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Tag: 2.5 stars

Reviews

The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan maut)

April 16, 2012October 15, 2012JimComment(0)

You know kung fu, too? What a coincidence!

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Friends with Kids

March 28, 2012October 15, 2012JimComment(1)

Say, why don’t we just have a baby without all that love or wedlock stuff? Lessee … I can only come up with seven billion reasons not to, but that’s just me.

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Act of Valor

March 5, 2012July 13, 2012JimComment(1)

Now THIS is how you make Right Wing propaganda.

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Safe House

February 28, 2012May 25, 2015JimComment(0)

Aw, gee. We just got to the waterboarding.

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The Woman in Black

February 19, 2012March 25, 2012JimComment(0)

Yo, Harry Potter! Is Womanin related to Sirius?

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Red Tails

February 7, 2012July 13, 2012JimComment(0)

African-American story eschews Tyler Perry and gets a thumbs-up. Coincidence?

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Haywire

February 2, 2012March 7, 2012JimComment(0)

You can put a tiara on a box turtle, but it’s still a box turtle.

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Kaboom

January 25, 2012June 4, 2013JimComment(0)

Personally, I’d avoid titling my film after the sound effect of a bomb exploding.

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War Horse

January 12, 2012March 18, 2013JimComment(1)

Why the long face?

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Shame

January 3, 2012April 13, 2012JimComment(0)

Just because you wish to make a film for adults doesn’t mean you have to make an adult film.

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