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Citizen Kane

Overdrive movie review: dumb and dubious

Tue, Aug 15, 2017
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More plot holes than plot, this overly convoluted, deeply stupid Fast and Furious wannabe is crammed with clichés and memorable only when it’s laughable.

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question of the day: What’s the worst movie ending ever?

Mon, Jan 07, 2013
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It doesn’t necessarily have to be from a terrible film. I can imagine someone otherwise loving Citizen Kane who thinks the discovery of Rosebud’s identity at the end is howlingly idiotic.

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question of the day: Of all the films you’ve ever seen, which one would you consider the greatest?

Thu, Aug 02, 2012
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I want to know what you think makes a movie great, and how your personal greatest film impacted your determination of what makes for great cinema in general.

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question of the day: What films have you lied about seeing?

Thu, May 05, 2011
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As with many other lies of all kinds, it’s often easy to get caught in a lie… but is it easier to pretend you’ve seen a movie you haven’t seen when the content of such a movie has been discussed so frequently that it’s easy to fake it?

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cinematic roots of: ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’

Fri, Feb 11, 2011
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In Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, the reincarnation of an ancient demigod of music casts a spell over entire nations, and promises to bring peace to the planet, if only all those teenage girls would stop rioting. This flick sprang from (among other films)…

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There Will Be Blood movie review: Citizen Plainview

Fri, Dec 28, 2007
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There Will Be Blood slaps you in the face. It’s Joe Pesci in Goodfellas raging, “Do I amuse you? Do I entertain you?” in that way that suggests that it could not give two figs what you think of it.

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