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6 February 2010
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Percy Jackson and the Obnoxiously Long Title… The Review

After the giant successes which were the first two Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus’s newly revitalized career began to falter once more. Between Rent and I Love You, Beth Cooper, it seemed like the man who gave us Home Alone had finally lost his touch. But as his filmography demonstrates, …

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7 January 2010
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That Was One For The Record Books… A Look Back At 2009 in Top 11 Form

This is the first time anyone’s asked me to put together an official Year In Review. I’ve tried to rate movies in a Top 10 structure before, and since it always balloons out to 11 anyway, I decided to go ahead and just make it a Top 11 to start …

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23 December 2009
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A Modern Update To A Classic Icon You Say? Sherlock Holmes Reviewed

There was a time when a modern retelling of a classic literary figure wouldn’t spark quite as much controversy as it does now. From a series of action and fighting oriented trailers, the marketing team has attempted to convince contemporary America that a boxing, swordfighting, and drinking Sherlock Holmes is …

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11 December 2009
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The Future of Cinema As We Know It… Exclusive Avatar First Look

What does a director do after making the highest grossing film of all time? He takes a break for a while. It’s been a decade since the last time a feature film appeared in theaters with James Cameron‘s name listed as its director, though considering the last time it was …

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5 November 2009
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The End of the World As We Know It? Here Comes 2012

I wish I had some sort of clever lead in to this, but you already know what the gist is. The movie’s called 2012 for god’s sake. The end of the world is coming, disaster ensues, and the master of the genre, Roland Emmerich is at the helm. Will he …

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4 November 2009
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It’s That Time of Year Again… First Look at Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol

After the success of The Polar Express and its annual re-releases, it was a sure bet that somebody else would look into adapting a piece of classic holiday fair with the slightly creepy CG motion-capture technique. Few thought, however, that it would be Robert Zemeckis, the director of the aforementioned …

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