Category: Movie Reviews
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Bad Boys II
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Jordi Molla, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare Studio: Columbia Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: Narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) have been assigned to a high-tech task force investigating the flow of designer ecstasy into Miami. This leads them to a conspiracy involving a vicious Kingpin (Molla),…
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League of Extraordinary Men
Cast: Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend, Tony Curran, Jason Flemyng Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Based very loosely on the Alan Moore graphic novel epic of the same name, this is the story of a group of characters drawn from famous works of literature, including Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, The Invisible Man, Mina…
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush Studio: Disney Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), blacksmith, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) who teams up with the daughter (Keira Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to…
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Freaky Friday
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: A tomboy teenage girl, Annabel (Lohan), and her widowed mother, Ellen (Curtis), who are always arguing with each other, simultaneously wish they could be someone else, they somehow exchange bodies, as they both learn (or in the…
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Terminator 3
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in this third installment of the popular sci-fi action saga as a cyborg from the future once again becoming involved in the affairs of twenty-something John Connor and his first battles with the SkyNet machine network. The Good:…
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Legally Blonde 2
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart, Luke Wilson, Regina King Studio: MGM Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Pink-loving, blonde-haired Harvard Law School graduate Elle Woods (Witherspoon) returns in this sequel, as she turns her legal and fashion-savvy know-how towards getting a bill passed through Congress, relocating a second time, after adapting her Beverly Hills ways…
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Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Cast: Cameron Diaz Studio: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle is a sequel to the blockbuster action-adventure-comedy hit released by Columbia Pictures and inspired by the popular television series. The sequel reunites Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as the indomitable crime-fighting heriones. In the Angels’ new adventure, the captivating trio…
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The Hulk
Cast: Eric Bana Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: In this adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic “The Incredible Hulk,” research scientist Dr. Bruce Banner’s (Eric Bana) failed experiments cause him to mutate into a monstrously powerful and savage green-skinned behemoth whenever he loses control of his emotions. Jennifer Connelly plays his love interest Betty…
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The Italian Job
Cast: Mark Wahlberg Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: A band of thieves, led by Charlie Croker (Wahlberg), pulls off the ultimate heist by rigging the stoplights of the city of Los Angeles so that they can drive right out of the city with a carful of gold (in a safe that they’re stealing back…
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Bruce Almighty
Cast: Jim Carrey Studio: Universal Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Bruce Almighty stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a “human interest” television reporter in Buffalo, New York who is discontented with almost everything in life, despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). At the end of the worst day in his…