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Fired Up!

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[20.Feb.09] :. Fired Up! is the worst of its kind: a cheap imitation of much better films, a 90-minute dirty joke with no punch line.

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You Kill Me

by Shaun Huston

[19.Oct.07] :. An alcoholic hit man is sent to San Francisco by his “family” to achieve sobriety. You Kill Me is another “mobster in therapy” movie, but with a fresh perspective.

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Film Review

You Kill Me (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Jun.07] :. While he's largely unsocialized, having spent so much time alone, murdering people, and, lately, drinking, Frank does evince a weird charm.

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The Loop: Season One

by Mike Schiller

[9.May.07] :. As a first-season comedy, this showed flashes of the sort of quick-hit, chemistry-based comedy that could make for a surprise hit.

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The Zodiac (2006)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[17.Mar.06] :. The Zodiac so altered our consciousness that we can now easily imagine a serial killer with no motivation other than achieving a public spectacle.

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Amityville Horror (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Oct.05] :. 'Based on a true story,' notes Amityville Horror producer Brad Fuller as the so-designating title rolls. 'Already controversial.'"

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The Amityville Horror (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Apr.05] :. She has three kids from a previous marriage (her husband is dead); he has a body left over from Blade 3.

 

In Good Company (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jan.05] :. In Good Company pushes Carter and Dan up against one another, so that they can work through their mutual anxieties, resentments, and jealousies.

 

Dogville (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[15.Apr.04] :. The accusation that the film is 'anti-American' says less about Von Trier than it does about the American psyche.

 

Die Mommie Die! (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[10.Nov.03] :. It is more irritating than it is offensive or even funny.

 

Bruce Almighty (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.May.03] :. Jim Carrey needs a vacation from himself.

 

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.May.02] :. Tom Clancy's novels and the movies they spawn have never had much truck with credibility.

 

Pasadena

by Sara Tucker

PULL.

 

Rules of Engagement (2000)

by Mike Ward

Two years ago, many critics praised Saving Private Ryan as a new kind of war film that brought the horrors of war home with an unprecedented, visceral intensity..

 

Lost Souls (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Winona Ryder’s kohl- and shadow-blackened eyes are the most stunning special effect in Lost Souls. Her eyes are always large and gorgeous, of course, which means that accentuating them...

 

Cradle Will Rock (1999)

by John G. Nettles

Tim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon.