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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Am Legend: 1 of 70
"Will Smith Delivers in "I Am Legend""One-man performances are tricky to pull off, either on stage or on film. To get people to pay to see these performances, one has to be sure that a) the performance is good enough to keep an entire show afloat; b) the audience has enough to be entertained by the show for its running time a... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Dark Knight: 1 of 55
"Near Perfection Shines in the Dark"Forget the 1960s and the goofy, campy "Pow! Bam!" antics of the series. Forget the bizarre imagery and over-the-top villains that dominated Burton's vision. Really forget Joel Schumacher's 1997 travesty. After more than 60 years of various writers, artists, directors and actors providing th... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: There Will Be Blood: 1 of 28
"There Will Be Blood: Greed Brings Out the Worst in People"Oil is all things to all people in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood," a fantastic adaptation of Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" The bubbling "black gold" promises wealth and change for the people and communities that seek it. But it also brings out the absolute wor... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Hancock: 1 of 22
"Hancock' Soars Early Then Crashes Back to Earth"Meet John Hancock (Will Smith). He's technically a superhero; he's impervious to pain, he can fly great distances and he's impossibly strong. He's just like Superman. . . just without the cape. Or the love and support of the public. Or the nice-guy attitude. In fact, the word "... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Last King of Scotland: 1 of 21
"Whitaker Electrifies in "The Last King of Scotland" "The Last King of Scotland" focuses on the early years of the brutal reign of Gen. Idi Amin as president of Uganda during the 1970s. This film looks at the person more than the atrocities and shows how a charismatic leader can end up in power and begin a reign of terror. I... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Shrek the Third: 1 of 21
"Shrek" still funny but showing his ageWatching "Shrek the Third" is like visiting old friends after a long time apart. The faces are familiar, the old laughs are there, but deep down you can tell that things aren't the same as they once were.By no means is the big green ogre's third outing bad, but it just feels like a reuni... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: National Treasure, Book of Secrets: 1 of 20
"National Treasure: Revisionist History Made Simple!"Disney's "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" is an inspiration. It inspires one to hit the libraries and check out the real history behind the artifacts and places the heroes explore, because this movie sure isn't concerned with realism. All director Jon Turteltaub wants t... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Mist: 1 of 19
"Smoke and Mirrors"Frank Darabont belongs to an elite group of directors. To date, he is only one of four filmmakers to ever direct a good adaptation of a Stephen King novel. In fact, he has done it twice, with 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption" and 1999's "The Green Mile." The only others directors to do cinematic justice to ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Shoot 'Em Up (2007): 1 of 18
"Shoot 'Em Up" a Gloriously Over the Top Action Flick"Throw subtlety out the window for this film. "Shoot 'Em Up" doesn't even know the definition of the word. This is a film that is straight-up insane shoot-outs and crazy violence for 90 minutes. It doesn't have time to slow up and clue the audience in on the nuances of plot... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Blood Diamond: 2 of 34
"Blood Diamond" Shows Humankind at its Most Primal" "Blood Diamond' is an uncomfortable film to watch. It shows how low humans will sink in order to obtain their greatest desires. The people in this movie become violent, ruthless parodies of human beings, more likely to flash a machine gun at passersby or friends than to sha... More..