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Waiting for Guffman
March 5, 2007 – 6:35 AM | No Comment

I hadn’t seen it in years, and while it’s very good, I remember it as much funnier. Blasphemy, I know, but there you have it. A few gags got too much play while a few …

Volver
March 5, 2007 – 6:34 AM | No Comment

It didn’t work for me.I liked the acting; Penelope Cruz is good (although she doesn’t look like any of her “family” members, while they do somewhat look like they could be related to each other, …

Virtuosity
March 5, 2007 – 6:34 AM | No Comment

I should write an essay one of these days on the movies that I can’t not watch when they come on TV, because this is destined to become one — it is hilariously bad, overacted, …

The Village
March 5, 2007 – 6:33 AM | No Comment

I liked it more than most people, because I always like Shyamalan more than most people; his problem, as always, is that he’s so focused on the build-up, he botches the follow-through.I didn’t know the …

Vertigo
March 5, 2007 – 6:33 AM | One Comment

I’ve seen the movie three times, and I still don’t think I know what in the Sam Hill is going on.Seriously.Can someone explain it to me?I mean, she’s blonde, she’s dead, she’s brunette and alive, …

Unforgiven
March 5, 2007 – 6:32 AM | No Comment

I expected to enjoy this more than I did.The performances are outstanding, and parts of it are very satisfying, but the writing is too on the nose; the kid’s reaction to shooting Quick Mike is …

Underworld
March 5, 2007 – 6:32 AM | No Comment

Glark and I watched it on hotel pay-per-view, and no, they didn’t pay us, but they should have, because daaaaaaamn is it bad.The name actors are adequate, although it’s clear that Scott Speedman should probably …

Two Women
March 5, 2007 – 6:31 AM | No Comment

I should have known I wouldn’t like it when it showed up at the house; I couldn’t remember why I’d Netflixed it, and then I saw “DeSica” on the sleeve and I really couldn’t remember …

200 Cigarettes
March 5, 2007 – 6:31 AM | No Comment

What is going on with Ben Affleck’s hair in this movie?Seriously.It looks like…I don’t even know what it looks like.It looks, literally, like industrial carpeting.The hell?…Anyway.If you’re going to set a movie in the early …

Two for the Money
March 5, 2007 – 6:30 AM | No Comment

The only thing in this movie you might have seen a jillion times before is that it’s about sports-betting pickers. Even Piven is wasted in it, it’s such a trite-fest; the speechifying and montages are …