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Rated R for pervasive language, drug content, some violence and brief sexuality.Directed by Benny Boom Starring Donald Faison and Mike EppsThe only guarantee with Next Day Air, is it will make my “worst films of 2009” list.When a misguided delivery driver inadvertently delivers a package containing concealed bricks of cocaine to the wrong address, it sets in motion a...
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Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content.Directed by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)Starring Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson and Paul GiamattiTodd’s Word: Duplicity is the epitome of shallow…really pretty on the surface, but absolutely no substance. Jonathan’s Word: Nicely said. Now my turn. Duplicity sucks!Todd’s Word: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for Oscar-nominated director Tony Gilroy's drama...
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Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language.Directed by Neill BlomkampStarring Sharlto CopleyTodd’s Word: I know I’m going to get in trouble with this review. I know it is violent, I know it is disturbing, I know they use the F-word like a bazillion times…but District 9 is a great movie.Jonathan’s Word: I agree. In these reviews we usually...
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Rated GDirected by Peter Chelsom (Shall We Dance, Serendipity)Starring Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray CyrusHannah Montana: The Movie isn't exactly what we would call “high art,” but that's not stopping millions of tweens and teens from flocking to see the new Miley Cyrus movie. As the story begins, Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) is torn between her two worlds. On...
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some drug use and language.Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice)Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie FoxxAmazing!LA Times journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) hasn't had a good story in a while but when he stumbles upon Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), everything changes. On April 17, 2005, Lopez published the first article about...
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Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexualityDirected by Quentin TarantinoStarring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth…How do I explain Inglourious Basterds?Hmmmmmm.Two words: Quentin Tarantino.Good enough?Okay… maybe that’s not descriptive enough. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the works of Quentin, the director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill… that might not mean much. But...
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Rated PG-13 for strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout.Directed by Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns)Starring Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Ray ParkWhat happened to the Real American Heroes?? Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster Transformers, join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another action-adventure...
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