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15%
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Sex and the City 2 (2010)
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"Girls, let's have another Cosmpolitan and remember the past fondly. But make way for Chelsea [Handler]. She drinks vodka neat. She's a real woman."
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Tony Macklin
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100%
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Racing Dreams (2010)
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"Director Marshall Curry's film smacks of being too much of a home movie. And the kids' narration and commentary sometimes seems practiced. But for those whose church is in Talladega, it won't matter."
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Tony Macklin
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58%
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
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"Edge of Darkness is a surprisingly well-done thriller. Unfortunately, after an hour and a half of substantial filmmaking, it collapses into a Lethal Weapon #6 climax. But the bulk of the film is worthy."
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Tony Macklin
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46%
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Everybody's Fine (2009)
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"Everybody's Fine is a nice picture about a dysfunctional family which keeps secrets. It should appeal to nice, dysfunctional, secretive people in the audience -- which probably is the majority."
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Tony Macklin
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39%
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2012 (2009)
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"After seeing 2012 I had to take a shower I felt so unclean. If 2012 succeeds, we'll have the deluge of crap. It won't be the Rapture; it will be the Evacuation."
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Tony Macklin
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75%
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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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"Michael Moore titled his most recent film Capitalism: A Love Story, probably because in Capitalism you never have to say you're sorry. And Moore never says he's sorry as he trashes Capitalism in America."
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Tony Macklin
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84%
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State of Play (2009)
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"State of Play is like a very filling meal. As it appears to end, one sighs with satisfaction. It was an exciting thriller with a viable resolution. ... But wait. There's more. The meal has been reheated, and thrown back slapdash on the screen."
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Tony Macklin
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25%
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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
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"The Jonas Brothers are a contemporary phenomenon -- a boyish trio who dazzle fangirl tweens."
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Tony Macklin
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89%
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Coraline (2009)
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"Coraline is a mesmerizing tale with macabre stitching. There's no blood, but Coraline is a haunting horrorfest located in a weird wonderland."
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Tony Macklin
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Brideshead Revisited (2006)
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"http://tonymacklin.net/content.php?cID=12"
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Tony Macklin
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82%
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
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"Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Allen wrote and directed but did not act in, is Woody at the top of his game."
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Tony Macklin
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62%
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Blood Diamond (2006)
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"Blood Diamond is a movie zircon. It doesn't cut glass, but it cuts plot, character, and credibility. It could be Hotel Rwanda, but instead it's Motel Deep-Six."
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Tony Macklin
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33%
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The Good German (2007)
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"The Good German is the bad movie. Except for the ambience -- the look of the film -- it stumbles awkwardly on every level."
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Tony Macklin
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93%
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Children of Men (2006)
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"Children of Men is a glorious mess. It's a Frankenstein monster of a movie. Part sci-fi, part thriller, part action genre, part religious allegory, it flays and lumbers after meaning-- sending off occasional sparks of style."
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Tony Macklin
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91%
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Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
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"The most important film of 2006 was Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. In 20 years Letters from Iwo Jima will be a classic."
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Tony Macklin
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96%
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
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"Pan's Labyrinth is a punishing, evocative poem. It is part ferocious reality and part fearful fantasy."
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Tony Macklin
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21%
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Catch and Release (2007)
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"Catch and Release will not cause Ben Affleck any husband-envy. It's a harmless romantic comedy that will garner Garner no awards and middling success at the box office."
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Tony Macklin
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5%
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Because I Said So (2007)
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"There are chick flicks and upchuck flicks. The movie Because I Said So is an upchuck chick flick."
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Tony Macklin
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26%
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Ghost Rider (2007)
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"Seeing Ghost Rider is like going to Saturday matinee serials at the Rialto eons ago. It's a fanciful, puerile experience -- a fun day out for 9-year olds. Ghost Rider is a ridiculous melange of cheesy effects, talentless extras, corny plot and insi"
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Tony Macklin
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57%
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The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
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"The Astronaut Farmer is one of those movies that you don't believe for a moment while you're watching it, but you leave with a warm glow. But by the time you've driven home, you realize you've been conned."
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Tony Macklin
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60%
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300 (2007)
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"300 is a fun-fest of blood, mayhem, and absurdity. At its best, it is entertaining; when it's not at its best, it's pretty dumb. It's pretty dumb much of the time."
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Tony Macklin
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64%
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Reign Over Me (2007)
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"Reign Over Me is like spending two hours with a shrink. Self-absorbed and repetitive, it has an occasional moment of truth, and a lot of hot air."
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Tony Macklin
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87%
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The Lookout (2007)
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"The best young actor in movies today may well be Joseph Gordon-Levitt."
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Tony Macklin
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85%
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The Hoax (2007)
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"The Hoax is the real thing. It's a breezy, engaging caper. It's like a heist film of the 1970s, but the pilferers are literary men not bank robbers."
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Tony Macklin
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68%
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Disturbia (2007)
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"Disturbia is a well-made, very entertaining thriller."
