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A Kiss and a Promise (2011)
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Steve Rhodes
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The Glass Slipper ()
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Steve Rhodes
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13 game sayawng (13: Game of Death) (13 Beloved) (2008)
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Steve Rhodes
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Limbo Lounge (2010)
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Steve Rhodes
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The Rhino Brothers (2002)
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Steve Rhodes
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Suckers (2001)
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Steve Rhodes
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My Family's Secret ()
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Steve Rhodes
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Cooking History (2009)
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Steve Rhodes
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La vida de los peces (The Life of Fish) (2010)
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"Most such films are packed with dialog like an overstuffed grocery bag, but The Life of Fish features conversation spoken slowly and sparsely as if every word must count. "
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Steve Rhodes
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The Happy Housewife (De gelukkige huisvrouw) (2010)
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"Wonderful erotic comedy that takes a sharp turn into tragedy ... it's touching"
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Steve Rhodes
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87%
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Black Swan (2010)
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"It had such an impact on me that I sat staring zombie-like at the closing credits, unable to move."
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Steve Rhodes
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96%
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The Social Network (2010)
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"Polish up the Oscar and get ready to give it to Eisenberg, an actor whom most people have never seen before."
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Steve Rhodes
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46%
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Step Up 3-D (2010)
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"Step Up 3D is one D too many. This gimmick-laden film is filled with clichés in the production as well as the script."
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Steve Rhodes
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A Certain Justice (1999)
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"The British really know how to do mysteries. Although American television tries, the Brits own the formula to the secret sauce."
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Steve Rhodes
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86%
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Inception (2010)
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"More time wasting than time bending, Inception is a shoot 'em up masquerading as a thinking person's sci-fi film."
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Steve Rhodes
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52%
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The Greatest (2010)
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"It's quite a good film and is extremely well acted, but its emotional assaults were so powerful that I found myself almost unable to endure them."
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Steve Rhodes
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97%
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A Prophet (Un prophete) (2010)
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"It's one quarter of a great movie. But, after its frightening opening act, the rest of the movie is remarkably ho hum and way too long. Still it's well worth seeing for its devastatingly intense first thirty minutes."
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Steve Rhodes
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70%
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The Last Station (2010)
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"While its two major Oscar nominations may cause you to raise your expectations, the movie is basically an entertaining piece of fluff with a little drama thrown in every now and then."
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Steve Rhodes
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15%
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When in Rome (2010)
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"Sweet, romantic and genuine, When in Rome, which features a consistently charming Kristen Bell, is certainly fluff, but it is very entertaining and enjoyable."
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Steve Rhodes
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66%
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The Blind Side (2009)
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"In probably her best performance ever, Sandra Bullock is downright brilliant. As in CRASH, Bullock proves again that she is much better at drama than comedy."
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Steve Rhodes
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39%
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2012 (2009)
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"Easily the best bad movie in years, 2012 is hilariously over the top."
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Steve Rhodes
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60%
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Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked) (2009)
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"Consistently and delightfully entertaining ... If the movie has a downside, it's that its great music from the 1960s sometimes outshines the narrative."
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Steve Rhodes
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94%
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The Damned United (2009)
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"The Damned United beautifully demonstrates that, if you pair a truly gifted screenwriter with terrific actors, cinematic magic is possible, perhaps even likely."
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Steve Rhodes
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25%
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
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"Its preposterous plot usually requires a generous suspension of disbelief. But for all of the promises of the narrative, which is filled with many genuine twists and shocks, the overall result is surprising flat."
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Steve Rhodes
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63%
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Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) (2009)
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"A droll and humorless story, it is a lifeless rendition of the early life of Coco Chanel before she became famous."
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Steve Rhodes
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84%
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Whip It (2009)
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"In a role that cries out for quirkiness, Barrymore has Page playing it as straight as possible. Since Page is the queen of quirk, this makes little sense. Still, the result is a solid performance in an entertaining movie."
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Steve Rhodes
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39%
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Surrogates (2009)
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"Always intriguing but never involving."
