The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

Admittedly, I am not a fan of the Twilight series. I have never read one of the books but I didn’t hate the first Twilight movie. I thought it kind of worked on its own merits even if it wasn’t for me. However, New Moon is a crushing bore and a mess.Bella Swan (Kristen... More

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The Spirit (2008)

This is the last time someone will let Frank Miller direct. Astoundingly bad, The Spirit is borderline camp for every absurd and bizarre second. It careens all over the place, never settling on a tone. So one minute it will be hardboiled noir and the next it will break... More

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Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

I still am at a loss over the appeal of the motion-capture system that director Robert Zemeckis fancies as of late. The creative mind that gave us classics Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Has embraced a technology that straddles the middle between... More

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Sin Nombre (2009)

Part immigrant drama and part crime thriller, this stirring film is one of the rare instances where I was begging it to be longer. Writer/director Cary Fukunaga intertwines two tales, a southern Mexican family riding atop a train car to reach the U.S. border and the moral... More

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Worst Movies

1. Alone in the Dark (2005)
2. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
3. Primer (2004)
4. The Fog (2005)
5. The Longest Yard (2005)

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Nate's Year-End Wrap-Up for 2008: Better Late than Never

Belated as always, or as I call it, fashionably late, it’s time once again to put the magnifying glass to the cinematic year. So while 2008 wasn’t the artistically daring year that 2007 shaped up to be, it was still a fairly decent year... More

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