Category: Movie Reviews
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman Studio: Fox Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the Separatist droid army, to justice. Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine has…
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Unleashed
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman Studio: Rogue Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Martial arts superstar Jet Li reteams with French writer-director Luc Besson (KISS OF THE DRAGON) in this psychological action film shot in Glasgow, Scotland. Li stars as Danny, a human attack dog for a powerful mobster he calls Uncle Bart (Bob Hoskins, looking resplendent…
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Kicking & Screaming
Cast: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Will Ferrell (Elf, Old School) stars in a lively comedy about the cutthroat, hyper-competitive world … of little league soccer. Kicking & Screaming stars Ferrell as Phil Weston, an average Joe who’s had to put up all his life with his overly competitive father,…
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Crash
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple……
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Kingdom of Heaven
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set in 12th century Europe and the exotic East, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is an epic romantic action film about a young peasant (Orlando Bloom) who becomes a renowned knight, saves a kingdom, and falls in a love with a princess. From…
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House of Wax
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: What begins as a weekend getaway for six friends becomes a terrifying fight for their lives in HOUSE OF WAX, an exciting re-imagining of the 1953 horror classic from Dark Castle Entertainment and producers Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis.…
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XXX: State of the Union
Cast: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Scott Speedman Studio: Revolution Rating: 3/10 CORPORATE LINE: In Revolution Studios’ follow-up to the successful franchise film XXX, NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Cast: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def Studio: Touchstone Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Don’t Panic . . . Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extraordinary adventure across the universe in the hilarious comedy, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very…
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A Lot Like Love
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kal Penn Studio: Touchstone Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight… A LOT LIKE LOVE is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance friendships and happily ever after. A LOT LIKE LOVE traces the relationship…
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The Interpreter
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener Studio: Universal Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman stars for Oscar® winner Sydney Pollack–director of such genre-defining thrillers as The Firm, Absence of Malice and Three Days of the Condor–in The Interpreter, a suspenseful thriller of international intrigue set inside the political corridors of the…