Category: Reviews
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‘Girl in Progress’ isn’t the good film it could have been
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A teen girl whose mother is far too busy messing up her own life to parent her daughter decides she needs to hasten her transition to adulthood and chooses a novel approach to achieve that…
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Check in to ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
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A group of elderly Brits travel to India to enjoy their golden years at what they thought was a luxurious hotel converted to a retirement home.
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‘Dark Shadows’ isn’t Johnny Depp / Tim Burton’s worst… but not best either
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The first and only TV soap opera to ever feature a vampire as the star gets the big screen treatment with Johnny Depp as the famed Barnabas Collins.
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Kathleen Turner delivers in uneven ‘The Perfect Family’
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Kathleen Turner is back in the suburbs and back in fine form.
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‘Headhunters’ (a.k.a. Hodejegerne) is a first-rate thriller
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The Norwegian film Headhunters is so good plans are already in motion to remake it ala Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
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‘The Avengers’ is a work of superhero beauty
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There are six certifiable heroes each worthy of a feature film each played by a superstar actor capable of carrying a feature film.
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‘The Avengers’ is not perfect but is a lot of fun
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The Avengers finally comes to the big screen and their debut is a smashing success.
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‘Bernie’ is brilliant
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Theres a rich old widow in Carthage a small town in Texas and theres nothing Bernie Tiede mortician loves than being nice to old widows. Until he meets Marjorie Nugent
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‘The Five-Year Engagement’ desperately needs more laughs
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Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are a couple who are in love but cant seem to get to the altar.