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64%
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Watchmen (2009)
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"Watchmen isn't a superhero movie, it's a pretentious turkey that thinks it's better than the genre."
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Mike Sage
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25%
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Friday the 13th (2009)
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"The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?"
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Mike Sage
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78%
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Doubt (2008)
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"More tailored for the Oscars than a Clint Eastwood war epic, Doubt features some of the best performances we've seen all year but it falls short in other departments."
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Mike Sage
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94%
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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"I don't think Boyle could film paint drying and make it dull."
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Mike Sage
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27%
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Seven Pounds (2008)
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"Smith and Dawson both look like death, so watching their romance-on-life-support is painfully dreary and tragically unsexy"
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Mike Sage
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64%
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
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"Barring direct-to-DVD Disney sequels, the first Madagascar was one of the worst animated flicks of all time. The bad news is Escape 2 Africa reunites the same cast and directors that made the first DreamWorks flick such a turkey."
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Mike Sage
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64%
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
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"Quantum makes us understand the importance of a good director, which is sadly absent here."
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Mike Sage
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55%
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Australia (2008)
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"Had the team abandoned the tediously tidy final third of the film and all the awful World War II shenanigans we obviously don't care about, Australia would be a wild romp."
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Mike Sage
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68%
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Pineapple Express (2008)
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"Another winner from the Apatow factory, this is a stoner comedy that soars."
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Mike Sage
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54%
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Mamma Mia! (2008)
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"Unfortunately, Streep and her ancient co-stars create pure torture whenever on screen together. This is the Catwoman of movie musicals"
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Mike Sage
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41%
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The House Bunny (2008)
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"Fans of comedies like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls should get a kick out of Anna Faris' amusing starring vehicle, even if this one isn't quite as sly or slickly produced."
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Mike Sage
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94%
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The Dark Knight (2008)
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"a riveting piece of work that will have us all mourning Ledger's loss but smacking our lips for a third entry"
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Mike Sage
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78%
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Burn After Reading (2008)
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"Burn After Reading is a welcome escape from September's usual crop of inane thrillers starring Nicolas Cage or Julianne Moore."
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Mike Sage
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77%
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Cloverfield (2008)
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"Mixing the immediacy of documentary observation and the slam-bang pace of the modern disaster epic, Cloverfield is economic and engaging."
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Mike Sage
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83%
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Atonement (2007)
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"Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes."
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Mike Sage
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37%
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Rambo (Rambo IV) (2008)
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"Luckily, Rambo's years away from war haven't dulled his ability to rip out a man's throat with his bare hands."
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Mike Sage
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91%
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
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"And the winner of the overrated Oscar front-runner award goes to..."
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Mike Sage
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22%
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Never Back Down (2008)
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"The acting is hammy, Djimon Hounsou shows up to give the flick a corny air of Karate Kid and there's nothing particularly original about the whole premise but somehow it works. It must be those abs. Or the kicks to them."
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Mike Sage
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42%
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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
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"With plenty of betrayal, attempted incest and beheadings crammed into this period episode of The Young and the Restless, The Other Boleyn Sister has appeal in an otherwise stiff genre."
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Mike Sage
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11%
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Fool's Gold (2008)
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"Never do we believe that these two might actually be capable of hooking up off-screen, and this romantic flatness kills your appetite to keep watching."
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Mike Sage
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35%
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Vantage Point (2008)
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"If you thought 24's perspective on terrorism was, well, limited, get ready to groan. The meat and potatoes of Vantage Point -- the suicide bomb explosions, the bloody fisticuffs and blaring car chases -- are indeed awesome, and that's what truly matters f"
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Mike Sage
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8%
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10,000 B.C. (2008)
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"The actors speak in fluent anachronistic English. The dialogue is prehistoric but not in the way Emmerich intended."
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Mike Sage
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48%
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The Ruins (2008)
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"Gore hounds will definitely be pleased as The Ruins boasts some of the most sickening blood and guts this side of snuff films."
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Mike Sage
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79%
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
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"after the overcooked live action Grinch and nauseating Cat In The Hat, Hollywood has finally served up a tasty adaptation of Dr. Seuss."
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Mike Sage
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36%
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21 (2008)
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"Too bad most of the performers can't seem to pull off the insane IQs they clearly do not have."
