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Articles tagged with: patriotic cliches

Outside The Law
February 18, 2011 – 10:19 AM | 6 Comments
<em>Outside The Law</em>

Sarah 33, Death Race 23; 15 of 24 categories completed
Hey, fight for Algerian independence that tests the love and loyalties of three brothers: be less clichéd and plodding! Don’t have exchanges like
“Money means freedom.”
“I am …

The Hurt Locker
February 6, 2010 – 10:30 AM | 12 Comments
<I>The Hurt Locker</I>

A very good movie with very good acting, weakened a bit by the two sequences at the end — but only a bit, which is a testament to how well built the rest of the …

21 Jump Street: “Don’t Pet The Teacher”
December 11, 2009 – 8:00 PM | 8 Comments
<I>21 Jump Street</I>: “Don’t Pet The Teacher”

“Shut Up, Penhall” Count: 1 0! It’s a Christmas miracle!
Nighttime at a high school whose physical plant is modeled after the Taj Mahal. A synthesizer plinks disapprovingly as a mysterious hand pink-spray-paints the phrase “Weintraub …