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Movie Releases: Week of July 18, 2008

RECOMMENDATION: Watch The Dark Knight, although young children may have problems with the violence and dark gritty visuals of the movie, as well as Heath Ledger’s haunting performance. The Dark Knight Heath Ledger’s final performance as The Joker elevates the … Continue reading

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Movie Releases – Week of July 11, 2008

RECOMMENDATION: Go for Hellboy II, for family-friendly fare, skip the Journey to the Center of the Earth and instead take a trip to the outerspace with WALL-E.  Hellboy II: The Golden Army Director Guillermo del Toro helms the sequel in … Continue reading

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Review: WALL-E (2008, animation)

Latest movie from Pixar is set in the world where humans have abandoned Earth and left in a posh spaceship as refugees while robots remain behind to clean up the mess. Post-consumerism world run by a big conglomerate Buy ‘N … Continue reading

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Movie Releases – Week of July 4, 2008

Hancock What a better way to celebrate the Fourth of July with the release of Will Smith’s Hancock? Will Smith plays a superhero who is not really good at his job, and doesn’t care either way.

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Movie Releases – Week of June 27, 2008

WALL-E Latest Pixar animation features robots in a world where humans abandon Earth and start living in giant spaceships controlled by a mega-corporation. Wanted This violent comic book adaptation features plenty of deaths, bullets and improbable acrobatic action pieces.

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Movie Releases – Week of June 20, 2008

Get Smart Steve Carell plays Maxwell Smart in the big-screen adaptation of the TV show. The Love Guru Mike Myers returns to the big screen in The Love Guru, where he has to give love and relationship advice to the … Continue reading

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Movie Releases – Week of June 13, 2008

The Happening M. Night is back in his first R-rated thriller where people unexpectedly start committing suicide. The Incredible Hulk Another Hulk movie seeks to reboot the franchise after the disastrously bad Ang Lee movie from a few years back.

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Review: Meet the Spartans (2008, comedy)

Spoof films show no sign of slowing down, and Meet the Spartans clearly shows the genre needs a reboot. Actually Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the writer-directors of this movie can be blamed for pushing out mediocre and outright crappy … Continue reading

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