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Mark Palermo

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http://www.thecoast.ns.ca

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One Missed Call (2008) 0% EDIT “One Missed Call remakes Takashi Miike's 2003 film as undistinguished college-age horror, except it tries to exploit some people's fear of answering the phone into a feature-length premise.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Aug 19, 2015 Full Review Brothers (2009) 63% EDIT “Brothers is rooted in character-interplay, which Sheridan observes empathetically and from the ground level.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Dec 7, 2009 Full Review 2012 (2009) 40% EDIT “2012 rarely convincingly places its stars in the midst of destruction.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 16, 2009 Full Review The Blind Side (2009) 66% EDIT “Its m.o. isn't understanding or identification, just white self-congratulation.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 16, 2009 Full Review Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) 52% EDIT “The 3-D motion-capture version runs through the motions, except for one detail: It's visually beautiful.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 9, 2009 Full Review The Box (2009) 42% EDIT “Not without interest, The Box opens to a collection of scenes that work and scenes that don't.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 9, 2009 Full Review The Fourth Kind (2009) 18% EDIT “"What you decide is up to you," Jovovich permits us at the end, reducing cinema to an Unsolved Mysteries episode.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 9, 2009 Full Review Inglourious Basterds (2009) 89% EDIT “It's great in parts.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Ponyo (2008) 91% EDIT “Ponyo observes the everyday, magically and truthfully.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Bandslam (2009) 81% EDIT “What keeps Bandslam afloat is the way its sweet moments find weird ways of stepping into convention.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Halloween II (2009) 24% EDIT “By not reaching for empowerment, Halloween II diminishes the horror genre. Nearly every victim is a terrible person.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review The Final Destination (2009) 28% EDIT “Selling bland fatalism to kids, it's the work of crooks.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Sorority Row (2009) 24% EDIT “They're not just college girls. They're B******!” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review The Informant! (2009) 80% EDIT “Soderbergh pokes fun at the self-importance of corporate thrillers.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) 74% EDIT “Insisting on simplifications -- poor equals virtuous, rich equals corrupt -- Moore invites distrust to all but the converted.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Fame (2009) 23% EDIT “The fragmented narrative of high school kids pursuing their dreams (job security) has just barely more feel and understanding of what it's like to be young than 17 Again .” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Zombieland (2009) 89% EDIT “Harrelson and co-star Emma Stone do a good job of embodying comedically hardened B-movie action heroes.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review A Serious Man (2009) 89% EDIT “Larry's spiritual crisis doesn't attain its demanded empathy, leaving A Serious Man as a lesser work by great artists.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Next Day Air (2009) 22% EDIT “Nearly every scene is a play on the perception that the accumulation of wealth will bring social validation and self-worth.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) 81% EDIT “It's Jackson's history of visual iconography that This Is It should aspire to more often.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Nov 4, 2009 Full Review Milk (2008) 93% EDIT “As a true story, it makes great drama - preferable if you don't already know the history.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Punisher: War Zone (2008) 29% EDIT “If you're on the wavelength that can laugh with this stuff instead of laugh at it, Punisher: War Zone is about as fun as commercial cinema gets this season.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) 53% EDIT “Almost every Christmas there's a different version of this movie. Whether a given entry works depends on its character-interplay, and that makes Nothing Like the Holidays pretty good.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Pride and Glory (2008) 35% EDIT “Hokum.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Oct 28, 2008 Full Review Max Payne (2008) 16% EDIT “Take in the pleasure, because Max Payne is the most beautiful video game adaptation yet.” – The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Oct 28, 2008 Full Review
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