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Saw 3D Review

Oct 30, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Beginning in 2004, the Saw franchise has been synonymous with Halloween weekend. Although it is typically categorized as horror, Saw and its sequels are actually gruesome thrillers with intricate plots and twisted endings. The latest entry ups the ante with additional traps, welcomes flashbacks of Jigsaw and returning characters from previous installments. Saw fanatics are a feisty brood and they will no doubt enjoy, albeit with bittersweet ambivalence, the final chapter to the long-running series.

5.5

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Hereafter Review

Oct 25, 2010 | Steven Chaitman | Movie Reviews

The eternal question of “what happens after we die?” is about as enigmatic as the kind of film Clint Eastwood’s latest, Hereafter, tries to be. Supernatural? Thriller? Relationship drama? The film will likely defy most audience expectations, so to be helpful, the answer is all of the above, but mostly “c.) relationship drama,” final answer.

6.5

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Paranormal Activity 2 Review

Oct 22, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Paranormal Activity 2 expands the world set in the first, focusing on Katie’s (Katie Featherston) sister Kristi (Sprague Grayden) and her family, welcoming newborn Hunter to the family and taking place three months prior to the events of the first film. After returning home to find their house completely trashed (with nothing stolen), the family has several security cameras installed to investigate the source, recording a series of escalating events whose only cause can be supernatural.

7.5

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Jackass 3D Review

Oct 18, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Jackass 3D is another quality entry into the series of the same name. Those who enjoy the antics and hilarity of the previous two films will enjoy it. If you didn’t like the last two, then there’s nothing here that will change your mind.

7.5

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RED Review

Oct 16, 2010 | Simon Brookfield | Movie Reviews

You’re wrinkly, have health issues and your age is higher than the calibre of your gun. So what’s a senior to do? Why get a bigger gun of course. The cast truly is great in RED, and I don’t simply mean the actors in general; they simply all give full-on great, funny performances. The subtle (but hilarious) underlying lament of these characters is they all reminisce over their past lives as hardened assassins and pine just to kill one more little ol’ person.

4.0

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Secretariat Review

Oct 11, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Sports dramas have the power to entertain, to uplift, to inspire. Unfortunately, Disney’s Secretariat does none of those things. Besides the dull and vapid writing that poorly tells the racehorse’s incredible story, the real problem here is director Randall Wallace. He never infuses Secretariat with any tension or true conflict whatsoever, preferring formulaic scene set-ups and tired clichés.

1.6

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My Soul to Take Review

Oct 8, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Filled with embarrassingly obvious tangents, plot holes, and low quality 3-D effects, Wes Craven’s latest flick, My Soul to Take, is a muddled and terribly paced failure to thrill or even entertain. In fact, it might just be the most poorly crafted film of the year.

7.0

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Tamara Drewe Review

Oct 8, 2010 | Kieran Freemantle | Movie Reviews

Gemma Arterton is quickly emerging as one of cinema’s next biggest stars, having major roles in St. Trinian’s, Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans and Prince of the Persia: The Sands of Time. She has now landed her first leading role in the comic adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ graphic novel as the very sexy Tamara Drewe.

6.6

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Buried Review

Oct 7, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

Buried centers solely, and I mean solely, upon Paul Conroy. He is a trucker working in Iraq who is overtaken, captured, and buried by locals. He awakens to find himself entombed with a phone, lighter, and writing utensil. The next 90 minutes are his frantic attempt at rescue via phone call, after phone call, after phone call. And therein lays the major problem with any single place film — inevitable boredom.

9.0

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The Social Network Review

Oct 3, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Reviews

The Social Network, however is not some insouciant attempt to capitalize on the world’s most popular social networking site for revenue purposes. It is a loaded drama that unlike most based-on-true stories, is a bit unforgiving of its “protagonist” (or anyone else for that matter) and unafraid to handle the unflattering side of human nature. Check the idea of this being a “Facebook movie” aside; this is the story of what can happen in today’s age when an arguably stolen idea can be born at a frat party and turn into a $25-billion-dollar property in fewer than 10 years.

Saw 3D Review

Hereafter Review

Paranormal Activity 2 Review

Jackass 3D Review

RED Review

Secretariat Review

My Soul to Take Review

Tamara Drewe Review

Buried Review

The Social Network Review

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