Date Archives September 2006

SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS

If IKEA made movies, they might look something like this: a big bunch of prefabricated parts that not so obviously fit together. Todd Phillips and his his co-writer Scott Armstrong (who also worked together on the hilarious Old School, the…

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The Rundown

In the opening scene, The Rock walks through a trendy nightclub, on his way to beating the shit out of the entire offensive line of a NFL team, when Arnold Schwarzenegger passes him by and…

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WHAT A GIRL WANTS

Movie Infos Title: What a Girl Wants Year: 2003 Director: Dennie Gordon Once in a while a film critic finds himself attracted to the unlikeliest movies. Tonight, I could have been watching some well-regarded foreign…

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AMERICAN PSYCHO

The Bret Easton Ellis novel that inspired it was already contro- versial, and this film adaptation is certainly one of the most talked about movies of the year. As a picture about a psychotic, confused…

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SPIDER-MAN

Movie Infos Title: Spider-Man Rating: Year: 2002 Director: Sam Raimi   The Hype (feel free to skip to my review) Screw the “Star Wars” prequels, this is the movie I’ve been waiting for nearly all…

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