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Tony Macklin
|
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63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
|
"You know that the third Spider-Man had to be bigger. The third movie in a franchise goes for broke. And Spider-Man 3 is bigger, if not better. It's overdone, overlong, and overplotted. It's all over the place. This does not mean Spider-Man 3"
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Tony Macklin
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29%
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Lucky You (2007)
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"I don't think I believed the movie Lucky You, but I sort of enjoyed it. A caveat: I enjoy watching poker on ESPN. If you don't, this movie will bore you."
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Tony Macklin
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72%
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Fracture (2007)
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"Fracture is an entertaining movie that should be better than it is."
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Tony Macklin
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40%
|
Shrek the Third (2007)
|
"Shrek the Third has the curse of the third in a bankable series. It is too often sappy, tiresome, and overblown. A franchise such as Shrek, with all the money it has accumulated, should be able to buy a little freshness and originality. But instead"
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Tony Macklin
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44%
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a hearty, bumpy sea marathon. For some, it will be a fun ride; for others, it will be an ordeal. I'm somewhere in between."
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Tony Macklin
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91%
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Knocked Up (2007)
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"Knocked Up is like a Hallmark Greeting Card with crude verse. It's is an uneasy mix of ethnic humor, slacker humor, and human drama -- some is amusing, some is indulgent, and some is strained."
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Tony Macklin
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27%
|
Evening (2007)
|
"What's the difference between slasher films and chick flicks? In slasher films they suffer less, and they die quicker. Evening, bless its banal heart, is a chick flick in all its fatuous glory."
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Tony Macklin
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81%
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
|
"Live Free or Die Hard is an over-the-top, fun rampage."
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Tony Macklin
|
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57%
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Transformers (2007)
|
"Transformers is a rollicking, rousing experience."
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Tony Macklin
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79%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
|
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a gripping, evocative movie. David Yates has two great strengths to apply to the project. He is cinematically adept, and character is a priority for him."
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Tony Macklin
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74%
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La Vie en Rose (La Mome) (2007)
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"In La Vie en Rose, Marion Cotillard has the role of a lifetime. And she relishes it."
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Tony Macklin
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82%
|
Talk to Me (2007)
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"Talk to Me is an incisive portrait of a provocative figure. It comes very close to caricature, but remains human and lively."
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Tony Macklin
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94%
|
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
|
"The Bourne Ultimatum keeps the pedal to the floor and burns serious rubber."
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Tony Macklin
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96%
|
Ratatouille (2007)
|
"When is a rat a lark? When he's created by Brad Bird. Brad Bird, the animation maestro from Pixar, invents a spunky, gourmet rodent in the lively, spicy romp Ratatouille."
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Tony Macklin
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91%
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Hairspray (2007)
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"Hairspray is an energetic romp, but as a social statement -- which it pretends to be -- it's cartoonish. And as a playful look back at a time and place, it's simplistic shtik. It's a mountain of whipped cream, with an occasional chocolate sprinkle."
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Tony Macklin
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59%
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Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
|
"Resurrecting the Champ is a movie I was going to recommend. It was contrived and dopey, but it seemed like pleasant entertainment. Then came the terrible last ten minutes when it casts itself on the rancid junk heap of hokum."
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Tony Macklin
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88%
|
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
|
"3:10 to Yuma is a big, brawling action-adventure with strong psychological elements. The original 3:10 to Yuma, with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, directed by Delmer Daves, was a psychological western, and the present version expands on that."
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Tony Macklin
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89%
|
Eastern Promises (2007)
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"David Cronenberg is a director who sets out to bring life (and death) back to violence. In Eastern Promises he does just that. It is a movie that will make audiences squirm and look away."
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Tony Macklin
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18%
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Rush Hour 3 (2007)
|
"Although much of Rush Hour 3 is in Paris, it's no French pastry. It's more week-old Happy Meal."
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Tony Macklin
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39%
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Feast of Love (2007)
|
"Feast of Love is a multi-layered -- layers of baloney -- tale of pursuit of love."
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Tony Macklin
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43%
|
The Brave One (2007)
|
"The Brave One is worth seeing for the scenes between Terrence Howard and Jodie Foster."
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Tony Macklin
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53%
|
The Hunting Party (2007)
|
"There are a lot of movies that don't deliver on their promise. The Hunting Party is one of them. It's a disheartening disappointment."
|
Tony Macklin
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73%
|
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
|
"In the Valley of Elah is a powerful, emotional indictment of what contemporary war can do to young men. It is a potent moral tale. This is not your father's war."
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Tony Macklin
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82%
|
Into the Wild (2007)
|
"Into The Wild has been made into a prayer of a motion picture by Sean Penn. It may not touch everybody, but those whom it does touch, it will touch deeply. It is a haunting odyssey."
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Tony Macklin
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90%
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Michael Clayton (2007)
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"Clooney's latest venture into panache is thriller style in Michael Clayton."
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Tony Macklin
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