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  • The Ides of March 2011

    ★★★½ Watched 11 Jul, 2012

    Clooney has achieved some success here with his story of the traitorous and often morally dubious decisions made to support Presidential campaign runs. Gosling puts in a typically great performance as the conflicted Press Secretary, and there are confident, if not outstanding performances from the rest including Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti.
    Starting out as an idealist, fully believing in Clooney's candidate Morris, it doesn't take long for him to become disillusioned and tempted to the dark side as…

  • Tucker & Dale vs. Evil 2010

    ★★★ Added

    Surprisingly decent take on the horror movie spoof! Just short enough to not outstay it's welcome, it achieves a gory, funny, and affectionate take on the slasher genre, with two capable leads and a perfectly cast set of expendable college kids.

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  • 10,000 BC 2008

    ★½ Added

    Inexplicably boring. I mean, it has a sabre toothed cat on the front cover. How do you make a BORING movie with a sabre-toothed cat in it?! Apparently, Emmerich found the answer.

  • The Devil Wears Prada 2006

    ★★★★ Added

    Wintour would be both very angry and very proud. Meryl Streep turns a character that could be easily 2D and adds emotional weight behind her, even just for the small cracks in her ice queen persona. Excellent.