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Entries from June 2008

Conversations with Other Women (2005)

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I thought the split screen would be much more bothersome than it was. It sort of added to the story greatly. imdb.com When a man and woman flirt with each other at a wedding reception, the sexual tension seems spontaneous. As they break from the party to a hotel room, the flirtation turns into a [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Drama

Dudley Do-Right (1999)

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

When you know it is bad, why do you watch it? Do you really need to see EVERY film Brendan Fraser has been in no matter how much you like him? These are questions the Davis’ need to ask themselves before they decide to record George of the Jungle if this film was any indication. [...]

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Tags: Comedy · Kids/Family · Wow That was Bad

Driving Lessons (2006)

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Ron Weasley in a non-Potter film. Actually not a bad watch. Beautiful panoramas of the English and Scottish country sides. imdb.com A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.

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Tags: Comedy · Drama · Teen

Disturbing Behavior (1998)

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Seems like I have seen this film before. Formulaic. Set up for sequel. imdb.com The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town’s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.

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Tags: Suspense · Wow That was Bad

Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish (1999)

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

imdb.com Two brothers share a house in LA’s Fairfax district: Tony’s a feckless actor, Chris is an accountant. Both are in relationships on rocky ground.

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Tags: Comedy · Drama · Wow That was Bad

Wanted (2008)

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Saw this in the theatre. Great action. Fun. Unrealistic. Big explosions. Lots of guns. All the things you want in an action film. And James McAvoy was great (and adorable). I really enjoyed this. imdb.com “Wanted” tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, we’re introduced to [...]

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Tags: Action · Drama · Suspense

The One (2001)

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Fun effects. Good fights. imdb.com A sheriff’s deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.

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Tags: Action · Drama · Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

imdb.com With their warning about Lord Voldemort’s return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

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Tags: Drama · Kids/Family · Sci-Fi/Fantasy · Suspense