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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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12%
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Alex Cross (2012) |
"
Formulaic serial-killer crapola ..."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 18, 2012
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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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9%
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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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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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49%
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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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20%
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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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27%
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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%
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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."
—
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
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37%
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Peeples (2013) |
"
Comedies about privileged princesses and unsuitable suitors come in all colors, but "Peeples" is only palatable on a double bill with pink antacid."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 9, 2013
|
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1.5/4
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8%
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
"The Big Wedding" doesn't have a single moment of recognizable humanity."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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1.5/4
|
20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
"
If "Identity Thief" isn't the most outrageous social satire since "Myra Breckenridge," then my name isn't Rex Reed."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
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1.5/4
|
59%
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The Last Stand (2013) |
"
"The Last Stand" is such a false start, it could terminate Schwarzenegger's comeback before it begins."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
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1.5/4
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13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
This world is divided between the makers and the takers, and after just a few minutes of "Red Dawn," you'll realize there's not much more you can take."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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1.5/4
|
39%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
Loud, incoherent and unfunny, "Here Comes the Boom" is the sound of American culture imploding."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
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1.5/4
|
34%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
Kids are too smart to fall for it, and any grown-up who thinks that "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" is funny or heartwarming has a head made out of cabbage."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Aug 14, 2012
|
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1.5/4
|
5%
|
30 Beats (2012) |
"
Where the original play "La Ronde" was a social satire about the transmission of venereal disease, "30 Beats" is a sickly stepchild."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
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1.5/4
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
In a world where family flicks are split between the inspired and the insipid, it's time to let Manny and his mates drift out to sea."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jul 12, 2012
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1.5/4
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
Forced laughter is the only kind you'll hear during "That's My Boy," between the long stretches of slack-jawed silence."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 14, 2012
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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
|
60%
|
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
|
45%
|
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."
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Oct 21, 2011
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1.5/4
|
82%
|
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
|
26%
|
Green Lantern (2011) |
"
I never thought I could feel sorry for Ryan Reynolds."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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."
—
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."
—
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."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Dec 10, 2010
|
|
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."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted Jun 30, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
30%
|
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."
—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Posted May 28, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
28%
|
Clash of the Titans (2010) |
"
Somehow, a promising popcorn movie got abducted by the God of Boredom."
—
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."
—
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."
—
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
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