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Steve Rhodes
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78%
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The Informant! (2009)
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"This extremely bizarre movie is told with off-puttingly zany music. ... For most of it, I stared at the screen with my mouth open in a you've-got-to-be-kidding look."
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Steve Rhodes
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7%
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Whiteout (2009)
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"A tolerably entertaining film starring the weather."
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Steve Rhodes
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92%
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The Way We Get By (2009)
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"A poignant and lovingly constructed documentary ... and, even though it doesn't wear its politics on its sleeve, it is quite a patriotic picture."
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Steve Rhodes
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91%
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District 9 (2009)
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"Gross but fascinating ... it held my attention from start to finish."
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Steve Rhodes
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37%
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
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"While the time traveling concept is consistently intriguing, the movie itself more often fizzles than sizzles."
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Steve Rhodes
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63%
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Adam (2009)
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"Adam is easily one of the best pictures of the year. ... As I left the theater, the world seemed like it had somehow become a better place."
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Steve Rhodes
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75%
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Julie & Julia (2009)
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"It's a delicious concoction of two delectable stories, but the surprise is that Amy Adams sweetly understated performance goes down much easier than Meryl Streep's showy shtick, which too often becomes almost indigestibly larger than life."
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Steve Rhodes
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86%
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Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) (Lorna's Silence) (2008)
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"Slow and plodding, the movie still manages to keep you interested in where it is headed. The ending, however, is completely unresolved and borderline bizarre."
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Steve Rhodes
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13%
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The Ugly Truth (2009)
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"The ugly truth is that Gerard Butler's fingers-across-the-blackboard performance makes The Ugly Truth painful to endure."
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Steve Rhodes
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29%
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Irene in Time (2009)
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"Somehow, for all of her flaws, Irene slowly and surprisingly worked her way into my heart. Because of this, I found the film's ending particularly effective and poignant."
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Steve Rhodes
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87%
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
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"It is so absolutely adorable that, as the ending credits were rolling, I had the overwhelming urge to wrap my arms around the movie and never let it go. ... The best film of the year."
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Steve Rhodes
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84%
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
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"... consistently visually stunning -- a real feast for the eyes. The story -- not so much."
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Steve Rhodes
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48%
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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
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"Faced with a clear choice between an entirely original story and one told a thousand times before, director and co-writer Nick Cassavetes takes the easy, well trodden path."
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Steve Rhodes
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89%
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Moon (2009)
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"Rockwell's performance is a real tour de force."
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Steve Rhodes
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67%
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Away We Go (2009)
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"You'll enjoy going along with Verona and Burt on their journey, and you'll leave with a smile on your face and a feeling that you're glad you got to know them."
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Steve Rhodes
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51%
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Easy Virtue (2009)
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"A mild comedy of manners set in the Roaring Twenties ... You might think any comedy filled with flappers would be funny, but this one isn't. It deserves no laughs and few smiles."
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Steve Rhodes
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98%
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Up (2009)
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"Up isn't merely good -- it is a thoroughly entertaining film that is downright great."
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Steve Rhodes
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The Last Lullaby (2008)
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"If more movies were as well designed and realized, going to the theater would be dramatically more satisfying. New filmmakers should look at it as a paradigm on how movies should be made."
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Steve Rhodes
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33%
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
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"So how is the latest installment in the long-running Terminator franchise, you ask? Loud! ... You'll feel the entire time like you were trapped in a video game."
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Steve Rhodes
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61%
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Adoration (2008)
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"Writer and director Atom Egoyan is a cinematic master at creating incredibly sad and affecting tone poems to life's morose moments."
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Steve Rhodes
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73%
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Rudo y Cursi (2009)
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"While it's never a bad movie, it is never a memorable one either. It's one of those comedies that produces no laughs, at least not from me."
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Steve Rhodes
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90%
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Every Little Step (2009)
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"Don't be surprised if you, too, shed a tear or two along with the dancers when they are picked for the role of a lifetime. It's that kind of film. It really gets to you, in a good way."
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Steve Rhodes
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95%
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Star Trek (2009)
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"Don't be surprised if you feel just like me when you leave the theater. I was ready and eager to see my newfound friends in their next space adventure."
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Steve Rhodes
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