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Me and You and Everyone We Know
Miranda July provides Suburbia and Relationships with a Fresh Surreal Look
by andaryl
Pros: July's direction, creativity and anecdotes
Cons: Not too original setting
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) Written & Directed by: Miranda July It’s a real mouthful of a title, but the first thing it should let you know is that it’s a movie about people. It’s actually about people ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

After Hours
A Bad Night Has Never Been So Entertaining
by JiggyJay
Pros: Whacky and fun, Scorsese and Dunne
Cons: Too weird for some (?)
One of my recent Martin Scorsese watches was 1985's After Hours, which was one I had been holding off on for a while because it didn't look appealing to me. I wasn't a big fan of Griffin Dunne (I grew up with Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
This version of _Jane Eyre_ comes in solidly in the middle of the pack
by telynor
Pros: Samantha Morton really does well as the heroine.
Cons: Ciaran Hinds looks too pudgy as Rochester and has too much facial hair.
It seems that every few years, a new version of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, Jane Eyre comes across the television screen, usually from the BBC, and much more rarely, an independent source. And I do confess that I don't mind sitting down to ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Star Trek: Generations
Simply the Best "Star Trek" Movie
by thewasp
Pros: Captains Kirk and Picard face and overcome the ultimate temptation
Cons: Two minor ones
While some Star Trek movies have been all about blowing up ships and villains (and it's possible to make a more than just good one like that), this one is about the emotions of the four main characters:  Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), Captain ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

WWE: Survivor Series 2009
Surpasses last year's by a great deal. 3.75 stars-79%
by boodapuffmonk
Pros: Good matches all around
Cons: Divas match is watchable at best, and some could have been better.
2009 for WWE seems so reminiscent of 2007. Exactly like the aforementioned year. WWE had a stale year for the most part. Then began to gain some momentum to close out the year. Their last two events were pretty strong, with this years ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Franklyn
Franklyn - A mystery in alternate universes
by phungus
Pros: The payoff in the end is worth it
Cons: It's hard to get through the first half of it
Franklyn is one of those movies where you have to watch more than half of it before you really even know what is going on. It's rather confusing up until the last half hour, and then it comes together. If you're willing to sit through the ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Jabberwocky
O frabjous day!
by thewasp
Pros: Knights who say. . .practically nothing
Cons: Frequently too poorly lit to make sense of
"Jabberwocky" borrows liberally from Lewis Carroll's poem of the same name, even having a puppeteer read the poem as a soundtrack to his presentation on the streets of a medieval city with no name; but the heart and soul of the movie is pure Terry ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Sunshine Cleaning
Where some buried Caesar bled ....
by sussmanbern
Pros: Excellent production values and very fetching stars in Amy Adams and Emily Blunt.
Cons: Sort of a morbid undertone .... but rain falls in everyone's life.
SUNSHINE CLEANING (2008) is not for kids ... nor for the squeamish, nor for people subject to severe depression, nor for people who insist that nothing ever go wrong for movie characters.  Hopefully, that leaves you.Back in high school, Rose ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Great Ziegfeld
A Man Who Truly Loves Women Works Behind The Scenes In "The Great Ziegfeld!"
by wlswarts
Pros: Good acting, Decent spectacle
Cons: Light on bonus features, Light on character development, Long and feels long.
People today seem to think that what they see is new and different, but the more I experience, the more I come around to the idea that it has all been done before. So, while people seemed to love "Jerry McGuire" when it was released, the longer I ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Something the Lord Made
Something the Lord Made - Of Hearts and Prejudice
by AliventiAsylum
Pros: excellent acting, well-paced heartwarming story, good extras
Cons: supporting cast overshadowed by excellent performances of lead roles
There are many little snippets of history people haven’t heard through the years, particularly when it comes to the African-American population in this country.  I had never heard the story of the Amistad ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Dolores Claiborne
Women Helping Fate in Male-Dominated Worlds
by Stephen_Murray
Pros: Bates, Parfitt, Strathairn, Plummer; the big speeches
Cons: I think a bit less (color-coding and exposition) might have been better
I hope that Kathy Bates is grateful to Stephen King. He has provided her with her two most memorable roles, Annie Wilkes in which she won an Oscar in “Misery” (1990), and the title role as “Dolores Claiborne” (1995), in which I ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 1.0

In Between Days
Wildly overrated independent films V: Nothing happens "In Between Days"
by Stephen_Murray
Pros: bonus interview
Cons: lack of any plot or character development. action or insight
“In Between Days” (2006), written and directed by So-Yong Kim is a prototype of what gives “independent films” a bad name to many: shot by very unsteady handed hand-held camera, shot at inexpressive faces in close-ups or bleak ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Nice backstory, but story takes a back seat to visuals
by alexdg1
Pros: Good cast; neat backstory that blends real Dracula with mythical one
Cons: Too operatic for its own good
Last night, my mom, my older sister and I watched Masks of Evil, one of the 21 or so made-for-home video "movies" culled for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones DVD sets released between November of 2007 and April of 2009.That ...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 2.0

