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• THE WOODS (2006) Review

  Published: June 19, 2007, 2:58 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  THE WOODS (2006) Heather is a rebellious teen who has been brought to an isolated all-girls school deep within an old forest in an attempt for her to learn some control over herself. Heather is none too keen on the idea, and attempts to worm her way out of it, but to no avail. She meets the headmistress Ms. Traverse, befriends shy Marcy, and

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• HORROR BUSINESS Review

  Published: May 2, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  genre to begin making movies that only requires a camera, a few friends or cheap actors, some fake blood, and a half-decent concept to bring a story to life. While some filmmakers use horror as a springboard to bigger and better things, there are some that are compelled to the point of obsession, to make horror movies no matter the

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• Jaq's Review: No Reservations - Nothing to Chew On

  Published: July 24, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  because it takes a movie which could have been a cute, romantic comedy and turns it into a by-the-numbers rehash of every clich in the book. As icing on the cake, No Reservations isn't even original in its unorginality - it's a remake of the 2002 German film Mostly Martha. In the American version, Catherine Zeta-Jones is Kate, an

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• Jaq's Review: You Kill Me - Dead Funny

  Published: July 24, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  film category for the hitman movie. There have been a number of them through out history: The Professional, Gross Pointe Blank, Coldblooded, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and now, a new one joins the ranks and for me, it's number one… with a bullet. What separates You Kill Me from the rest, though, is that it makes no apologies for its main

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• Ratatouille Review

  Published: July 28, 2007, 9:22 am

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  watch a lot of animated movies and have only seen one or two Pixar movies so I wasn't sure what to expect. The trailers and teaser clips that I had already seen were impressive and I was looking forward to the movie. The first thing that struck me about the movie was how realistic it was. The animation was visually stunning and there was

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• A Crude Awakening

  Published: July 29, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Movies Movie Reviews, Oil

  their lifetimes. Or in the movies this summer, for that matter. It is dark. It is primordial. It is terrifying. It is - The end of oil, as we know it. While technically speaking, oil is running out, for it to go bone dry will take a few lifetimes. But do not dare exhale a sigh of relief. That fact is not relevant to this splendid documentary.

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• Jaq's Review: Danny Boyle's Sunshine - In the Shadow of Art

  Published: July 31, 2007, 7:47 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  the milieu of random monster movie. Life threatening catastrophic events begin happening for no apparent reason other than they need to in order to increase the danger and tension. By the time the monster finally does show up, in a scene pulled in spirit from When a Stranger Calls, frankly, I'm getting bored. Why? This changes the whole dynamic

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• Josh's Review: Shoot Em Up - An Action Classic

  Published: August 1, 2007, 1:57 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  on a carrot for most of the movie and even finds himself spitting out lines like, “what's up doc?" Clearly a sign that this is a film not to be taken seriously, but one that knows who its fans are. Clive Owen's performance in the movie is spot on. His character has very little exposition, but none is needed. We know he is the star of the

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• Cancer took Roger Ebert's voice, not his thumbs up

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Cancer, Cancerous, Critic, Down, Ebert, Film, Films, Gene, Gland, Growth, Movie, Reviews, Richard, Roeper, Roger, Salivary, Screens, Siskel, Site, Speak, Surgery, Television, Thumbs, Web

  up or thumbs down as he reviews movies on his Web site.Starting today, clips from Ebert & Roeper and Ebert's prior episodes of his movie review TV show will be posted here. It just may be the largest collection ever of video-based online movie reviews -- 5,000 movie reviews spanning the past 20 years will be featured.Ebert is not quite

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• Movie Review: Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating

  Published: August 2, 2007, 12:44 pm

  Tags: Features, Documentary, Comedy, Movie Reviews

  Crazy Legs Conti: Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating is a doc about Jason “Crazy Legs” Conti, a weird character who gets into competitive eating while working odd jobs as a sperm donor, window washer, and nude model. Throughout the course of the film, Crazy Legs becomes the world oyster eating champion, and then goes on to try to

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• LIVE CHAT TOMORROW: No End In Sight

  Published: August 2, 2007, 10:41 pm

  Tags: Interviews, Movies Movie Reviews

  been showing– to rave reviews– in DC and New York City. And next Friday it opens nationwide. Tomorrow at 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern, the film’s director, writer and producer, Charles Ferguson, will be doing an EXCLUSIVE live chat here at Crooks and Liars. Please watch the riveting preview and think about taking part in the

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• The Bourne Ultimatum

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  It's a beginning and an ending for Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Ultimatum," the third and final installment of the action-packed trilogy based on the writing of Robert Ludlum.

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• Black Sheep

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  Brothers Henry and Angus Oldfield couldn't be more different.

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• El Cantante

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  If it weren't for the infectious, wall-to-wall salsa music, which Marc Anthony performs with a clear, stirring voice and great passion, it would be easy to write "El Cantante" off entirely as a shameless vanity project.

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• The Bourne Ultimatum: An Amazing End To An Amazing Trilogy

  Published: August 3, 2007, 9:25 am

  Tags: Movie Reviews

  to talk about scenes from movies in a review, BUT, there is this one scene in a train station that was so tense that I couldn't breathe until it was over. It was awesome and unlike anything I had seen before. If you haven't seen the first two Bourne movies, do not see The Bourne Ultimatum! However, if you have seen them then leave work early

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