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"When a 23-year-old male Anchorman fan would rather see a romance with Jenkins and Steenburgen than an R-rated comedy with Ferrell, you know something went horrible wrong."
Posted Jul 28, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)51%
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A
 
"Squaring off the best-ever Batman and the best-ever Joker would've been enough, but director Nolan sticks them inside an ensemble crime saga that should make Scorsese proud."
Posted Jul 16, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)94%
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A-
 
"The unique point of view -- from a guy who used to take steroids and has two brothers who still do -- is the reason to see this."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)97%
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B+
 
"A collision of Black's signature humor with a succession of surprisingly awesome fight scenes."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Kung Fu Panda (2008)88%
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B
 
"There are a handful of legitimately funny jokes, even though -- though it frightens me to say so -- I don't get as excited as I got when I was fifteen."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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B
 
"I'm still not too enthusiastic about the character, but the film is fast-paced, well-acted, and captures that elusive 'comic book feel.'"
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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C-
 
"Usually Shyamalan can hide his limitations as a screenwriter behind his skill as a director. Here, that skill fails him as well, and the whole movie falls apart."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)19%
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C
 
"Myers has a borderline-pathological need to mock Verne Troyer's height. It stops being funny quickly."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)14%
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B-
 
"Even if you've never watched the TV show in your life, you'll have the nagging feeling that you've seen it all before."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)52%
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B
 
"It's fun, but it's sillier than The Love Guru."
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)73%
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B
 
"The let's-take-a-road-trip method of character healing has been done to death, but unlike Little Miss Sunshine, James & Tara are made up of more than just cute quirks."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Sleepwalking (2008)19%
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B
 
"It's a mishmash of homages to writer/director Neil Marshall's favorite B movies. That doesn't make it bad at all, though; it ends up being quite entertaining."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Doomsday (2008)48%
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B-
 
"There are only three types of [legal] U.S. citizens in the film: cartoonish rich elitists, drug addicts, and whiny young Chicanos who've shunned their Mexican heritage."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Under the Same Moon (2008)73%
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B+
 
"The vast majority of 21 is pure fun; I would've loved to give it an unqualified rave, so its flaws are especially annoying."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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C
 
"[The protagonist is] a petty, unlikable loser."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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B+
 
"Shine a Light is at once an ode to [Scorsese's] longtime muses, a look at the arc of their career, and a rollicking concert film."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Shine a Light (2008)86%
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B-
 
"My Blueberry Nights plays much like a dream; different vignettes fade into each other ... [but] nothing ever quite adds up."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)47%
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"The lack of ego and relatively little self-pity [wheelchair-bound Tomas] Young has is astounding."
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
Body of War (2008)71%
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B+
 
"This is yet another indie populated by quirky characters %u2013 it's no surprise that it came out of Sundance %u2013 but for once, it doesn't overdo the quirk, minus a few exceptions."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Smart People (2008)49%
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B
 
"An unapologetically old-fashioned fantasy ... solid enough entertainment for grown-ups, but something that many kids will absolutely adore."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)64%
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C+
 
"On one level, it's unfair to penalize a pretty decent movie for not being a great movie, but then again, Fey has proved time and time again that she can do better than this."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Baby Mama (2008)62%
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B
 
"A surprisingly 'post-9/11' movie, it combines typical stoner humor with a plot about ethnic profiling, torture, and War on Terror paranoia. But, like, in a funny way."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)55%
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B-
 
"A number of young boys attended the screening I went to, and none of them seemed to be quite sure when they were supposed to laugh."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Son of Rambow (2008)75%
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A-
 
"Jon Favreau is the real deal. The actor-turned-director shows us, with Iron Man, that he has a major talent in exploiting what fundamentally pumps audiences up."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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A-
 
"In the novel, all the back story is clumsily dumped in the first few chapters ... in the movie, it's structured a lot more logically, and cinematically."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)66%
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C+
 
"[Rhys-Meyers's performance is] the perfect microcosm for the entire film: capable but bland."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
The Children of Huang Shi (2008)27%
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B+
 
"It's a lot more dystopian than I thought it would be, at times reminiscent of something as nutty as Brazil."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
War, Inc. (2008)31%
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B
 
"With at least eight screenwriters hired to work on different drafts over the years ... it's a minor miracle that the finished film works as well as it does."
Posted Jun 3, 2008
 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)77%
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D
 
"A skilled director could take the same exact script from 88 Minutes, change maybe three or four lines, and shoot it as a spoof movie. It's that close to self-parody."
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
88 Minutes (2008)6%
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A-
 
"The movie boils down to a lot of tough-talking men trying to out-tough-talk each other. It's well-staged action stitched together by nonstop pissing-match dialogue."
Posted Apr 17, 2008
 
Street Kings (2008)36%

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