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Posts tagged as: new review
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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.”
Read Katy’s full review »
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Christine reviewed the new Judd Apatow-produced comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, starring and written by Jason Segel.
Every once in a while, a movie lives up to its hype. I am so glad that one of those movies is Forgetting Sarah Marshall…The movie is hilarious…I definitely recommend going to see this in the theater.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall will be in theaters next Friday, April 18th.
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Christine watched the George Clooney / John Krasinski football comedy Leatherheads. She says,
I liked the movie, but I didn’t love it…The movie is funny, but not laugh-out-loud funny. It doesn’t focus enough on either the romance or the football to be strictly a romantic comedy or strictly a sports movie. The slapstick scenes, however, are perfectly executed.
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Christine reviewed horror movie The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella of the same name. She says,
Overall it was a great horror flick. The monsters weren’t nearly as scary as they were in my imagination, but then again they never are. It had its cheap scares, blood & gore, and even a heavy sense of dread that most horror movies can’t seem to muster up. I definitely recommend picking this one up.
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Katy reviewed the new Simon Pegg flick (directed by Friends‘ David Schwimmer) and says,
In all honesty, while this was a genuinely cute movie, this really cannot compare to the sheer hilarity of Pegg’s performance alongside Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz.
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Christine reviewed the movie version of the Broadway musical and London legend Sweeney Todd. Her five-star review says,
The movie is entertaining, which is all we’re really looking for in a movie…The ending is a tightly orchestrated masterpiece – absolutely my favorite part of the film. I definitely recommend watching this, if you can deal with the musical aspect of it and can stomach the blood. It’s a must-see.
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Release Date 9/5/2008 
