Survival of the Dead never comes alive. It feels constrained by a low budget, short running time and the outdated conceit of slow zombies trudging toward fresh victims."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 28, 2010
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|
1.5/4
|
28%
|
Clash of the Titans (2010) |
"
Somehow, a promising popcorn movie got abducted by the God of Boredom."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 1, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
58%
|
Edge of Darkness (2010) |
"
Without action, compelling characters or a coherent point of view, Edge of Darkness doesn't have a glimmer of good qualities."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 29, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
12%
|
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) |
"
Did You Hear About the Morgans? has no room for surprises."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 17, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
26%
|
Ninja Assassin (2009) |
"
This amateurish action flick is so lacking in personality or punch, it ought to be titled "V for Video Store Discount Bin.""
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Nov 24, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
5%
|
Old Dogs (2009) |
"
A cheesy chew-toy of a comedy about reluctant fatherhood."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Nov 24, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
36%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Some guilty-pleasure cheese atop a ration of stale popcorn can't cleanse the distastefulness that "Battleship" leaves in its wake."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 17, 2012
|
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2/4
|
76%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
Like a degree in gender studies, there's no payoff."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 4, 2012
|
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2/4
|
——
|
I Kissed a Vampire (2012) |
"
Although there have been numerous horror spoofs and musicals since "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," this one is too squeaky clean to play the midnight-movie circuit."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
The actual story is incoherent, and the choppily paced movie is too short to develop the characters."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
24%
|
October Baby (2012) |
"
Trafficking in 2-D morality and unlikely to be seen by the unconverted, "October Baby" would have been better off as a bumper sticker."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
12%
|
W.E. (2012) |
"
It's hard to hate a movie that escorts us to such lovely locales, but instead of marking the territory as her own, Madonna has directed a potentially provocative story like a virgin."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Mar 16, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
This Means War (2012) |
"
Even by the standards of light entertainment, "This Means War" is meaningless."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
31%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
When an action movie is as clumsy as "Man on a Ledge," it's begging to fall."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012) |
"
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is supposed to promote healing, but as they say in New York: close, but no cigar."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
44%
|
J. Edgar (2011) |
"
It's gratifying to see an old bully outed as a hypocrite, but by distracting us from bigger crimes, "J. Edgar" is a public enemy."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
63%
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