|
3/4
|
55%
|
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) |
"
In the '80s, lighting a cigar with a $100 bill was sexy. In 2010, it's damn near porn."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 26, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
Mao's Last Dancer (2010) |
"
Ballet is kinda like ice hockey. It's more impressive when you're up close at the real deal. When you're 30 yards away, the snap of a slipper after a 90-lb ballerina lands a glissade is just as impressive as a 290-lb hockey goon hitting the boards."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 24, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
The Town (2010) |
"
Considering we know every twist and turn in every dark alley of "The Town," thank god the movie is well written, superbly directed and perfectly acted."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 21, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
Easy A (2010) |
"
It's 90 minutes of no filler and just enough PG-13 filter to make sure your 16-year-old daughter can check out it without having to swap spit for a fake ID."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Animal Kingdom (2010) |
"
Animal Kingdom doesn't have the catchphrases of The Sopranos or the nostalgic charm of Goodfellas. It's real, it's gritty and it's unforgettable. Still, I wouldn't have minded a severed kangaroo head turning up in the sheets."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 10, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
72%
|
Machete (2010) |
"
Machete is a day laborer's wet dream that men and women of all immigration and employment status can enjoy together in peace, harmony and wanton blood lust. The only one who might ask for a refund is Shaft."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 6, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Get Low (2010) |
"
The bad dudes from "Deliverance" once ran away squealing from Robert Duvall. He went down to Georgia and stole Charlie Daniel's fiddle. Robert Duvall is now the backwoods equivalent of Chuck Norris."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 2, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
66%
|
The American (2010) |
"
Meet Jack, James Bond's boring big screen cousin. Jack wears Eddie Bauer fleeces, has a pay phone instead of high-tech gadgets, and actually has to pay for sex. He makes assassin work look more boring than an H&R Block gig on April 16."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 2, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
The Switch (2010) |
"
Jeff Goldblum was The Fly before Aniston was slumming under the rainbow in Leprechaun and Bateman stood in Valerie's family photos. Goldblum can wear the same purple shirt in every scene if he wants to..."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 21, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) |
"
...an ambitious big screen cross-pollination of geek sheik and vintage rom-com. It's The Matrix meets the Ghost of John Hughes. The action is way more than old NES-sy could muster, but in the end it's too damn much. "
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 14, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
The Other Guys (2010) |
"
The Other Guys takes out its gun and shoots a lot. Most of the time, the jokes are on target, and the few stray punch lines can be forgiven - even the splintering groaners misfired from Will Ferrell's wooden gun."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 5, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
During the Summer of 3D glasses, "The Kids are All Right" proves that what you really need to create an immersive, real-life film experience is a sharp pencil and some interesting friends."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 2, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
43%
|
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) |
"
It's been a while since I've seen a movie that caused me to go back and forth more than a rocking horse at the Gosselin compound. But "Dinner for Schmucks" has me riding the fence and humming The Eagles' Desperado."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 29, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
52%
|
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010) |
"
I haven't seen a two-hour movie with this little dialogue since Charlie Chaplin Tries not to Wake up the Baby."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 24, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Salt (2010) |
"
Salt is like a swell summer day at the movies back in 1984, when flicks knew how to do action and dudes named Vladimir had trouble boarding a Delta flight from New York to Washington. "
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 23, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Cyrus (2010) |
"
About the only dishonest bone in the body of black romantic comedy Cyrus is the fact that Jonah Hill is dressed up like a plus-sized J.C. Penney catalog model circa 1992, complete with Dockers and a haircut primped for school picture day."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 19, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
More filmmakers need to abandon the Ikea guide to making Hollywood movies (Step 73: Keep hammering cliché) and close their eyes for a little nap."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Despicable Me (2010) |
"
Even though Universal pillaged and pilfered Pixar's magic set of crayons, at least they made an entertaining flick."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 10, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010) |
"
In France, revenge is a dish best served with white gloves and face paint."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 9, 2010
|
|
1/4
|
6%
|
The Last Airbender (2010) |
"
The trunk of my car is filled with busted 3D glasses and broken dreams of summer movie bliss. But that's not as bad as what's in the trunk of a Paramount Pictures bigwig: A bound and gagged Shyamalan, who's about to have $150 million beat from him."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 2, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
49%
|
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) |
"
Twilight Saga: Eclipse is by far the best of the bestselling Stephenie Meyer novels-turned-movie. Keep in mind, West Nile Virus is similarly the "best" mosquito-borne illness and Portland, Oregon is the "best" city to be homeless. "
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 30, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
