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Posts tagged as: new review
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Christine saw the highly-anticipated (by her) R-rated flick from writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan called The Happening. Unfortunately, even though she’s a fan of Shyamalan, she only gave it two stars. She says,
Let me start by saying I’m an M. Night Shyamalan fan. I love The Village and The Sixth Sense. Signs is one of my favorite movies of all time. Unfortunately, his last movie Lady in the Water wasn’t so great. It had an interesting premise. I didn’t love it, but I also didn’t hate it like most people did. I had high hopes for The Happening. It was M. Night’s first foray into the R-rated territory. The TV spots and the red band trailer looked great. Sadly, I was disappointed yet again.
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Katy checked out the movie version of the super-popular TV show Sex and the City and gave it four and a half stars. She says,
I was a huge fan of the series and I am glad that they are finally attempting to tie up all loose ends and give their stories a satisfying and sweet sense of closure. But, there were definitely bumps along the way.
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Mike saw the John Cusack drama Grace Is Gone and gave it a glowing five-star review. He says,
It just seems like John Cusack gets better and better, the older he gets. He picks fantastic movies, with amazing stories, and just nails performances…If you’re a Cusack fan (as I am), this movie needs to be seen. It’s depressing as hell, but absolutely worth seeing. John is simply amazing.
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Mike checked out the Spanish-language semi-thriller The Orphanage and wasn’t impressed. He says,
It’s another one of those “we tried to make an ‘aha!’ ending, and just confused the hell out of you” types of movies. The downside, is that you don’t want to sit and figure this one out.
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Mike reviewed the fourth Indiana Jones film, and wasn’t too happy with it. He says,
The action, the music, the theme song, the fights. What’s not to love about an Indiana Jones movie? How about a lack of originality? A lame storyline? Hardly any noteworthy fights?
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Christine watched the Diane Lane cyber thriller Untraceable and says,
One minute and thirty seconds into the movie, I thought I knew who the bad guy was. I was wrong, but I actually think I would have liked the movie more had I been right…It’s not the best thriller I’ve ever seen but it’s definitely a good one.
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Katy reviewed the David Mamet martial arts movie Redbelt. She says,
After I watched the trailer for the first time, I was thinking this was going to be a dream for martial arts fans, with as much physical combat and spectacular aerial stunts as one would want. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu may be the focal point, but if you’re looking for a full-throttle, beat-your-ass action movie, you may be disappointed.
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Katy checked out the Wachowski Brothers follow-up to the Matrix trilogy, Speed Racer. Despite the bright lights, fast cars, and unbelievable CGI, Katy wasn’t impressed. She says,
Go, Speed Racer, Go? No, Speed Racer, No. At least not with this film. In multiple reviews, I have made comments about certain movies that ran too long and stretched what little action and plot they had, and you can count this one among them. Did it really need to run for over two hours? No way! Despite all the eye candy, this certainly didn’t make me cheer all that hard for our hero. It’s marginal, at best.
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Mike checked out the latest superhero movie to hit theaters, Iron Man starring Robert Downey, Jr. He says,
The action was good, the special effects were impressive. But there could have been more of both. The flying scenes were cool, the explosions were fun, and the fighting was pretty unique. I just felt like there could have been more of it.
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Katy checked out the SNL-fest that is Baby Mama, but wasn’t too impressed. She says,
Unfortunately, despite the chuckles and guffaws (as well as chatter) amongst the good-sized crowd in the theater, I didn’t find it to be all that humorous. As many of us dread, the funniest moments of the film were given away in the trailer.
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Katy reviewed the latest martial arts action film starring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li. She wasn’t as impressed as she had hoped:
Anyway, my mind did dawdle through most of it, with such a lukewarm and predictable plot, and especially during the training montage and the end result. It wasn’t a terrible movie, but I do hope that Li and Chan team up again, preferably in a hardcore action film. We know what they can do, kids, but many of us desire to see their skills, abilities, and years of training to be displayed in a different package.
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Katy reviewed the cop drama Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, and a ton of other people. She says,
Originally, I had pretty high hopes that they would be a nice thrill ride. Those hopes weren’t completely obliterated. For those of you who are crime and action film fans, here is what you can look forward to: lots of people get the crap kicked out of them, plenty of shooting, tons of swearing, and some nice wisecracks to add some much needed levity. Yet, there was nothing out of the ordinary that screams “must see.”
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Release Date 7/2/2008 
