Category: Movie Reviews
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Land of the Dead
Cast: Simon Baker, Asia Argento, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Robert Joy Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director’s long-awaited return to the genre he invented, beginning with the seminal Night of the Living Dead and continuing with Dawn of the Dead and Day of the…
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Herbie Fully Loaded
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Start your engines! Herbie, the most beloved car star of them all, is back and Lindsay Lohan’s got him in Disney’s all new revved-up comedy adventure, HERBIE: FULLY LOADED. Lohan stars as Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 – the…
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Batman Begins
Cast: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Michael Caine Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Batman Begins explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight’s emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents’ murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means…
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High Tension
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Maiwenn Nahon, Cecile de France Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a…
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Cast: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Kerry Washington Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: John and Jane Smith is an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something the other would kill to know: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing…
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High Tension
Cast: Philippe Nahon, Maiwenn Nahon, Cecile de France Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a…
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Cinderella Man
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti Studio: Universal Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Academy Award®-winning producer Brian Grazer, director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (all Oscar® winners for 2001’s A Beautiful Mind) are reunited with Oscar® winner Russell Crowe for the Universal Pictures-Miramax Films-Imagine Entertainment production, Cinderella Man. Starring opposite Crowe is two-time Oscar®…
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Lords of Dogtown
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson Studio: Sony Rating: 5.5/10 In the 1970s, a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as “Dogtown” in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, the Z-Boys, known for their aggressive style and hard street…
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Madagascar
Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Ben Stiller (“Meet the Parents”), Chris Rock (“Chris Rock Never Scared”), David Schwimmer (TV’s “Friends”) and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Collateral”) star as the voices of four zoo animals who hang up when they hear the call of the wild. Alex the Lion…
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The Longest Yard
Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds Studio: Paramount Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: “The Longest Yard” is the story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Reynolds), who are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards,…