52%
|
Knight & Day (2010) |
"
I think we all secretly want to be kidnapped by Tom Cruise, build chemistry together during a globetrotting spy game while trading sassy banter, and then sneak a whiff of shorty's sneaker lifts when he's not looking."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 25, 2010
|
|
0/4
|
9%
|
Grown Ups (2010) |
"
The good news for Adam Sandler is that people may finally stop razzing him about "Little Nicky." The bad news is that any dramatic street cred he may have built up with "Punch-Drunk Love" or even "Funny People" will be as forgotten as Hitler's penmanship."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 24, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
64%
|
Harry Brown (2010) |
"
Maybe Michael Caine just wanted to make his "death wish" before kickin' his "bucket list." Say what you wanna say, but I'd rather watch old-timers bust gums than tandem parachute with Morgan Freeman while John Mayer plays softly in the background."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 18, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Please Give (2010) |
"
If you're hoping for huge dramatic payoff or more than mild laughs from cynically satisfying script, then you're panhandling without a Styrofoam cup. "
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 18, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
The A-Team (2010) |
"
If someone makes a Mr. Belvedere movie, I'm may quit this gig. It's not that The A-Team is a terrible movie - it's not bad - but Hollywood's collective creative rut has studios raiding the '80s like an unguarded freezer overflowing with Pudd"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 13, 2010
|
|
2/54
|
66%
|
The Karate Kid (2010) |
"
Rooting against The Karate Kid sequel is easier than rooting against an ex on a game show poised to win a yacht that will likely be christened, "(Your name) sucks.""
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 11, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
72%
|
Get Him to the Greek (2010) |
"
The pseudo-sequel to 2008's overachieving Forgetting Sarah Marshall plays upside-down musical chairs with d--k jokes and innuendo until the only place to sit is on its own thumb. And then the bottom drops out."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 6, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
15%
|
Sex and the City 2 (2010) |
"
This is by far the lamest Grumpy Old Men sequel yet."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 29, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
47%
|
MacGruber (2010) |
"
Congratulations, MacGruber. You finally defused a bomb. And that would-be bomb was your own supposed-to-be-crappy movie."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 22, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (2010) |
"
We may never get a Law & Order: The Movie to commemorate the stalwart series' final fizzle, but we do have the next best thing in The Secret in their Eyes."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 21, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
43%
|
Robin Hood (2010) |
"
Ridley Scott's spin on the classic Robin Hood yarn starts out with great promise, but by the time 140 minutes tick away and the film collapses into Hollywood cliché and convention, the audience is half expecting to hear Bryan Adams' Everything I Do."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 17, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Iron Man 2 (2010) |
"
Both the movie franchise and Tony Stark the alter ego are more self indulgent than putting your picture on a restaurant wall after downing a 5-lb. bacon cheese burger, then getting that burger named after you. And naming it Awesome."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 7, 2010
|
|
1/4
|
15%
|
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) |
"
The movie takes itself way too seriously, like a Medieval Times waiter acting scared of a cell phone."
—
Richmond.com
Posted May 3, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
49%
|
The Losers (2010) |
"
Here is a big screen comic production with a relatively paltry marketing budget, tiny expectations and zero fast food promotions. "
—
Richmond.com
Posted Apr 24, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Oceans (Disneynature's Oceans) (2010) |
"
I never thought I would like anything made by two dudes named Jacques unless I could eat it for dessert or buy it from a truck stop men's room vending machine."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Apr 23, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
41%
|
Death at a Funeral (2010) |
"
The ensemble family farce squats awkwardly in cinematic purgatory figuratively, and then very nearly literally during a 10-minute slapstick bathroom scene involving Tracy Morgan and Danny Glover."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Apr 18, 2010
|
|
1/4
|
28%
|
Clash of the Titans (2010) |
"
The Clash of the Titans remake is the most embarrassing black eye for Greeks since the short-lived McGyro."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Apr 2, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) |
"
After I finish writing this film criticism of Hot Tub Time Machine, maybe I'll do a Hooter's restaurant review or give the business to a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book. Seriously, what the hell is the point?"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Mar 27, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
51%
|
Chloe (2010) |
"
If the tawdry indie flick Chloe had one more gratuitous hotel tryst and starred Shannon Tweed instead of Julianne Moore, it would have been a throwback Skinemax movie."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Mar 26, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
22%
|
Repo Men (2010) |
"
If you're like me, and you once financed an entire Spring Break to Panama City Beach with Discover Card cash advances at 43 percent interest, then Repo Men will hit a little too close to home."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Mar 22, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) (2009) |
"
The White Ribbon is a captivating minimalist horror for about 100 minutes, but by the time the movie tries force its way into the historical context of WWI, it feels like bad history textbook fan fiction."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Mar 19, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
Alice in Wonderland (2010) |
"
