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Epic review: you can’t stop the rot

Wed, May 22, 2013
21 comments

Ironically, nothing feels organic here, and certainly nothing feels magical…

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monkey in the middle (Chimpanzee review)

Fri, May 03, 2013
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Cuteness proximity alert! Cuteness proximity alert!

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Stephenie Meyer has found a whole new way for teen girls to be conflicted about sex (The Host review)

Thu, Apr 04, 2013
26 comments

Did Neo come to see that the Agents had the right way of things? Did Luke eventually realize that the Empire was a stabilizing force in the galaxy? But poor Melanie is suffering from the ultimate case of Stockholm Syndrome.

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Jack the Giant Slayer (review)

Fri, Mar 22, 2013
8 comments

Keeps trying to fly off into potentially fascinating directions and then getting yanked back into a mushy mediocrity…

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The Croods (review)

Wed, Mar 20, 2013
30 comments

Was this secretly produced by the Institute for Creation Research?

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Oz the Great and Powerful (review)

Thu, Mar 07, 2013
30 comments

Exactly what you expect it to be. Unless you were expecting some Sam Raimi nutso. (new DVD/VOD US/Can)

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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (85th Academy Awards) (review)

Thu, Feb 07, 2013
5 comments

“Paperman” might be the most romantic movie of the year…

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Life of Pi (review)

Thu, Dec 20, 2012
6 comments

Fanciful and visually lavish, yet very grounded in human reality.

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Chasing Ice (review)

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
2 comments

Could this be the thing that finally makes the doubters wake up and smell the global warming? (new DVD UK)

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review)

Mon, Dec 10, 2012
90 comments

No, not all who wander are lost. But doesn’t mean that some who wander aren’t lost. Such as Peter Jackson, with his first-of-three-parts big-screen adaptation of The Hobbit.

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