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88%
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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"Inglourious Basterds is a brilliantly-scripted, exciting, colourful, tense, stupendously well-acted, sometimes shocking, violent, humorous and bloody what-o good FUN war movie."
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66%
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The Brothers Bloom (2009)
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"Manages to be mostly winning thanks to its understated sense of humor and, well, its charm."
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Eric Alt
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22%
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Push (2009)
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Eric Alt
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62%
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Valkyrie (2008)
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"Despite the bad buzz you may have heard, Singer has crafted a pretty decent potboiler despite, you know, history being all loaded with spoilers."
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Eric Alt
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24%
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Awake (2007)
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"The film is tight and suspenseful with a couple of truly surprising twists."
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jbarlow@earthling.net
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74%
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
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"The most wondrous film of it's kind since E.T. The Extra Terrestrial touched down."
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Pete Hammond
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40%
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The Bucket List (2007)
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"Despite the AARP factor, audiences of all types will probably love this film for what it says about our own mortality and how we handle it."
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Pete Hammond
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91%
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
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"A masterpiece from Paul Thomas Anderson. You won't be able to shake it off. Daniel Day Lewis delivers a chilling portrait of greed. He can be charming, cunning, terrifying and pathetic -- sometimes all at once. This is a landmark performance."
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Pete Hammond
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53%
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Steep (2007)
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"With more white powder than even Al Pacino's nose housed in 'Scarface', Steep pushes human endurance and achievement to the limit with indescribable eye-popping crazy feats of Big Mountain glory."
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Pete Hammond
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23%
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P.S. I Love You (2007)
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"If you're looking for a great date movie so you can get laid over the holidays, this is the one."
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Pete Hammond
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86%
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
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"Unparalleled visual splendor, a bloody red-velvet fever dream of a musical for people who think they HATE musicals."
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Pete Hammond
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35%
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
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"Even though it's wildly unbelievable and rather hokey at times, this is total entertainment from start to finish."
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Pete Hammond
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81%
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
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"You'll want to stand up and cheer for Charlie Wilson, a smart and absolutely irresistable true tale about a guy who dared to make a difference."
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Pete Hammond
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74%
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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"After 'Superbad' and 'Knocked Up', Judd Apatow has now pulled off the movie equivalent of the Triple Crown."
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Pete Hammond
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78%
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The Great Debaters (2007)
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"An absolute triumph for Denzel Washington. Here is a movie that can make a difference. What more can you ask from a film?"
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Pete Hammond
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83%
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Atonement (2007)
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"This chick-lit flick is an 'English Patient' style epic."
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Pete Hammond
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60%
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Look (2007)
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"It brings up lots of questions to ponder and mostly succeeds as a fascinating, if frightening statement on the way we are."
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Pete Hammond
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65%
|
The Kite Runner (2007)
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"A humane and enriching motion picture experience that soars and takes flight as a first class piece of filmmaking."
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Pete Hammond
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26%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
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"Kids at the preview screening ate it up but everyone else will probably be shouting 'ALVIN!!! SHUT THE F*** UP!'""
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Pete Hammond
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70%
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I Am Legend (2007)
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"Mind-blowing excitement, an expert thriller that really thrills and makes you think. A special shout-out for the dog, Sam. Now that's acting!"
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Pete Hammond
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62%
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Grace Is Gone (2007)
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"Incredibly John Cusack has never been nominated for an Academy Award but this movie may change that. He's simply terrific in a fine and moving film."
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Pete Hammond
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94%
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Juno (2007)
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"A pure charmer and a heartfelt original, you will find this a totally unexpected, enormously satisfying and oddly rewarding trip to the movies."
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Pete Hammond
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42%
|
The Golden Compass (2007)
|
"Like Lord Of The Rings and Chronicles Of Narnia it's a visual feast that transports you to an alternate world of jaw-dropping awe, unforgettable images and pure adventure."
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Pete Hammond
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16%
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Revolver (2005)
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"A psychological thriller that focuses more on the 'psycho' than the 'logical' for its own good. But who says everything has to make sense when you're just trying to blow a few brains out?"
|
Pete Hammond
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93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)
|
"Tough to watch? Sure. Worth it? Absolutely. Perhaps the most inspiring film in many years."