If you're taking pulls from the Blue Caterpillar's hookah atop his magic mushroom, you care more about Hot Pockets than narrative integrity."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Mar 6, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
19%
|
Cop Out (2010) |
"
Everyone who hates buddy cop flicks never spent 48 hours straight sprawled out on their buddy's futon between 1983 and 1994. Eddie Murphy and cheesy synthesized ditties are a far better hangover remedy than bananas and cod liver oil. Cop Out is mor"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Feb 27, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Shutter Island (2010) |
"
If you've combined Ambien and a braille Choose Your Own Adventure book, toked to Teletubbies in HD, or taken psychotropic drugs after hot-gluing kaleidoscopes to your eyes, then you've experienced something similar to Shutter Island."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
The Last Station (2010) |
"
It's good to know that before texted break-ups and instant messaged secret exchanges sink any remaining sexiness out of our collective interpersonal back and forth, movies like"The Last Station will live on in a redbox time capsule."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Feb 13, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
20%
|
Legion (2010) |
"
If you wanted to see a new movie about a dude sportin' a six pack and fluffy white wings, you could do worse than Legion. And by doing worse, you could see Dwayne Johnson snatching spent molars in the family attraction, The Tooth Fairy."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jan 24, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
A Single Man (2009) |
"
If you need traditional story arc and structure, and wear jeans that display your waist size on the exterior, then you might want to try on something from the Michael Bay section."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jan 15, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
Clooney has found a role he fits into so comfortably, that he might be mix his post-Oscar cocktail with two one-ounce bottles of Grey Goose."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 26, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
12%
|
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) |
"
Yes, I've heard about the Morgans. I've heard about Matthew McConaughey Morgan, Debra Messing Morgan, Gerard Butler Morgan, Renee Zellweger Morgan, John Cusack Morgan and Kate Hudson Morgan. All the damn morgans."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 22, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
The Road (2009) |
"
The Road is a heavy load to bare for the casual movie fan. Unless of course, that movie fan likes drinking with the lights off, full-moon Russian Roulette or confuses the Sunday funnies with the obituaries."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 19, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Avatar (2009) |
"
The $400-million, 162-minute mega movie will be more scrutinized than Bigfoot photos snapped by Geraldo or Willie Nelson's agricultural deductions on his 1040EZ form."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 18, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
Invictus (2009) |
"
I'll admit that I was kinda nervous that Invictus would be more melodramatic than the fallout of Tiger Woods accidentally over-tipping an Applebee's waitress..."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 13, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
46%
|
Everybody's Fine (2009) |
"
More critics hated Everybody's Fine than loved it, by a long shot. They called it sappy, cliché and trite. Maybe their families alienated them after years of spoiling the ending to movies, and now they're taking it out on the rest of us."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 7, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
I used to think working at the Salt Lake City Hooters was the worst job in the world. Boy was I wrong. That dubious occupational honor goes to working for the Army's Casualty Notification Service."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Dec 5, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"
The Fantastic M. Fox is the first book Anderson owned, and it's bound to be his most successful movie. I won't say Anderson & Co. have gone mainstream, but I think I just saw George Clooney wearing Wranglers on Good Morning America."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 25, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
27%
|
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) |
"
It's Shakespeare on training wheels made for future Lifetime viewers."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 20, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
The Damned United (2009) |
"
The Damn United has a far better chance of turning American blokes onto soccer, errr, football than David Beckham's frosted tips."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 14, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
39%
|
2012 (2009) |
"
I can't believe I'm saying this, but 2012 filmmakers should have hired Michael Bay as an artistic consultant. Yes, the same Michael Bay who made Transformers and Pearl Harbor."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
45%
|
The Box (2009) |
"
The dude behind Donnie Darko and kid from Richmond's South Side has crafted the kind of movie that will have some diggin' its trippy cosmic karma, and others trashing its gimmick gone wild."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 8, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Coco Before Chanel (2009) |
"
Earlier in the year we had Julia Childs, two weeks ago we has Amelia Earhart, and this week we have Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Who's next? Rachel Ray and her journey to invent edible crayons? Hannah Montana's battle against Dissociative Identity Disorder?"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Nov 6, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"
There are two ways to look at Michael Jackson's big screen B-roll dirge: Either it's a touching documentary tribute or only slightly classier than stringing up Jacko's corpse by its wig and making him perform a post-mortem marionette moonwalk."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 28, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
21%
|
Amelia (2009) |
"
