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Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer
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Our review: :Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/10/2008 Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg :Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is another entertaining romp for the Marvel-superhero franchise. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), is treading on thin ice when his fiancée, Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba), thinks he's more interested in a series of cosmic phenomena occurring around the earth than in the preparations for their upcoming wedding. Sorry, ladies, but Reed is right. The disturbances are caused by a surge of cosmic power from a mysterious being called the Silver Surfer (an all-CGI creation, modeled by Doug Jones ...
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Live Free or Die Hard (Unrated Edition)
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»rank: 1764
Our review: :John mcclane takes on an internet based organization who is systematically shutting down the united states. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/14/2008 Starring: Bruce Willis Kevin Smith Run time: 130 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Len Wiseman :Twelve years after Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third and previous film in the Die Hard franchise, Live Free or Die Hard finds John McClane (Bruce Willis) a few years older, not any happier, and just as kick-ass as ever. Right after he has a fight with his college-age daughter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a call comes in to pick up a hacker (Justin Long, ...
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Shrek the Third (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 1359
Our review: :It's not easy being an ogre, but Shrek finds it doubly difficult for an ogre like himself to fill in for a king when his father-in-law King Harold of Far, Far Away falls ill in this third Shrek movie. Shrek's attempts to fulfill his kingly duties play like a blooper reel, with boat christenings and knighting ceremonies gone terribly wrong, and to say that Shrek (Mike Myers) is insecure about his new role is a gross understatement. When King Harold (John Cleese) passes away, Shrek sets out with Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss-in-Boots (Antonio Banderas) to find Arthur (Justin Timberlake), the ...
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Ocean's Thirteen (Widescreen Edition)
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»rank: 1161
Our review: :Danny ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist after casino owner willy bank doulbe crosses one of the original eleven reuben tishkoff Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: George Clooney Matt Damon Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Steven Soderbergh :George Clooney is one, Brad Pitt is two, Matt Damon three... well, let's just assume there are 13 collaborators in this installment of Steven Soderbergh's profitable caper franchise. We're back in Las Vegas for Ocean's Thirteen, where the boys plot to shut down the brand-new venture of a backstabbing hotelier (Al Pacino) because the guy ...
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Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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»rank: 2409
Our review: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 143 minutes Rating: Pg13 :'I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?' deadpans Sam Witwicky, hero and human heart of Michael Bay's rollicking robot-smackdown fest, Transformers. Witwicky (the sweetly nerdy Shia LaBeouf, channeling a young John Cusack) is the perfect counterpoint to the nearly nonstop exhilarating action. The plot is simple: an alien civil war (the Autobots vs. the evil Decepticons) has spilled onto Earth, and young Sam is caught in the fray by his newly purchased souped-up Camaro. Which has a mind--and identity, as a ...
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Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition)
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»rank: 1653
Our review: :More than a few critics hailed Spider-Man 2 as 'the best superhero movie ever,' and there's no compelling reason to argue--thanks to a bigger budget, better special effects, and a dynamic, character-driven plot, it's a notch above Spider-Man in terms of emotional depth and rich comic-book sensibility. Ordinary People Oscar-winner Alvin Sargent received screenplay credit, and celebrated author and comic-book expert Michael Chabon worked on the story, but it's director Sam Raimi's affinity for the material that brings Spidey 2 to vivid life. When a fusion experiment goes terribly wrong, a brilliant physicist (Alfred Molina) is turned into Spidey's newest nemesis, ...
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Meet the Robinsons
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»rank: 533
Our review: :Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: G :Developing positive self-esteem and persevering in the face of difficulties are fundamental parts of growing up, but when 12-year old orphan Lewis (Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry) can't seem to get adopted or make his inventions work despite repeated efforts, he begins to seriously doubt himself and his abilities as an inventor. A CGI picture by Disney with great animation and a fresh vision of what the future might look like, Meet The Robinsons follows Lewis from his lonesome days at the orphanage to his crushing ...
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The Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause
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»rank: 513
Our review: :Santa aka scott calvin juggles a house full of family & mischievous jack frost who is scheming to take over the big guys holiday. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 08/15/2008 Starring: Tim Allen Martin Short Run time: 92 minutes Rating: G : How about a new villain and a dash of It's a Wonderful Life to spice up the third installment of the popular Tim Allen holiday franchise? Under the onslaught of another Christmas season, Santa Claus/Scott Calvin (Allen) is feeling even more pressure because Mrs. Claus (Elizabeth Mitchell, reprising her role from The Santa Clause 2) is ...
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»rank: 2589
Our review: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/06/2008 Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Pg13 :The weirdness of actor Nicolas Cage and the weirdness of science-fiction author Philip K. Dick seem like a natural fit. The premise, taken from a short story by Dick, is a good one: A mediocre Las Vegas magician named Chris Johnson (Cage) can see into the future--but only about two minutes at the most. Just enough to pull off his act and to make some money at the gambling tables, so long as he's discreet. Unfortunately, he hasn't been discreet enough; a government agent (Julianne Moore) has ...
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Spider-Man (Widescreen Special Edition)
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Our review: :For devoted fans and nonfans alike, Spider-Man offers nothing less--and nothing more--than what you'd expect from a superhero blockbuster. Having proven his comic-book savvy with the original Darkman, director Sam Raimi brings ample energy and enthusiasm to Spidey's origin story, nicely establishing high-school nebbish Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) as a brainy outcast who reacts with appropriate euphoria--and well-tempered maturity--when a 'super-spider' bite transforms him into the amazingly agile, web-shooting Spider-Man. That's all well and good, and so is Kirsten Dunst as Parker's girl-next-door sweetheart. Where Spider-Man falls short is in its hyperactive CGI action sequences, which play like a video game ...
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