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67%
|
Date Night (2010) |
"
In timing, delivery, and charisma, Tina Fey and Steve Carell are exactly who they always are, and this is a good thing."
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PopMatters
Posted Apr 26, 2010
|
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4/10
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68%
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Funny People (2009) |
"
Bromances like Funny People do a disservice to the friendship capabilities of straight men, making them seem stunted."
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PopMatters
Posted Aug 6, 2009
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5/10
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84%
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, complicated teenaged sexual desires are the counterpart to the sacrificial love oft touted by Dumbledore."
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PopMatters
Posted Jul 14, 2009
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|
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37%
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Angels & Demons (2009) |
"
A Harvard professor is an unlikely candidate for the hero of a summer blockbuster, and Angels & Demons demonstrates exactly why. The film is filled with talk, talk, talk."
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PopMatters
Posted May 21, 2009
|
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7/10
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38%
|
X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009) |
"
Scary as Hugh Jackman's vascular body may be, it's also perfectly appropriate as a visual extension of the weaponization of Wolverine."
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PopMatters
Posted May 7, 2009
|
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8/10
|
91%
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Every Little Step (2009) |
"
Every Little Step is all about repetition, documenting the casting of the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, a musical about the casting of a Broadway musical."
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PopMatters
Posted Apr 19, 2009
|
|
1/10
|
34%
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Alien Trespass (2009) |
"
Alien Trespass won't let our knowledge of the stereotypes it incorporates do the work and make the critique."
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PopMatters
Posted Apr 7, 2009
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5/10
|
32%
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Fanboys (2008) |
"
That the boys are so earnest in their dedication to the Star Wars oeuvre signals their stunted adolescence."
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PopMatters
Posted Mar 8, 2009
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8/10
|
64%
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Watchmen (2009) |
"
For Rorschach, there are clear lines between good and evil, and in this he is the most traditional of the superheroes in Watchmen."
—
PopMatters
Posted Mar 8, 2009
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4/10
|
13%
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The Women (2008) |
"
Despite its title, "The Women" is not an update of George Cukor's diva smackdown of the same name."
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PopMatters
Posted Sep 12, 2008
|
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1/10
|
39%
|
Henry Poole Is Here (2008) |
"
Your faith and your patience won't fare well for sitting through the slow-moving, lackluster Henry Poole is Here."
—
PopMatters
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
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6/10
|
17%
|
The Happening (2008) |
"
The Happening features an effectively stylized physical environment: rarely have clouds drifting overhead and wind blowing through trees and a sunny day been filmed so ominously."
—
PopMatters
Posted Jun 13, 2008
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|
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88%
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"
The film's real pleasure is in the connections it makes (whether intentional or not) to current 'real world' questions about the beneficence of institutional authority."
—
PopMatters
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
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39%
|
D.E.B.S. (2004) |
"
It's corny, clichéd, and often an absolute hoot."
—
PopMatters
Posted Jul 29, 2005
|
|
—
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20%
|
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Jul 5, 2005
|
|
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85%
|
Batman Begins (2005) |
"
Even though the film does come down on Batman's 'side,' it raises as many questions about fear as political weapon as it answers."
—
PopMatters
Posted Jul 5, 2005
|
|
—
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99%
|
La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers) (1967) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 6, 2005
|
|
|
20%
|
Thunderbirds (2004) |
"
Here the problem is compounded by the fact that few members of the target audience (kids) are even aware of the original series."
—
PopMatters
Posted Nov 19, 2004
|
|
—
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96%
|
Festival Express (2003) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Nov 19, 2004
|
|
—
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70%
|
Dogville (2003) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Nov 11, 2004
|
|
—
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51%
|
Shallow Hal (2001) |
—
PopMatters
Posted May 8, 2004
|
|
|
94%
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"
It is precisely Jackson's pandering to fans' expectations that repeatedly drags The Return of the King to a halt."
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 13, 2004
|
|
—
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64%
|
Die Mommie Die! (2003) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Dec 5, 2003
|
|
—
|
59%
|
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Nov 1, 2003
|
|
—
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——
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Jubilee (1978) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Aug 30, 2003
|
|
|
62%
|
Hulk (2003) |
"
Whereas the original Hulk (and King Kong, for that matter) fought against injustice, intolerance, and abuses of power, all that this Hulk has to fight is his Big Bad Daddy."
