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Inglorious Basterds (2009)
by Frazzle
First off it's best to disregard any thoughts or preconceptions how you think this one will go down as much any other Quentin...
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District 9 (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
The best science fiction is able to tell a story that has relevance to the world we currently live in. Like a good Twilight Zone or...
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The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
Love stories are hard. Life is pretty complex and love stories usually aren't true to anyone's real life experience. They're a romantic ideal...
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
by Chad Langen
"A Perfect Getaway" is one of those movies where the filmmaker builds the entire picture around a potentially brilliant twist...
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
by Matt Hancock
Summer blockbusters have been plentiful in the past few years, especially if they are movies that are trying to do remakes or...
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Funny People (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
Judd Apatow has been around for years flying under the general public's radar. I first became aware of him when he was on...
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Orphan (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
It's extremely rare that a scary movie is actually terrifying in any way. I don't get startled no matter how ominous the music gets or how...
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The Hurt Locker (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
I'm not quite sure why most movies about the Iraq war have been such spectacular failures. Maybe it's because people...
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The Collector (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
Horror films are hard to pull off. It requires a lot of attention to atmosphere rather than just an orgy of blood...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
by Chad Langen
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" marks the point in J.K. Rowling's series of books where I stopped reading. Before...
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
Love is just one of those things. It's been the inspiration of millions of poems and songs and movies and any number of other things...
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
by Chad Langen
I've never quite understood the success behind 20th Century Fox's animated movie series "Ice Age". While I wasn't intrigued...
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Public Enemies (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
These days it's hard to have faith in our financial institutions. Between Ponzi schemes, reckless lending, and credit default swaps there is little...
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The Proposal (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
It seems to me that movie executives have a hard job, one that I don't think I could ever do. They wield the power to green light films that...
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Away We Go (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
Sam Mendes is the celebrated director behind such films as "American Beauty," "Road to Perdition," "Jarhead," and last years examination...
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
by Frazzle
With the recent criticism that the movie has been receiving and the news that due that criticism Michael Bay would not be returning to...
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Elsewhere (2009)
by Matt Hancock
We've seen it all before, cute teenage girls are stalked and kidnapped by murderers, only there's got to be a twist to it all. I could say...
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Year One (2009)
by Matt Hancock
I've learned a lot from Jack Black. I learned a few years ago to never expect consistently funny performances from him. I learned to never...
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The Hangover (2009)
by Adam Azoulay
When "Old School" came out it was somewhat of a surprise just how good and original and funny it actually was. At that time, Will Ferrell...
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