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Pete Hammond
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|
89%
|
The Savages (2007)
|
"The film successfully navigates the tricky waters of family dysfunction. A savagely funny/tragic/hopeful portrait of the way we are circa 2007."
|
Pete Hammond
|
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24%
|
Awake (2007)
|
"The filmmakers of Awake have crafted a domestic thriller that just may end up putting you ASLEEP."
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Pete Hammond
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71%
|
Beowulf (2007)
|
"This motion-capture animated version is genuinely exciting to see although the process still gives us the creeps."
|
Pete Hammond
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44%
|
redacted (2007)
|
"It's a shame that with the vast canvas of this seemingly never-ending conflict that this crap is the image De Palma wants to convey."
|
Pete Hammond
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52%
|
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
|
"A wry, devastatingly witty look at a family you won't soon forget, no matter how hard you try."
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Pete Hammond
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37%
|
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
|
"It's so 'G' you almost want to gag, but its heart is in the right place. Take a kid or take a pass."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
93%
|
Enchanted (2007)
|
"Its success is largely due to the casting of Amy Adams who is simply sensational. She weaves some serious movie magic into this thing."
|
Pete Hammond
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|
37%
|
August Rush (2007)
|
"It can be admired for trying something a little different from the usual family film, but in the end, it just doesn't work. At all."
|
Pete Hammond
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|
77%
|
I'm Not There (2007)
|
"Cate Blanchett has delivered the most audacious, astounding and entertaining performance of the year by ANYONE, male or female."
|
Pete Hammond
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|
73%
|
The Mist (2007)
|
"Film adaptations of King's work tend to be hit and miss, but with last summer's '1408' and now this scary-as-hell flick, he's on a roll."
|
Pete Hammond
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14%
|
Hitman (2007)
|
"It delivers top-notch action, dazzling gunplay and lots of fireworks. What more could we ask for?"
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
89%
|
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
|
"A remarkably well-detailed doc that proves 'Rock The Casbah' is not just that song from the cell phone commercials."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
33%
|
Martian Child (2007)
|
"John Cusack is perfect but it's Bobby Coleman who delivers one of the most uniquely original kid performances ever. You actually believe he might be from Mars."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
94%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007)
|
"A great American film. A dark and sometimes bleakly comic vision of our violent culture."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
21%
|
Fred Claus (2007)
|
"A ho-ho-hum yuletide comedy trying to shoehorn Vaughn's fast talking wise-guy brand into a warm and fuzzy Christmas confection that seems like it has been focus-grouped to smithereens."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
26%
|
Lions for Lambs (2007)
|
"Agree or disagree, love it or hate it, you won't be able to turn away. It's Robert Redford's urgent, impassioned wake up call for America."
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Pete Hammond
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34%
|
P2 (2007)
|
"Just in time for the holidays comes this vile exercise in yuletide terror. On the plus side Rachel Nichols gets to run around in a slip most of the time."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
51%
|
Bee Movie (2007)
|
"Seinfeld, what happened? You've gone soft on us. Sure, some of it is fun but where's the sting?"
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
80%
|
American Gangster (2007)
|
"It marks a return to the lost art of true storytelling, every bit as epic as 'The Godfather' and just as fascinating to see."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
33%
|
Rails & Ties (2007)
|
"It's closer to a small kind of affecting and simply human story we rarely get to see in mainstream movies anymore."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
88%
|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
|
"It has been exactly 50 years since Sidney Lumet made his first movie but let's hope on the basis of this shattering edge-of-your-seat stuff that he hasn't made his last."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
64%
|
Dan in Real Life (2007)
|
"Finally a really smart, really funny movie about the ups and downs of life, love and family."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
36%
|
Reservation Road (2007)
|
"A powerful human drama that rips into you like a hurricane. Suspenseful, emotional and completely engrossing throughout."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
47%
|
Rendition (2007)
|
"A political potboiler guaranteed to get your heart racing. It pushes all the buttons these kinds of suspenseful dramas usually do."
|
Pete Hammond
|
|
51%
|
30 Days of Night (2007)
|
"The premise of this film has just got to be the ultimate wet dream for your average vampire."
|
Pete Hammond
|
75%
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