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Colombiana (review)

Tue, Sep 06, 2011
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Colombiana fofana, Zoe Saldana banana. C’mon, sing it with me! C’mon! It makes more sense than the movie, and it’s more entertaining to boot.

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Apollo 18 (review)

Fri, Sep 02, 2011
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Apollo 18 is not scary. It’s not intense. It’s not surprising. It’s supposed to be all these things and fails completely.

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Fright Night movie review: it doesn’t suck

Mon, Aug 29, 2011
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It’s a rare thing, but sometimes digging up the past and giving it another spin is a good thing.

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Swinging with the Finkels (review)

Fri, Aug 26, 2011
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I love Martin Freeman, I really do, but what the hell is this shit?

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Conan the Barbarian (review)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011
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Born on a battlefield! Blood blood blood! Bone crunching! Burn burn burn! In 3D!

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One Day (review)

Wed, Aug 24, 2011
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There’s a lot of would-be wrenching stuff that One Day tries to pull that it doesn’t earn.

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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (review)

Fri, Aug 19, 2011
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There is a conspiracy theory that I’m starting right now that one day back in 1987, as he was driving in the desert outside Austin, Robert Rodriguez was abducted by aliens…

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The Devil’s Double (review)

Thu, Aug 18, 2011
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Hoorah! Time to start mythologizing the reign of Saddam Hussein!

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Cowboys & Aliens (review)

Tue, Aug 16, 2011
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Holy shit, Indiana Jones and James Bond are fighting frickin’ aliens. This is a geekgasm. Or it should be. But it isn’t.

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Sarah’s Key (review)

Fri, Aug 12, 2011
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Asks the tough question: Should we remember every horrid detail of the past, or is it better to sometimes let the past go?

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