The characters look and sound more like animatronic figures at the Air & Space Museum than real-life history makers. Every sanitized, faux-jolly line of script is spoken like it's from a decades-old toothpaste commercial."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 24, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"
Sure, Where the Wild Things Are is darker than Dracula's sunset cup of Joe. And it may have a smaller potential audience than Lamaze'ing with the Stars. But I don't care."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 17, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
Couples Retreat (2009) |
"
With Couple's Retreat, we're hoping for a Wedding Crashers redux we can turn into a date night. But all we get is something else to bitch about."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 10, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
57%
|
The Invention of Lying (2009) |
"
The Invention of Lying isn't atheist propoganda, it's just a movie. And while it's clever, it's not ungodly funny. While Gervais is still working out the kinks of the filmmaking craft, his quirky comic writing and channeling of British Office"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 3, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Zombieland (2009) |
"
Rarely does a movie treat its kill shots with such modern artistry, and dissect its own campy horror clichés with thoughtfully appropriate dialogue...finally a zombie flick has a less predictable recipe than a Tuna Helper box top."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Oct 1, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
The Informant! (2009) |
"
Not only does Matt Damon channel schlepiness with a real-life fat suit, a bad mustache and ties that look like there were cut from Vegas carpets, but he's also a bumbling megalomaniac and ferocious fibber."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 22, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
80%
|
It Might Get Loud (2009) |
"
Somehow we got two rockin' documentaries about air guitar and even one about the electric car before we got a solid movie about the life of the electric guitar."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 18, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
57%
|
9 (2009) |
"
Who the heck was this post-apocalyptic rock'em sock theater made for? Not kids, not adults, not even really stupid adults. I haven't seen something with less of an audience since Cameron Diaz was on Inside the Actor's Studio."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
Extract (2009) |
"
Extract feels less like a movie, and more like a collection of small biz campfire stories you've heard from buddies at networking breakfasts, lounging at the El Paso Holiday Inn Express' 10-gallon pool, and while commiserating over cold calls with"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Sep 4, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
48%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
You won't get wasted, but your money won't wither."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 29, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
Despite the trailer's first impressions, Inglourious Basterds is much more than Brad Pitt with a funny accent and a few Hitler-stache cameos."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 21, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
You've never seen a movie like District 9, but you're likely to now see many more...Unless the big studio heads dispatch their own men in black with magic memory erasers."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 14, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
75%
|
Julie & Julia (2009) |
"
Cooking shows haven't just jumped the shark, they've pan-seared its still-beating heart and served it as a $40 mini burger with a side of couscous at a SOHO fusion joint. This backlash helps Julie & Julia, half of it, anyways"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 7, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Funny People (2009) |
"
Funny People is not "ha ha" funny. You won't pee your pants, spit out Mr. Pibb or bust your gut. But you'll smile, nod approvingly and occasionally chuckle, the same response your mom might give a Cathy comic."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Aug 1, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
87%
|
500 Days of Summer (2009) |
"
Sometimes love is a battlefield; but in (500) Days of Summer it's a pillow fight in which the Posturepedic puffballs have more personality than the protagonists."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 31, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"
Let's be honest, war movies as a genre have slipped behind sappy Scientology sci-fi flicks and movies based on board games. But here comes The Hurt Locker, a modestly budgeted movie starring no one you know about a cowboy bomb diffuser made by the"
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 25, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
84%
|
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"
Someone needs to tell that man-boy wizard that sequels, like gallons of milk left on the equator, aren't supposed to get better with age. Twinkies ain't got nothing on the Hogwarts posse when longevity meets sheer satisfaction."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 15, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Brüno (2009) |
"
Bruno has enough gay heat to toast a Pop Tart in the Pope's ass."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 11, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
67%
|
Away We Go (2009) |
"
They're not really "f$ck-ups," they're just self-absorbed slow starters with smelly Birkenstocks, like many of us."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 4, 2009
|
|
1.5/4
|
67%
|
Public Enemies (2009) |
"
The cat and mouse game played by the world's most prolific bank robber and the first big-time FBI agent isn't worth a slice of government cheese."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jul 2, 2009
|
|
0/4
|
20%
|
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) |
"
I'd rather listen to Mr. Roboto on a loop for 150 minutes than watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen again."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 25, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Tyson (1995) |
"
Mike Tyson is the James Joyce of train-wreck celebrities. Seriously. Sure, he's tough to read just like the literary giant, but once you get comfortable and crack his stream-of-conscious flow, it's rich and compelling stuff."
