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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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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 Lookout (2007)
Gordon-Levitt makes Chris' efforts to look at himself honestly seem quite complicated, a series of steps both typical and original.
29 Mar 2007
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Infamous (2006)
When Truman quite gleefully describes his plan to use 'fictional techniques' to tell his nonfiction story, to shape the Clutter murders as an emblem of cultural malaise, Nelle insists on a knowable distinction between fact and fiction.
12 Oct 2006
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The Squid and the Whale (2005)
As Noah Baumbach's film tracks Walt's slow evolution during the months surrounding his parents' divorce, it keeps something of a distance, wry and observant.
Cynthia Fuchs
03 Nov 2005
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Shot in exquisite black and white, George Clooney's portrait of Edward R. Murrow is partly reverential, partly probing.
Cynthia Fuchs
08 Oct 2005
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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Simple, kind, honest, and unpatronising, Because of Winn-Dixie handles the friendship between Opal and her mutt quite perfectly.
Roger Holland
15 Sep 2005
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Imaginary Heroes (2004)
Dan Harris's Imaginary Heroes keeps digging into Sandy's darkly-secreted past, producing revelations less surprising than wearisome.
Cynthia Fuchs
03 Mar 2005
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Ragtime (1981)
Profound as Coalhouse walker's story might be, Ragtime is about far more.
Nikki Tranter
28 Nov 2004
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Heartburn (1986)
In Heartburn, we're not privy to any clues that Mark might be the unfaithful party, even though we know it's a plot device coming down the track like a Metroliner.
James Oliphant
11 Jul 2004
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Gods and Generals (2002)
Avoids examining the underlying cause of the Civil War -- the South's terror of abolition -- and instead remembers the Confederacy as a noble army defending its 'homeland'.
Josh Jones
27 Feb 2003
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