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Morgan Freeman shakes hands with Matt Damon on the rugby pitch in Clint Eastwood's Invictus.
2009 Movie ReviewsMovies
December 10, 2009March 26, 2019 Evan Crean

‘Invictus’ Tries Too Hard

With INVICTUS, a biopic about South African president Nelson Mandela, Clint Eastwood strives to tell several heartwarming stories about the bond of South Africans created by the team’s 1995 bid for the Rugby World Cup, but the whole effort feels forced.

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Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery in Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
2009 Movie ReviewsMovies
November 27, 2009March 26, 2019 Evan Crean

‘All Saints Day’ Fails to Live Up To Hype

Many movie sequels alienate viewers because they rehash parts of their predecessors in a boring way. While BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY is guilty of this, it attempts to avoid the issue by introducing a number of new elements, the problem with them however, is that they are the primary reason this movie is bad.

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2009 Movie ReviewsMovies
November 21, 2009March 26, 2019 Evan Crean

‘Ninja Assassin’ Leaves Behind A Trail of Bodies

NINJA ASSASSIN certainly isn’t the best written film, but it certainly isn’t the worst. Despite its plot shortcomings, the action scenes are vivid and exciting which helps balance things out.

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Where the Wild Things Are Poster
2009 Movie ReviewsMovies
October 22, 2009March 26, 2019 Evan Crean

‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Is About the Wild Things in All of Us

Where the Wild Things Are represents an important part of childhood for people of my generation. The Maurice Sendak book,

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2009 Movie ReviewsMovies
October 5, 2009March 26, 2019 Evan Crean

In ‘Zombieland’ Home is Where You Make It

ZOMBIELAND reminds us that even in the post-apocalyptic world that home and family are where you make them.

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