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OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008
There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!
14 Jan 2009
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Mamma Mia!
The kind of movie whose campiness you just have to give into if you want to enjoy it -- and then you'll have a blast.
12 Jan 2009
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Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep scampers and writhes with something like abandon in her tomboyish overalls, her glowing tan and perfectly arranged "wild" blond hair indicating Donna's stanch independence.
17 Jul 2008
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When Did You Last See Your Father?
Even as it explores familiar deceits and self-delusions, When Did You Last See Your Father? feels, in the end, as if it's entangled in them.
05 Jun 2008
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Then She Found Me
As cute and inoffensive and eventually uplifting as Then She Found Me may be, it is also a formulaic exercise.
07 May 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
30 Apr 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
29 Apr 2008
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The Last Legion
The leaps of faith in The Last Legion are many, but once you've made one or two, Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai seems as likely a super-lethal fighter as Mr. Darcy.
19 Aug 2007
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Apartment Zero (1988)
Roman Polanski’s shadow looms large, here. His signature themes of alienation, paranoia, and identity are built into the plot and the tone is his specialty: part thriller, part jet black comedy.
Brian Holcomb
07 Mar 2007
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Where the Truth Lies: Unrated Theatrical Version (2005)
As the score swells, the camera reveals a body, a girl seemingly drowned, pale, grotesque, and grim. This, the title hints, is Where the Truth Lies. Except it isn't.
Cynthia Fuchs
07 Mar 2006
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Where the Truth Lies (2005)
In a mystery titled Where the Truth Lies, solving the case is not going to be easy.
Michael Buening
13 Oct 2005
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Bridget Jones's Diary: Collector's Edition (2001)
Speaking of her star, Renée Zellweger, Maguire is appropriately besotted: 'You can see what she brought to Bridget. She's got this fantastic warmth and this permanent confusion on her face.'"
Cynthia Fuchs
14 Nov 2004
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
This time the bloom is quite off.
Cynthia Fuchs
10 Nov 2004
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Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Nothing drains the life from great art like a well-intentioned attempt to explain away its mysteries.
Michael Healey
07 Jan 2004
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Love Actually (2003)
On occasion, the film allows a jaded sensibility to worm its way into this otherwise picturesque world.
Mary Colgan
12 Nov 2003
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What a Girl Wants (2003)
Daphne is cooler, thinner, and just plain hotter than her secretly envious rivals.
Robert Rue
10 Apr 2003
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