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Review: Zombieland (2009, comedy)

There are lots of movies featuring zombies (if you doubt that, you can look at the listing on Wikipedia), and Zombieland is one of the easiest to recommend comedic zombie films. The movie follows the story of Columbus, played by … Continue reading

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Review: Bruno (2009, comedy)

Sacha Baron Cohen is Bruno, a disgraced gay fashion reporter from Austria that seeks fame in the United States through a series of staged and not-so-staged events, very reminiscent of his previous movie Borat. The movie is pretty short (at … Continue reading

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Review: Role Models (2008, Comedy)

The worst thing that a comedy could do is to make you bored, and Role Models certainly succeeded in boring me until the very end which was a recreated medieval pretend battle between warring “nations”. Of course, citing that as … Continue reading

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Review: Hamlet 2 (2008, comedy)

If you are a drama teacher at a local high school, and it was up to you to create a brand new play to save the art program, a sequel to Hamlet may not be your first choice. And this … Continue reading

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Review: Tropic Thunder (2008, comedy)

Ben Stiller’s latest creation is perhaps one of his finest, gently walking on the line between slapstick comedy and parody. Tropic Thunder is the story of 4 Hollywood actors who are stuck making a big-budget action film set in the … Continue reading

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Review: Hancock (2008, action)

Unfortunately, Hancock feels like several movies have been stitched together (say, like Frankenstein) to create a Will Smith vehicle. Some parts are brilliant, others are barely mediocre. Will Smith stars as John Hancock, a superhero living in LA who can’t … Continue reading

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Review: The Love Guru (2008, comedy)

Mike Myers’ latest movie The Love Guru is an improbable comedy on many fronts. First of all, Toronto Maple Leafs in the running for the Stanley Cup is virtually unheard of, Mike Myers character of Guru Pitka is unconvincing and … Continue reading

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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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