Review: Contagion (2011)
Posted On 09 Sep 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action-Adventure, By Genre, By Star Rating, Drama, Reviews, Suspense/Thriller.
Mobsters Rating: The most foreboding image in Steven Soderbergh’s new outbreak thriller Contagion is an uncovered bowl of bar peanuts. I mean that as a compliment. At the heart of this star infested, globally minded, medical thriller, there’s a maniacal—even healthy if you will—sense of paranoia and anxiety surrounding our habits ... Read More
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Review: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Posted On 18 Aug 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Fantasy, Reviews.
Mobsters Rating: “I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and I am content.” That’s Conan the Cimmerian—er, barbarian—for you. An armchair philosopher and skull-crusher ... Read More
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Review: X-Men: First Class (2011)
Posted On 03 Jun 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction.
Matthew Vaughn finds the characters inside of the costumes and the human side of the mutant movement in the best film yet to bear the title 'X-Men'
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Review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Posted On 11 Mar 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, By Star Rating, Science Fiction, War.
'Battle: Los Angeles' has already been savaged by some critics, but in the end this is like complaining you got a greasy hamburger from McDonalds. The film delivers what the trailers are selling, a fast-paced and bombastic ground-level assault that pits alien invaders against U.S. Marines.
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Review: Barney’s Version (2011)
Paul Giamatti brings another apathetic schlub to glorious life in the hit and miss adaptation of Mordechai Richler's celebrated novel, Barney's Version. Too much fidelity renders many of the characters flat, but there's no stopping the lead, who grabs this one by the teeth and never lets go.
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Review: The Mechanic (2011)
Posted On 28 Jan 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Crime, Reviews, Suspense/Thriller.
Simon West's remake of Bronson's 1972 thriller is more streamlined and action-centric but it will give Statham fans what they yearn for; a high energy ride with minimal turbulence.
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Movie Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Posted On 10 Dec 2010 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), Action, Action-Adventure, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews.
Michael Apted takes over the third installment of the Narnia Chronicles, but does 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' result in family movie magic?
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Review: Tangled (2010)
Posted On 30 Nov 2010 By Jonathan Sullivan. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2010, Animated, Comedy, Romance.
Tangled is funny and cute...then the singing starts and it becomes unbearable...then it stops and it goes back to being funny and cute.
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Review: Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Posted On 24 Nov 2010 By Jonathan Sullivan. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2010, Comedy, Reviews, Romantic Comedy.
Love and Other Drugs is your typical romantic comedy, but it's elevated by a raunchier sense of humor and great casting...until it falls into the cliches of its genre.
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Review: Morning Glory (2010)
Posted On 11 Nov 2010 By Jonathan Sullivan. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2010, Comedy, Reviews, Romantic Comedy.
For a movie that isn't really aimed for my demographic, Morning Glory is surprisingly funny and entertaining, with great performances by Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams, and a cast that elevates the mediocre story into something worth checking out.
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Review: Red (2010)
Posted On 15 Oct 2010 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2010, 2010, Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Comedy, Reviews, Romantic Comedy.
Red may be adapted from Warren Ellis and Cully Hammer’s energetic graphic novel, but what it really feels like is an extension of a scene in this past summer’s similar action entry, The Expendables. Even if you haven’t seen the film, you know the moment I mean—where Bruce meets Sly and Arnold in a church, offers them a job, and then jets off again.
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