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• Spice Up Your Movie-Going

  Published: August 12, 2007, 9:23 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  become one of those films undeservedly associated with “needing” to do drugs before watching, joining Fantasia and Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Before that happens, get out to see it sober, so you can let the movie itself expand your mind.

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• No Weddings And A Wrong Box

  Published: August 18, 2007, 9:51 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  death. Daniel has a desire to be a writer, but has to live in his famous novelist brother’s shadow. Jane has to live with not being good enough in Daniel’s mother’s eyes. They both have to live under his parents’ roof until they can afford their own apartment. They also have to deal with being in charge of putting

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• Not Bad Meaning “Bad,” But Bad Meaning Good!

  Published: August 19, 2007, 8:47 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  the girls that each of them desires. Throughout the evening, the trio gets separated and reunited during a variety of hilarious situations. From a fatefully timed liquor store robbery to a much scarier adults party. From dealing with two of the most irresponsible cops ever to attempting to score with the women of their dreams. Along the way they

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• Good God, Y’all!

  Published: August 26, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  War. What is it good for? About an hour and a half of middling, brain-numbing entertainment. If average action scenes, inane dialog and watching two great careers teeter on the edge of the drain is your idea of entertainment. The plot, what there is, centers around FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham). It’s been three years since his

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• This Michael is NO Angel

  Published: August 31, 2007, 7:43 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  take this moment for one desperate plea to Hollywood: Please, for the love of everything horror-related, do not touch Friday the 13th or A Nightmare on Elm Street! DVD Recommendation: This is a no-brainer: Get yourself a copy of both Carpenter’s original and Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects. You do not need to see House of 1,000

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• The Title Says It All

  Published: September 7, 2007, 5:34 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  “Ace of Spades,” until we got to the one done to AC/DC’s “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It).” I was bouncing along in my seat, giggling like a schoolgirl. This is an entertaining, loud, stunt and fun-filled time at the movies. Leave your brain at home and prepare to grin from ear to ear for ninety

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• All Aboard!

  Published: September 9, 2007, 8:01 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  The Western is one of the most resilient genres around. It can be tacked on to most any of the other genres and make an entertaining story, as long as the core to the Western portion is still there. That core is the morality play. Even if there is no physical traveling, a great Western should show the journey of a person as they find their true

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• Ping But No Pong

  Published: September 9, 2007, 6:44 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  I am a big fan of James Hong. Ever since his Academy Award-ignored performance as David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China. The man has been in almost every movie or TV show you can think of. From Blade Runner to “T.J. Hooker,” the man is everywhere. Plus, he auditioned for the role of Sulu. How cool is that? As a friend of mine

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• Revenge Without Glorification

  Published: September 16, 2007, 7:54 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  Vigilantism in film has taken many different forms, from Death Wish all the way to Batman. There is a reason, though, why the majority of these films can be called “Revenge Fantasies.” No matter how hard they try they cannot be truly grounded in reality. They can prey all they want on our fears of violation and loss of loved ones. In

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• You Made Me…Eastern Promises

  Published: September 21, 2007, 9:58 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  Fly and the gut-wrenching destruction of the Nuclear Family of A History of Violence in one career? He has explored the forbidden with Crash, made a Stephen King novel all his own with The Dead Zone and blown our minds, literally, with Scanners. Not to mention he made a fantastic movie from William S. Burrough’s drug trip of a novel

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• “Evil” Triumphs Again

  Published: September 23, 2007, 7:58 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  Let’s face facts here. Since Resident Evil: Extinction is the third in this series, you already know if you are going to see it or not. Let me just say, as a fan of the first two, that this one stands up to the others. By jumping forward five years, to after the world has been decimated by the T-Virus, the story keeps things fresh. The

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• The Quiet “Valley”

  Published: September 23, 2007, 7:38 pm

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  sit on the desks.” Besides that he said, and I am paraphrasing here, “Sometimes silence can say more than words.” I have always loved movies that are not afraid to let the actions tell the story rather than relying completely on the dialog. One of the reasons I love the films of David Lynch. Another movie that

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• Horror Fans UNITE!!!!!

  Published: September 24, 2007, 11:54 am

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  convince them that people in Des Moines also want to watch these films. I know tons of people who would go to it, especially since it’s at a normal hour and not a Midnight show. So call the Century or, if you’re there, inquire in person and make your voice heard. As loyal film goers, we deserve to be rewarded with these little gems.

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• My “Kingdom” For A Better Movie

  Published: September 30, 2007, 10:09 am

  Tags: West Des Moines, Community Movie Critics

  resistance from all sides as they struggle to discover how the attack was carried out and by whom. The Kingdom is basically an action film that really wanted to be something more. It tries so hard to be a more intelligent thriller and show us the difficulties Americans face when trying to mesh with a completely different culture. All it

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• Iowa a Key Test for Democrats

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

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  CORALVILLE, Iowa, Oct. 6 -- From the high altitude of national polls, the race for the Democratic nomination may seem a potential runaway for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.). From ground level in the state with the nation's first presidential caucuses, a far different reality exists. Here Clin...

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