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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
WEREWOLVES GIVE 'NEW MOON' SOME BITE 
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" demonstrates that werewolves, while also belonging to the dangerous-when-biting class, are a lot more fun than vampires. They favor knee-length shorts and sneakers, and seem most comfortable when shirtless, probably because their abs are so hot they require constant airing out. Instead of lamenting the eternal state of their being, they romp in the forest or go cliff diving. ...Full Review
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The Blind Side
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"... you can feel it earn every yard like an offensive drive in football, darting and weaving through cynicism, sentimentality and laziness ..." Full Review
Planet 51
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"... will appeal only to people who think immersing a hapless infant in multicolored Jell-O for 90 minutes is a good thing." Full Review
2012
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"... a high-octane, big-screen soft-core guilty pleasure orgy of destruction ... [with] something like a plot ..." Full Review
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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"... crazy enough to work, and smart enough to work, and works superbly. ... Cool, clever, crafty and delirious amounts of fun ..." Full Review
Pirate Radio
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"All that really anchors the slight story line ... are deliciously flamboyant personalities and a smokin' soundtrack ..." Full Review
Disney's A Christmas Carol
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"If Dickens had been capable of time travel, back in his day ... I'm guessing he'd get a kick out of this 'Carol.'" Full Review
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire
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"... a mixed bag ... doesn't so much evolve as flip-flop into sunlight ..." Full Review
The Men Who Stare at Goats
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"... may result in your falling down laughing, courtesy of a devilishly smart script, subversive japery and a flawlessly funny cast. " Full Review
The Box
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"... a lot of both the fun and fear go out of the film as you feel it stumble towards the finish line and realize it's stuffed with recycled goods. " Full Review
Michael Jackson's This Is It
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"... look a little deeper and it's a movie as grim as it is glad, as complicated and contradictory as the man it mirrors and the myth it maintains." Full Review
Where the Wild Things Are
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"... is a great film because, for all of its wonder and magic and delight, it also knows about confusion and reality and sadness." Full Review
Paranormal Activity
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"The sizzle of the marketing is impressive; the steak of the actual movie, served bloody and rare and juicy, is even more so." Full Review