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Movie review: The Switch

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  • Post published:August 24, 2010
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THE SWITCH stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman . By SANDRA OLMSTED In the The Switch, which is more worth seeing for the acting than the predictable, more-sweet-than-funny story, Jennifer…

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Movie review: The Other Guys

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  • Post published:August 12, 2010
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The Other Guys:  Political Activism Buried in Absurdist Humor By Sandra Olmsted In the guise of a buddy-cop action parody, executive producer Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay make the villain…

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Movie review: ‘Salt’

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  • Post published:July 27, 2010
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Evelyn Salt, Angelina Jolie proves she has the chops to be a James Bond-esque action star because her new film Salt uses less CGI and more real stunts. Salt:  A…

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Movie review: ‘Despicable Me’

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  • Post published:July 13, 2010
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Steve Carell (left) is the voice of Gru, the villian in Despicable Me who tries to steal the moon in this animated film. By Maggie Scott Steve Carell adds to…

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Movie review: Knight and Day: Tongue-in-Cheek Fun

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  • Post published:July 6, 2010
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BY SANDRA OLMSTEAD Knight and Day, directed by James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma), has a number of good qualities to recommend it, but an important message and studied character development…

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Movie review: The A-Team

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  • Post published:June 15, 2010
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The A-Team:  Pity the Fool Who Expects Too Much! By Sandra Olmsted Rarely does adapting a television series to the big screen work, but the new version of Frank Lupo and…

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Movie review: Sex in the City 2

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  • Post published:June 3, 2010
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The Sex in the City gal pals are back, this time visiting Abu Dhabi in Sex in the City 2. Sex in the City 2 : Pushing The Limits of…

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Movie review: Robin Hood

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  • Post published:May 18, 2010
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Russell Crowe is Robin Longstride before he became Robin Hood in new epic film from Universal. By Maggie Scott It’s not just the legendary man of Sherwood Forest who’s launching target-piercing…

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Movie review: Iron Man 2

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  • Post published:May 11, 2010
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ROBERT DOWNEY JR. is back in Iron Man 2 By Maggie Scott In 2008 another hero from the beloved Marvel Comics world of Stan Lee made a successful transition to cinematic life. …

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Movie review: Furry Vengeance

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  • Post published:May 4, 2010
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Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser Star in the comedy Furry Vengence Furry Vengeance Uses Too Much Slapstick To be Great Comedy by Sandra Olmsted Furry Vengeance, much like Mousehunt (Dreamworks 1997), sets…

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