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Mike Sage
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51%
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Nim's Island (2008)
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"here is in fact no actual villain or conflict or tension or fun, and let's face it: we all know Jack will make it back safe and sound (sorry kids, but Wendy Or doesn't have JK Rowling's narrative cahoonas)"
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Mike Sage
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51%
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30 Days of Night (2007)
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"no amount of desensitization can prepare you for David Slade's chilling vampiric bloodbath. 30 Days of Night is relentlessly brutal horror with nary a comedic wisecracker in sight."
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Mike Sage
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35%
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
|
"Period films, even sequels, are limited by budget, and Kapur does a marvellous job with the money he has."
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Mike Sage
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91%
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Hairspray (2007)
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"Unlike Eddie Murphy's exploitively unfunny attempts at fat and female, John Travolta makes his character absolutely endearing and charming by playing it relatively low-key."
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Mike Sage
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90%
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
|
"Doh! What a colossal disappointment. The Simpsons Movie has its funny bits but so does the average Marge-centric episode. But this is a highly anticipated 90-minute episode for which audiences have to pay."
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Mike Sage
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76%
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Stardust (2007)
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"The cast is dynamite and funny%u2014particularly the cute hero Charlie Cox, the vain witch Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro playing further against type then ever before."
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Mike Sage
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20%
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The Invasion (2007)
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"The Invasion is Nicole Kidman's latest unsuccessful summer attempt to prove she's a versatile actress."
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Mike Sage
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23%
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Balls of Fury (2007)
|
"the insanely corny plot should appeal heavily, especially to audiences who grew up on awful late 80s, early 90s action movies starring Jean-Claude Van Damme"
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Mike Sage
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81%
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
|
"the dialogue and one-liners of Die Hard 4 are cheeky and clever, and it proves Bruce Willis still has his game against younger, faster kung-fu maniacs like Maggie Q"
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Mike Sage
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57%
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Transformers (2007)
|
"Transformers is in a stellar class of seamless FX films populated by genre classics like Jurassic Park, Twister and Titanic"
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Mike Sage
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91%
|
Knocked Up (2007)
|
"Like many films of late, Knocked Up is a little too long, but it's worth it in the end. Stone is so pathetic, we need extra time for Apatow to convince us that Alison shouldn't have an abortion"
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Mike Sage
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37%
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
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"somehow Jessica Alba's acting has taken a turn for the worse, and Chris Evans has the audacity to only take his shirt off for three seconds"
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Mike Sage
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78%
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Surf's Up (2007)
|
"basically Riding Giants meets Happy Feet: an animated penguin flick with the goofy structure of a mockumentary"
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Mike Sage
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70%
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
|
"somewhere between the locker room ass-slapping, the bland heist plot develops, as if it really matters"
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Mike Sage
|
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96%
|
Ratatouille (2007)
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"Don't be surprised if people start called Brad Bird the Spielberg of animation"
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Mike Sage
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40%
|
Shrek the Third (2007)
|
"Justin Timberlake as the voice of the wiumpy Artie is certainly the best new addition to the Far Far Away Kingdom"
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Mike Sage
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88%
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Waitress (2007)
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"we're left with a moral message that it's OK to cheat on your partner as long as they're boring, brainless or vegetative"
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Mike Sage
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44%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
|
"Needless to say, it all looks and sounds absolutely fabulous, and the return of Geoffrey Rush is simply AAHRResting"
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Mike Sage
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63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
|
"If you ever wondered what the Power Rangers could do with a $250 Million budget, just wait for the silly climax"
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Mike Sage
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56%
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Vacancy (2007)
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"For a terror tale about snuff torture porn, Vacancy is actually rather subtle."
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Mike Sage
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8%
|
Premonition (2007)
|
"I had a premonition this might be a forgettable mediocrity, but I was wrong. It's actually a laughable turd."
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Mike Sage
|
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90%
|
Zodiac (2007)
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"the performances are dang-on across the board, and even though the formal protagonist shifts around a bit, the major characters played by Gyllenhaal, Downey Jr and Ruffalo have fascinating arcs."
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Mike Sage
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60%
|
300 (2007)
|
"300 is an erotic spectacle for men (straight and gay apparently) and this demographic should bask in the bombastic grandeur of discourse, domination and decapitations."
|
Mike Sage
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34%
|
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
|
"as long as you can appreciate a good fart joke, Reno 911! Miami is worth your admission"
|
Mike Sage
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26%
|
Ghost Rider (2007)
|
"Outside of maybe X-men's Jubilee, I can't think of a comic character less deserving of the big-screen treatment than Ghost Rider. But what do I know? Maybe the idea of Nic Cage in unyielding biker leather sounded good on paper."
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Mike Sage
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87%
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