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‘Strange Wilderness’

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

I don’t get paid to do this job. I don’t even get compensated to see the movies I’m supposed to review. And I was OK with that — until I saw Strange Wilderness.
The newest offering from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions was a sloppy film that makes Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo look Oscar-worthy. After I […]

Movie Review: In Bruges

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Visually stunning photography of the silent byways and crannies of the ancient medieval city of Bruges frames a story of guilt and honor played out by wonderfully demented hit men
Ray has a problem.  He is a murderer who has done a very bad thing.  And doing a very bad thing is difficult for a man […]

Fool’s Gold Movie Review

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

You would have to be a fool to enjoy the aptly titled “Fool’s Gold.”
More than that, the film by director and co-writer Andy Tennant (“Hitch” and “Sweet Home Alabama”) couldn’t entertain a chimpanzee. Or a naked man playing the bongos while high, for that matter. And one would hope that star Matthew McConaughey (“A […]

Movie Review: The Eye

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Good special effects and some scary characters put together with great cinematography make this one notch up from a B horror film.  Turn off those cell phones now, boys and girls
Cellular memory—it’s not just in your phone.
Adapted from the 2002 Pang Brothers thriller, David Moreau and Xavier Palud’s “The Eye” is about transplants that […]

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