Legion
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Directed by: Scott Stewart
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Starring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Kate Walsh
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Plot: “An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race, when God loses faith in humankind.”
Review: God’s clearly furious with humanity if he delivered this crap. (D)
Invictus
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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
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Plot: “Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.”
Review: Who knew Rugby was this sentimental? (B)
Daybreakers
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Directed by: Michael and Peter Spierig
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Starring: Ethan Hawke, Claudia Karvan, William Dafoe
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Plot: “In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.”
Review: Gory fun, but often without the fun (C-)
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The Lovely Bones
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Directed by: Peter Jackson
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Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Whalberg, Rachel Weisz
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Plot: “A young girl, who has been murdered, watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.”
Review: Sentimental, psychedelic garbage - but Stanley Tucci was damn evil! (C)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
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Directed by: Terry Gilliam
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Starring: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits
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Plot: “A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.”
Review: Weird, disjointed and beautiful - the perfect last film for Heath. (B)
Pirate Radio (AKA The Boat That Rocked)
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Directed by: Richard Curtis
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Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost
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Plot: “A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.”
Review: This movie did indeed rock … at least, the music part did. (B-)
The Blind Side
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Directed by: John Lee Hancock
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Starring: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw
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Plot: “The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.”
Review: Bullock deserved her Oscar, everything else deserved my money back. (B-)
It’s Complicated
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Directed by: Nancy Meyers
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Starring: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alex Baldwin
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Plot: “When attending their son’s college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship…but the complicated fact is they’re divorced and he’s remarried.”
Review: Over 45? You’ll love it. Under 45? Eh. (B+)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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Directed by: Guy Ritchie
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Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams
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Plot: “Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.”
Review: The real mystery? Why did everyone like it so much? (C+)
The Cove
Review: Unbelivivably powerful, in every sense of the word. (A)
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