—
Richmond.com
Posted Jun 19, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
14%
|
Year One (2009) |
"
Year One is easy to hate, especially if you loathe Jack Black's hammy shtick, think Michael Cera peaked in Arrested Development or you have a worn Bible in your bedroom... and you're not living in a Super 8. But I loved it."
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Richmond.com
Posted Jun 19, 2009
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2.5/4
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51%
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
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Sometimes it's refreshing to see a movie that is okay with just being okay. With The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, you get a C-student shoe salesman that rarely dazzles but doesn't disappoint."
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Richmond.com
Posted Jun 12, 2009
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2.5/4
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73%
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Rudo y Cursi (2009) |
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It's still nice to see an endearing sports movie that doesn't follow the "Varsity Blues" formula, even if there is no whipped cream bikini."
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Richmond.com
Posted Jun 5, 2009
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98%
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Up (2009) |
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I laughed, I cried, I spooned a balloon animal."
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Richmond.com
Posted May 30, 2009
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1.5/4
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33%
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Terminator Salvation (2009) |
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The problem with the Terminator franchise is that it's beginning to feel more and more like a cold, calculating Machine. Somewhere, it lost its humanity and became Dick Cheney's daydream."
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Richmond.com
Posted May 22, 2009
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2.5/4
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37%
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Angels & Demons (2009) |
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Right now in Florida, there is a slick-haired tele-evangelist claiming to be both the second coming of Christ and the Antichrist. He has his own church, a "666" tattoo and hundreds of thousands of adoring believers tuning in worldwide. In other words, the"
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Richmond.com
Posted May 14, 2009
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3.5/4
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95%
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Star Trek (2009) |
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Star Trek comes out with its high beams on, its pacing hyper, and its phasers set to "stoked." And it never hits the brakes."
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Richmond.com
Posted May 8, 2009
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1.5/4
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38%
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X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009) |
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I'd rather watch Hugh Jackman prance across the Oscar stage singing show tunes and making Perez Hilton's loins tingle than watch him wrestle with comic book villains."
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Richmond.com
Posted May 1, 2009
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0/4
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19%
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Obsessed (2009) |
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I hope Jay-Z doesn't add me to his hit list for saying this, right below Chris Brown, but his wife can't act worth a damn when she doesn't get to sing."
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Richmond.com
Posted Apr 27, 2009
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4/4
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84%
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State of Play (2009) |
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Writing about a movie that acknowledges the demise of traditional media for an online magazine could be its own ironic verse in an Alanis Morissette song. Just like rain on your wedding day."
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Richmond.com
Posted Apr 20, 2009
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3.5/4
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51%
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Observe and Report (2009) |
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If a mall security flunkie is ever trading mace with bullets during a "Sbarro's hostage incident," he better hope the punk with the gun saw Observe and Report instead of Paul Blart: Mall Cop."
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Richmond.com
Posted Apr 13, 2009
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3.5/4
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88%
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Adventureland (2009) |
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Adventureland is a surprisingly sweet and irreverent tale of summer jobs and summer love. It reminds you how the hearts of teens and young 20-somethings flutter up and down just like the rusty deathtrap roller coasters they're looking after."
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Richmond.com
Posted Apr 3, 2009
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2.5/4
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72%
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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) |
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In what other movie do you get shout-outs to "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Beverly Hills Cop" in the same frame. "Monsters vs. Aliens" might be a better time capsule of kitsch than an actual movie."
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Richmond.com
Posted Apr 1, 2009
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3/4
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83%
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I Love You, Man (2009) |
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Man crushes have been around since Jesus and Peter, Tom Hanks and the other dude from "Bosom Buddies," and Tom Hanks and that mute volleyball Wilson from "Castaway." But they've never been hotter then here"
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Richmond.com
Posted Mar 20, 2009
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2.5/4
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64%
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Watchmen (2009) |
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You don't need 12-sided dice and a fictitious Canadian girlfriend to "get it," but it certainly helps."
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Richmond.com
Posted Mar 6, 2009
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