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C	"For all of the fan hullabaloo around its plotline, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" is little more than an extended if atmospheric version of the former television show. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 23, 2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)	33%
B	"Goofy, bawdy, and full of slapstick physicality "Step Brothers" takes advantage of the natural comic chemistry between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly to generate a coming of age comedy that's funnier than any of Will Ferrell's recent outings. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 21, 2008	Step Brothers (2008)	74%
A+	"The Dark Knight packs in at least two films worth of action, suspense, spectacle, horror, and nuanced social commentary. You�ll want to see it more than twice. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 16, 2008	The Dark Knight (2008)	95%
B	"Former stuntman Rick Waugh turns writer/director to make a compelling and gritty drama that is as much a commentary on America's failed justice/prison system as it is about the devastation suffered by an honest family man imprisoned for killing a burglar " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 15, 2008	Felon (2008)	56%
D	""The Doorman" is a thinly written indie comedy--it's only 79 minutes long--that will have you kicking yourself for wasting whatever time and money you spent to watch it. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 14, 2008	The Doorman (2008)	25%
B+	"Once it gets past its high-pitched squeals of estrogen-fueled excitement in the opening sequences, director Phyllida Lloyd's screen adaptation of the popular Broadway play based on Abba songs, settles into a harmonically pleasing comedy set amid the extra" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 12, 2008	Mamma Mia! (2008)	53%
A	"Director Brent MacKenzie's black-and-white documentary/narrative genre blender about urbanized Native Americans in 1961 Los Angeles is a cold glass of cinematic water drawn from the same well as Joseph Strick's "The Savage Eye" (1960). " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 12, 2008	The Exiles (1961)	88%
C	"Guy Pierce's performance is perhaps the worst researched role of the year, and Catherine Zeta-Jones never connects to her character's lower class milieu. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 11, 2008	Death Defying Acts (2008)	44%
C-	"Breslin is the best thing about this myopic comedy that doesn't even get any humorous traction from the stereotypes it presses through its low-fidelity independent film filter. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 11, 2008	Harold (2008)	25%
C-	"Lush cinematic compositions, locations, and costumes compensate for some of the story's lacking impact, but not enough to recommend it as anything more than a guilty pleasure. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 6, 2008	The Last Mistress (2008)	77%
B	"A visually delightful movie packed with plenty of goofy character elements that keep it entertaining." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 5, 2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)	87%
B	"A breathtaking adaptation of Jules Verne's classic sci-fi novel, filled with eye-pleasing gags and sudden shocks of surprise that fall under the spell of strong performances from its terrific three-person cast." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jul 5, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	60%
A-	"You'll come for the action; you'll enjoy it more because of James McAvoy." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 30, 2008	Wanted (2008)	72%
B-	"For all of its illumination of one of the most enigmatic figures in American literature, "Gonzo" mistakenly paints Hunter S. Thompson as a writer whose star burned out decades before his long foreshadowed suicide in 2005. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 29, 2008	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)	86%
B+	"Screenwriter/director Jonathan Levine makes a remarkable sophomore film with a deceptively simple story of urban romance set in Manhattan's final pot-friendly days of the mid-'90s before Rudolph Giuliani's Disneyfication took its stranglehold on the city." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 29, 2008	The Wackness (2008)	66%
A	"*Drawing on science fiction epics like 2001: A Space Odyssey* and Star Wars, Wall-E may be the first truly dystopian animated movie for kids.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Jun 29, 2008	WALL-E (2008)	96%
B-	"For a robust action story about three people from very different backgrounds attempting to make a positive influence on their world, "Hancock" is a step in the right direction. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 24, 2008	Hancock (2008)	38%
B+	"Blacklisted screenwriter and freedom-fighter Dalton Trumbo is revealed in this touching documentary that utilizes talking-head interviews along with Trumbo's letters to flesh out the man responsible for such film classics as "Johnny Got His Gun," "Spartac" -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 23, 2008	Trumbo (2008)	71%
B-	"Although much of its archive footage from high school games shows up blurry, pixleated or in an otherwise raw form, it nonetheless clarifies the abilities of thoroughly committed young players executing their most impressive basketball skills. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 22, 2008	Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)	89%
A	"Based on Philip Roth's novella "The Dying Animal," "Elegy" an impassioned cinematic adaptation from director Isabel Coixet ("The Secret Life of Worlds")..." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Elegy (2008)	60%
B	"High production values, and a cast that includes Joan Cusack and Stanley Tucci, elevate the movie above its after-school-special limitations. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)	80%
A	"No amount of description can transmit the passion and joy in this wonderful picture, assisted by a lyrical musical score by composer Michael Myman. See this movie. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 14, 2008	Man on Wire (2008)	100%
A	""Encounters at the End of the World," is an adventure documentary where our perception of nature's fierce beauty is filtered through Herzog's mad-genius mind. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 13, 2008	Encounters at the End of the World (2008)	94%
