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THE SIMPSONS MOVIE: Just What You'd Expect, Not That That's A Bad Thing

THE SIMPSONS TV show has been on the air for almost two decades. If you stop to think about it, that’s longer than many of you have been around. What it’s done that you probably hav

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: RAZOR: Cuts Like A Knife

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: RAZOR is an extended, tie-in episode that weaves new narrative threads into the established plotlines of GALACTICA’s first three seasons. While this approach prev

OCEAN'S THIRTEEN: Deals A Pretty Good Hand

The great thing about OCEAN’S 11 was that it kept you guessing about how this band of über-suave grifters planned to pull off the heist of the century. And,
Then came OCEAN’S 12, wh

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX:

The producers of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF PHOENIX are to be congratulated on a number of significant accomplishments. PHOENIX is the fifth film in the series and David Heyman and

FRACTURE: Fails To Break Any New Ground

For every new role that he accepts, I’m pretty sure Sir Anthony Hopkins has to turn down a hundred scripts that call for him to play some bastardized version of Hannibal Lector. Imagin

THE LAST KISS: Doesn't Last Long

Ugh, I hate Zach Braff. Whose decision was it to make him the sexy nerd posterboy? Whoever it was, I am out to kill them cause I have known a lot of sexy geek guys and he is absolutel

3:10 TO YUMA: It Has Both Brains And Bullets

I knew there was very little chance of 3:10 TO YUMA not being a good movie. With a solid cast and a great director, there’s very little room for error, and I was not at all disappointe

ALPHA DOG: Packs More Bite Than You Think

When ALPHA DOG hit theaters this time last year, I was one of the many who brushed it aside as being another, tired, Justin Timberfake vehicle. When the DVD was released in the spring,

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS: Read The Book, Skip The Movie

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, based on the 2002 memoir
The home of Dr. Finch turns out to be more of a loony bin than the broken home young Augusten shared with his crazed mother and alcohol

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GODFATHER II: A Masterpiece As Good As The Original

Some sequels are inevitable, due to money or, very rarely, story requirements. In the case of THE GODFATHER, the original made such a splash that a sequel was approved before filming on