Category: Movie Reviews
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Hustle & Flow
Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, DJ Qualls Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Hustle & Flow” is the redemptive story of a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Though DJay (Terrence Howard) has always had a way with words, that gift has long been misused; this philosopher-hustler lives…
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The Devil’s Rejects
Cast: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The follow-up to his 2003 horror hit HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, Rob Zombie’s THE DEVIL’S REJECTS continues the story of a bizarre group of very odd people who like to torture, maim, and kill virtually everyone they come in contact…
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Million Dollar Baby
Cast: Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood Studio: Warner Bros Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwood returns to the director’s chair for MILLION DOLLAR BABY. Eastwood also stars, in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager…
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Wedding Crashers
Cast: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken Studio: New Line Cinema Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In the outrageous comedy, Wedding Crashers, divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners and life-long friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby…crashing weddings! Whatever the ethnicity of the wedding party – Jewish,…
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie (FREDDIE HIGHMORE) gladly shares with his mother (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) and father (NOAH TAYLOR) and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny,…
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The Fantastic Four
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Inventor, astronaut and scientist Dr. Reed Richards’ (Ioan Gruffudd) lifelong dream is close to being realized. He is spearheading a trip to outer space, to the center of a cosmic storm. There he hopes to unlock the secrets of the human genetic…
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Dark Water
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, Dougray Scott Studio: Touchstone Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Acclaimed director Walter Salles (“Central Station,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”) helms and Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly stars in DARK WATER, a psychological thriller featuring a stellar cast, including Academy Award®-nominees John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, and Pete Postlethwaite, as well as Dougray Scott…
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Hide And Seek
Cast: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen Studio: Fox Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Come out, come out, wherever you are!” That command is familiar to everyone who has played the children’s game, Hide and Seek. The words and game take us back to an innocent, carefree time in our lives, where the simple goal…
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War of the Worlds
Cast: Tom Cruise, Miranda Otto, Dakota Fanning Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: On June 29th, 2005, Earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes “War of the Worlds,” directed by Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells’s seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals…
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Bewitched
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine Studio: Columbia Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In Columbia Pictures’ beguiling romantic comedy, Bewitched, an all-star cast led by Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine cast their spell on the movie version of one of TV’s most memorable and beloved shows under the direction of Nora…