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Joel Brown

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The Darkest Hour (2011) 12% 1/4 EDIT “"Darkest Hour'' doesn't have even as much character as those Discover commercials.” – Boston Globe Dec 27, 2011 Full Review Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) 10% 1/4 EDIT “You know there is something wrong with a movie when even David Cross in a giant pelican suit isn't funny.” – Boston Globe Dec 15, 2011 Full Review Echelon Conspiracy (2009) 0% 1/4 EDIT “Combines a righteous message about out-of-control government surveillance with the old computer-gone-haywire plot to make - well, not very much, actually.” – Boston Globe Nov 24, 2011 Full Review Norman (2010) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Byrd and Jenkins earn the film its critical points, but the screenplay has too many moments that feel network-TV-bland.” – Boston Globe Oct 25, 2011 Full Review Apollo 18 (2011) 24% 1.5/4 EDIT “For most horror fans it will be kind of a snooze.” – Boston Globe Sep 5, 2011 Full Review Second Skin (2008) 60% 2/4 EDIT “Most of the movie's revelations will be old hat to anyone who's paid modest attention to pop culture for the last 10 or 15 years.” – Boston Globe Aug 13, 2009 Full Review Under Our Skin (2008) 81% 2/4 EDIT “Heartbreaking stories of patients suffering life-shattering illness make "Under Our Skin'' compelling. It would have been an even better movie if the filmmakers had been more diligent in following the money.” – Boston Globe Aug 6, 2009 Full Review A Man Among Giants (2009) 2/4 EDIT “Tunstall is a raw character, a troubled unit. It's not quite clear what Webber and Lewis are.” – Boston Globe Jul 9, 2009 Full Review The Girl From Monaco (2008) 48% 2/4 EDIT “The Girl From Monaco doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be a sprightly sex comedy or an enigmatic little thriller. Unfortunately, it's neither very funny nor very thrilling.” – Boston Globe Jul 3, 2009 Full Review Dragonball: Evolution (2009) 14% 2/4 EDIT “The giddy, anything-goes spirit of Japanese manga comics and Hong Kong martial arts flicks animates Dragonball Evolution. Not enough to make it a good movie, mind you, but enough so you won't hate yourself if you sit through it with the kids.” – Boston Globe Apr 13, 2009 Full Review Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) 31% 1/4 EDIT “Director Patrick Tatopoulos was responsible for the creature effects in the two earlier installments, but he's not great at staging fights or directing actors.” – Boston Globe Jan 26, 2009 Full Review We Are Wizards (2008) 50% 2.5/4 EDIT “The documentary sweetly focuses our attention on the way human creativity transforms everything around it. Often in the nuttiest of ways, true. But still, it's a good thing.” – Boston Globe Jan 22, 2009 Full Review Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (2008) 50% 2/4 EDIT “It would be as funny as a Christopher Guest mockumentary if it weren't also so sad.” – Boston Globe Jan 16, 2009 Full Review It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) 90% 3/4 EDIT “This is a mostly forgotten gem.” – Boston Globe Jan 9, 2009 Full Review
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