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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Loose and Looney

By Rossiter Drake


A drug-addicted lawman on a mission to self-destruct, Nicolas Cage rises to the occasion with a fearless, man-on-a-tight rope showing.
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon

One for the Twi-Hards

By Mel Valentin


Hoping to capitalize on Twilight’s unexpected box-office success and satisfy a teen fanbase — known as Twi-hards — The Twilight Saga: New Moon arrives in multiplexes everywhere only a year after its predecesesor.  Movie Rating Whole StarMovie Rating Whole StarMovie Rating Half Star MORE

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Crossing Boundaries and Generations

By Martin Malloy


Wes Anderson stays true to Roald Dahl's original version of Fantastic Mr. Fox, but also creates a masterpiece that is undeniably his own.
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The House of the Devil

Raising Hell

By Rossiter Drake


Rather than heaping on the gore, The House of the Devil tease the audience along, building the tension slowly before tossing it into the fire face-first.
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Blind Side

A Cinematic Fumble

By Mel Valentin


A shameless attempt to wring emotion from audiences who, by the two-hour mark, will be ready to call it a loss.
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2012

Apocalypse Soon

By Rossiter Drake


The laughably overwrought 2012, does no damage to John Cusack's credibility, and reaffirms his talent for bringing heft to an otherwise weightless exercise.
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Pirate Radio

Sending the Wrong Signals

By Rossiter Drake


If Richard Curtis’ passion for pop wasn’t evident enough in his directorial debut, 2003’s Love Actually, he puts it on full display in Pirate Radio.
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Precious

Struggling to Survive

By Martin Malloy


Precious is filled with heavy, depressing material, and while you’ll sympathize with the story of an abused adolescent girl attempting to escape her demons, the film itself is only a mild victory.
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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Off the Wall, Literally

By Rossiter Drake


Whether The Men Who Stare at Goats is based in reality is ultimately irrelevant — it’s highly entertaining and very funny.
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The Fourth Kind

Uncomfortably Close Encounters

By Matt Forsman


Whether you believe in close encounters of the fourth kind or not, you will be frightened.
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Gentlemen Broncos

A Disappointing Failure

By Mel Valentin


If pink projectile vomiting, explosive snake diarrhea, and other bodily secretions are your idea of fun, then Gentlemen Broncos is for you.  Movie Rating Whole Star MORE
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