Teen Steam
A teenaged Alyssa Milano works out...
by knotheadusc
Pros: For some people, it's good for a laugh.
Cons: Horribly dated. Cheesy. Boring, unless you find Alyssa and her friends sexy.
Ah 1988... What a year that was for people born in 1972. Our birth year may be the one and only thing Alyssa Milano and I have in common, besides being female. As a kid, I used to love watching her on Who's The Boss, an ABC sitcom in which ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Lost - The Complete Fifth Season
The Standard “Lost Season 5” Holds Up Less Well Without The Swag!(My 900th 4-star Review!)
by wlswarts
Pros: Intriguing plot twists, Decent acting, Good Blu-Ray bonus features.
Cons: Light on character development
Right off the bat, there are TWO versions of “Lost Season 5” out on the market now (well, four, actually, but let’s keep it simple!). There is the standard version of the season on DVD and Blu-Ray and there is the Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Anvil! The Story of Anvil!
A Real Life Spinal Tap with Heart - Anvil: The Story of Anvil
by Mike_Bracken
Pros: Great story, interesting characters.
Cons: could be a slightly more focused in spots.
I knew absolutely nothing about the heavy metal band Anvil when I sat down to watch Sacha Gervasi's documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil. In fact, I wasn't entirely sure the group was real and not some elaborately concocted p*ss-take trying to ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Inside The Mind Of Ben Stein
by coldsteel7
Pros: Intelligent examination of arguments regarding Intelligent Design.  Allows input from both sides.
Cons: Stock footage distracting.
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is like many documentaries.  Ben Stein acts as the host, taking viewers along on interviews.  The interviews center around the discussion of Intelligent Design, with viewpoints explored from both sides ...
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Dec 14 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

10 Things I Hate About You
Heath Ledger Wows 'Em As Aussie Frankie Valli In 10 Things I Hate About You~
by jankp
Pros: Ledger; Stiles; enjoyable soundtrack and Ledger's singing scene
Cons: long; predictable...
The 1999 romantic comedy for teens, 10 Things I Hate About You, escaped my notice until recently when I looked for movies with ‘10' or ‘Tenth' in their title for my write-off celebrating my tenth epinions.com anniversary. When I ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

By Scorsese: Italianamerican / Big Shave / American Boy
A Glimpse of What's to Come: Three Early Scorsese Shorts
by JiggyJay
Pros: All of 'em are watchable and good, great subject matter and execution
Cons: Certainly not for everyone.
My Martin Scorsese class has ended and what I have left after my teacher's enthusiastic teaching is a better understanding of Scorsese's genius. All three of these short films were mandatory watching in the class, but don't let that fool you that they ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore - Bob Barker Beats Up Adam Sandler
by dragonfire88
Pros: Funny, entertaining movie.
Cons: Silly at times.  
Adam Sandler has made several popular movies during his career.  I've seen and enjoyed some of them more than others.  I recently decided to watch Happy Gilmore again when I found it on one of the movie channels that I ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0

Alien
Ridley Scott counters George Lucas
by dolphinboy
Pros: Sigourney Weaver, the look, the terror, the surprises
Cons: The story is not very complex, although it hints at complexity.
In 1979, I went to the movie theater and was frightened numerous times.  Alien is a truly creepy movie, that will make you jump back several times. Why?In 1977, the world was introduced to the Star Wars series. ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Wrestler
A Mildly Entertaining, If Not Predicable Movie
by vemartin
Pros: Outstanding performances by principles; great supporting cast. 
Cons: Predictable; slow in places
When I was growing up watching professional wrestling on Saturday afternoons was a ritual in our neighborhood.  All of the “guys” on the street watched; we all had our favorites, the good guys, the bad guys and those in ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0

Mystery! - Skinwalkers: An American Mystery!
Navaho Tribal Policeman Jim Chee meets and works with Lt. Leaphorn for the first time
by Stephen_Murray
Pros: location, Tousey, Greyeyes, Rice, Beach
Cons: some adaptation choices
Navaho Tribal Police Sgt. Jim Chee first appeared in Tony Hillerman’s 1980 novel People Of Darkness, and was the protagonist of two more before teaming the the “legendary Lieutenant” Joe Leaphorn in Skinwalkers (1986). Leaphorn first ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 1.0

Dragon Wars
A cult classic in the making
by musicc
Pros: Unintentional hilarity, nonstop laughter, to it's credit decent visual effects and sound
Cons: Horrendously bad on just about all accounts
First off, I take back everything I said about 2012 for being illogical. Compared to Dragon Wars, that movie is Shakespeare. Dragon Wars, (or D Wars for short) is one of the worst, poorly edited, illogical mess of a film I think I have ever seen. Think ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0

Theory of the Leisure Class
You really have to like independent film ...
by paulsavage
Pros: Interesting enough plot, bold attempts at dark humor
Cons: May be tasteless to some, not a tight story
We watch movies to be entertained, duh. Meaning, though, we want the movie to do nearly all of the work. People who have a taste for independent film have developed the ability to become a partner to the film, willing to give it some energy to help it ...
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Dec 13 '09 Overall Rating:
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