C-	"Slow pacing and a muted sound production only add to the CGI disaster inflicted on what should have been a believable superhero created with 21st century technology. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 13, 2008	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	67%
B+	"Shot in his signature black-and-white, the movie sustains a dreamlike quality that freely allows non sequitur ideas, historical events, and memories to come alive. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 12, 2008	My Winnipeg (2008)	96%
B-	"*Although its chemistry never gels, Get Smart* pulls off a sufficient number of goofy action set pieces to earn its entertainment value.*" -- ColeSmithey.com* Posted Jun 11, 2008	Get Smart (2008)	53%
D	"One-hit-wonder M. Night Shyamalan further galvanizes the nickname given him by his detractors ("Shyamalama-ding-dong") with yet another pretentious movie." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 11, 2008	The Happening (2008)	19%
C+	"This is a foreign horror movie that's all about style and shock value. The fruit of Argento's mad vision is an acquired taste, but there's plenty to chew on here. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 9, 2008	Mother of Tears (2008)	51%
D+	"Hopes are dashed for the screenwriting contribution of Judd Apatow to elevate Adam Sandler as a poor man's Groucho Marx..." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 8, 2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)	34%
C	"Muted bits of slapstick and verbal insults arrive with more clunkers than zingers, but the performances are adequate and the tone sincere." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	The Promotion (2008)	47%
A	"For anyone even slightly interested in Mongolian history or in the life of the man who would conquer a fifth of the Earth's landmass, "Mongol" is a movie that demands repeated screenings. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	Mongol (2008)	88%
B-	"Jack Black inhabits the animated panda called Po with so much of his signature whimsy that audiences get a double dose of Black's comic persona." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted Jun 2, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	88%
B+	"There are no martyrs in this anti-sentimental ironic movie that nevertheless percolates with emotion and accepts its quirky characters for all of their flaws. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 25, 2008	A Christmas Tale (2008)	n/a
A-	"Visually inventive and viscerally sincere, "Waltz With Bashir" is a cathartic and unforgettable film. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 24, 2008	Waltz with Bashir (2008)	n/a
B	"Kaufman's high concept narrative is an evocative and empathic way of looking at the inevitability of death, and features a concentrated use of great female actors of our era. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 24, 2008	Synecdoche, New York (2008)	n/a
B	"Filled with inside humor about things like the importance of premiering certain kinds of films at Cannes, Levinson's latest comedy confirmed the first rule of success in the film business; "nobody knows nothing." " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 24, 2008	What Just Happened? (2008)	n/a
C-	"Director Fernando Meirelles' adaptation of Jose Saramago's allegorical novel about a society that goes blind loses all credibility in Don McKellar's particularly na�ve screenplay. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 24, 2008	Blindness (2008)	n/a
B	"Apart from a flashing neon light coda, Eastwood's drama made for a respectable competition entry at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 24, 2008	The Changeling (2008)	n/a
B-	"The movie compulsively hits fast-forward every time Woody interrupts the action with voice-over narration from an extraneous male narrator, but is nonetheless an improvement by degrees over his last film "Cassandra's Dream." " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 23, 2008	Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)	80%
A	"This is a movie you will want to revisit again and again." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 19, 2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)	76%
C-	"From its silly exploitation treatment of prostitution and sexual bondage you'd never imagine that Giuseppe Tornatore, the same director who created the magnificent "Cinema Paradiso," made "The Unknown Woman." " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 10, 2008	The Unknown Woman (2008)	62%
B-	"For a low budget, independent comedy made in 19 days, "The Foot Fist Way" is a clever and surprisingly satisfying effort from first-time director and co-writer Jody Hill. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 10, 2008	The Foot Fist Way (2008)	58%
C+	"No matter how dark your sense of humor, the Bush Administration�s joke has become a harsh reality. There�s no spark of humor when you�re staring into an abyss." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 9, 2008	War, Inc. (2008)	31%
B+	"Documentarian Doug Pray ("Scratch") connects the narrative dots between the Paskowitz's nine children that survived their unconventional upbringing with varying degrees of success. You have to see this unusual story to believe it." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 9, 2008	Surfwise (2008)	100%
B+	"Although not a perfect film, "Quid Pro Quo" is a highly crafted cinematic achievement that taps into its characters' subconscious with surgical precision and elegant assurance. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 8, 2008	Quid Pro Quo (2008)	64%
C	"Norwegian auteur Joachim Trier isn't a close relative of Lars von Trier, but his debut feature film bares the characteristics of an ambitious if overreaching young filmmaker taunting his elders to scold him for his audacity. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 5, 2008	Reprise (2008)	89%
C-	"This tone-deaf flick from hack screenwriter Dana Fox, is an example of a Hollywood formula romantic comedy where the author never properly learned the recipe." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	What Happens in Vegas (2008)	27%
A	"The Wachowski Brothers achieve a divine vision of psychedelic visual ecstasy while digging deep into an campy comic/dramatic tone that works for audiences of all ages." -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	36%
B-	"For all of it's anti-corporate military themes, "Iron Man" spends too much time watching technology genius Tony Stark tinkering with his super-hero costume design to get around to developing much of a story. " -- ColeSmithey.com Posted May 4, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%

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