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6 votes
The Adjustment Bureau
Reviewed by lotr23
Water is such a powerful thing (when you think about it, it can save your life but it's also powerful enough to kill you) that it doesn't surprise me that it's often used as a contrivance in movies, or as a way for movie heroes to overcome ... More
Added 13 years ago
10 votes
Restrepo
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Deadliest place on Earth: The Korengal Valley" Shot and produced by photographer Tim Hetherington and journalist Sebastian Junger, Restrepo is one of the most powerful filmic examinations of modern warfare. While embedded in Afghanistan... More
Added 13 years ago
7 votes
Paranormal Activity 2
Reviewed by lotr23
There's an important warning to be issued for anyone interested in watching PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: if you did not see the first film, or if you saw it but don't remember the plot details very well, you may be a little bit confused about thi... More
Added 13 years, 5 months ago
8 votes
Paul
Reviewed by Rossjm
Good, cinematic entertainment? You can count on it. A good, fresh comedy? Far from it. Paul is full of forced jokes, based on unnecessary vulgar language and ridiculous, hasty set ups. On top of this, the visual gags are pointed out by the ... More
Added 13 years, 1 month ago
7 votes
Sicko
Reviewed by Lexi
''So there was actually one place on American soil with free, universal healthcare.'' [cut to ariel picture of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba] ''That's all I needed to know.'' A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health car... More
Added 15 years, 4 months ago
12 votes
Munich
Reviewed by Lexi
''We are supposed to be righteous. That's a beautiful thing. And we're losing it. If I lose that, that's everything. That's my soul.'' Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the o... More
Added 15 years, 3 months ago
9 votes
The King's Speech
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"If I am King, where is my power? Can I declare war? Form a government? Levy a tax? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them." Essentially the Rocky of speech impediment movies, Th... More
Added 13 years, 1 month ago
13 votes
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Reviewed by Lexi
''The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.'' While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke. Mark Hamill: Luke Sky... More
Added 15 years, 7 months ago
6 votes
The Breakfast Club
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?" During the decade of the 80s John Hughes certainly had his share of classic teen flicks. Among some of his classic was Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles and of course The Brea... More
Added 15 years, 11 months ago
8 votes
Closer
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Where is this love? I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words." For veteran filmmaker Mike Nichols, Closer is not unfamiliar terrain. Comparison... More
Added 14 years, 2 months ago
20 votes
Inception
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"You're asking me for Inception. I hope you do understand the gravity of that request." The critical mind boggles when confronted with the challenge of reviewing Inception. It's not that this is a particularly difficult movie to review, but... More
Added 13 years, 8 months ago
5 votes
21
Reviewed by Prelude
This movie was great!.... when I saw it 4 years ago, as a Canadian-made film called 'The Last Casino'. That's Hollywood for ya - no more original ideas left. They had to steal all Canadian actors, now they're stealing our movies too.... More
Added 15 years, 11 months ago
8 votes
The Fighter (2010)
Reviewed by lotr23
If there's something I've said in several other reviews of movies that are inherently cliche-based that deserves to be repeated here, it's this: if you can do something interesting with the conventional material you're working with, or if y... More
Added 13 years, 3 months ago
8 votes
Let Me In
Reviewed by lotr23
Those who read the synopsis for LET ME IN and aren't familiar with the Swedish film on which it is based, will be forgiven to think "Well, isn't it just TWILIGHT in reverse, with the girl as the vampire instead?" That's what goes to show yo... More
Added 13 years, 4 months ago
5 votes
Jingle All the Way
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"This can't happen. It's just a doll. It's just a stupid little plastic doll." After the tremendously successful Home Alone - which was produced on a $15 million budget and grossed almost half a billion worldwide - a sleuth of similar ho... More
Added 14 years, 3 months ago
10 votes
Orphan
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"I have a special surprise for you, Mommy!" In motion pictures, it's a widespread belief that children are the embodiment of pure evil. Perhaps not all kids are the spawn of Satan, but horror filmmakers realise that evil disguised behind th... More
Added 14 years, 2 months ago
6 votes
Fast Food Nation
Reviewed by Vix
Fast Food Nation takes a look at how the fast food industry affects people's lives and by doing so examines fast food culture, corporate america and illegal immigration. It is based on Eric Schlosser's non-fiction book of the same title. ... More
Added 16 years, 7 months ago
8 votes
The Town
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"This is the not-fucking-around crew, so get me something that looks like a print because this not fucking around thing is about to go both ways." When Gone Baby Gone entered multiplexes in 2007, Ben Affleck soared from a tolerable star ... More
Added 13 years, 4 months ago