—
PopMatters
Posted Aug 30, 2003
|
|
—
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65%
|
Cremaster 3 (2003) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Aug 30, 2003
|
|
|
38%
|
Star Trek - Nemesis (2002) |
"
Nothing new."
—
PopMatters
Posted Aug 30, 2003
|
|
|
8%
|
Troop Beverly Hills (1989) |
"
It's a treat (and necessity) not only for youngish gay boys, but for anyone who enjoys campy good fun with the added bonus of watching dominant cultural values self-destruct."
—
PopMatters
Posted May 2, 2003
|
|
|
45%
|
Daredevil (2003) |
"
The good news is that Johnson's Daredevil follows Marvel's disability politics."
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 14, 2003
|
|
|
83%
|
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"
The film is muddled by its slavish dedication to the minutiae of events and at the same time, erases those aspects of the book that gave it real social and political urgency."
—
PopMatters
Posted Dec 1, 2002
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|
|
13%
|
Ghost Ship (2002) |
"
It's surprisingly good, spooky, fun, and stylish."
—
PopMatters
Posted Oct 27, 2002
|
|
|
5%
|
Swept Away (2002) |
"
Hardly 'romantic,' not a 'comedy,' and downright nasty to women."
—
PopMatters
Posted Oct 11, 2002
|
|
|
68%
|
Red Dragon (2002) |
"
It also insists there be a physical correlate to that internal turmoil, that we be able to see the mark of his degeneracy on the surface of his body."
—
PopMatters
Posted Oct 4, 2002
|
|
—
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30%
|
Scooby-Doo (2002) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Jun 16, 2002
|
|
—
|
67%
|
Sade (2000) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Jun 14, 2002
|
|
|
67%
|
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D (2013) |
"
Attack of the Clones will likely be remembered as cluttered with inconsequential character and plot details and excessive special effects."
—
PopMatters
Posted May 18, 2002
|
|
|
89%
|
Spider-Man (2002) |
"
As a kid, I always wanted to be Spider-Man. I still do."
—
PopMatters
Posted May 10, 2002
|
|
|
26%
|
The Sweetest Thing (2002) |
"
A second-rate recycling of any number of recent lowbrow comedy flicks."
—
PopMatters
Posted Apr 12, 2002
|
|
|
13%
|
Sorority Boys (2002) |
"
Never quite rises to the level of self-conscious parody, but merely replicates the same old stereotypes."
—
PopMatters
Posted Mar 29, 2002
|
|
—
|
88%
|
Italiensk for Begyndere (Italian for Beginners) (2001) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 27, 2002
|
|
|
17%
|
Queen of the Damned (2002) |
"
... the story doesn't make a whole lot of sense ..."
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 22, 2002
|
|
|
14%
|
Crossroads (2002) |
"
Sure, Crossroads and Brit herself may be silly, superficial, and bubbly, but so what? She and the film are also fun, sexy, and playful."
—
PopMatters
Posted Feb 15, 2002
|
|
|
53%
|
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) |
"
An affecting film that leaves you wondering long after the credits roll."
—
PopMatters
Posted Jan 25, 2002
|
|
|
32%
|
Charlotte Gray (2002) |
"
Resists depicting WWII in easy blacks and whites, and in doing so, challenges the national ideologies, nostalgia, and idealization that have become so commonplace in popular cultural imaginings of the 'great war.'"
—
PopMatters
Posted Jan 11, 2002
|
|
—
|
41%
|
K-PAX (2001) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Dec 28, 2001
|
|
|
92%
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) |
"
An ambitious and generally enjoyable film, especially for those who might desire a little more narrative coherence and depth than Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has to offer."
—
PopMatters
Posted Dec 14, 2001
|
|
|
80%
|
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"
Moves along rather herkily-jerkily, bouncing from one special effect to another, from one character or scene to another, with seemingly little connection between them."
—
PopMatters
Posted Nov 16, 2001
|
|
—
|
26%
|
Swordfish (2001) |
—
PopMatters
Posted Oct 31, 2001
|
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