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  • 13 Going On 30 13 Going On 30

    13 Going On 30 2004

    ★★½ Watched 20 May, 2012

    Wait, I was 13 in 1987. Why didn't I turn into Jennifer Garner by the time I was 30? Wait, I mean Mark Ruffalo! Oh, what a giveaway.

  • 21 Jump Street 21 Jump Street

    21 Jump Street 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 28 Dec, 2012

    More fun than I thought it would be.

  • 30 Minutes or Less 30 Minutes or Less

    30 Minutes or Less 2011

    ★★★ Watched 24 May, 2012

    Despite the funny people in the cast, doesn't quite gel into a cohesively humorous comedy. (So the writers were only "vaguely aware" of a previous incident in which someone had a bomb strapped to him and was forced to rob a bank? Riiiiiight.)

  • 42 42

    42 2013

    ★★★★ Watched 15 Apr, 2013

    Very good dramatization -- of course, having read some books on the subject, I certainly recognized a few things that didn't happen quite as depicted in the film. What I really wanted was even more baseball scenes, so I could get more of a look at the digital reproductions of the old ballparks. (And I really feel sorry for Larry Doby not even getting a mention in the dialogue.) Glad I saw it on Jackie Robinson Day.

  • 50/50 50/50

    50/50 2011

    ★★★★ Watched 31 Jan, 2013

    Just about the right blend of humor and poignancy.

  • 50 First Dates 50 First Dates

    50 First Dates 2004

    ★★★ Watched 06 Sep, 2012

    Cute and sentimental in spite of Adam Sandler. I think I liked the plot better when it was a "Saturday Night Live" sketch starring Tom Hanks.

  • Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland 1951

    ★★★½ Rewatched 19 Dec, 2012

    Ridiculous! (Yes, I know that's the point.)

  • All the Real Girls All the Real Girls

    All the Real Girls 2003

    ★★★½ Watched 21 Jun, 2012

    Very well-written and well-acted, but a little bit slow-moving for my taste. Zooey Deschanel is almost unrecognizable at the beginning of the movie, without her usual bangs.

  • Along Came Polly Along Came Polly

    Along Came Polly 2004

    ★★ Watched 29 Oct, 2012

    I liked this better under its original title, "Generic Romantic Comedy No. 173."

  • An American Werewolf in London An American Werewolf in London

    An American Werewolf in London 1981

    ★★★½ Watched 02 Aug, 2012

    The best thing about this movie is the transformation scene - can't believe CGI would be better.

  • Anger Management Anger Management

    Anger Management 2003

    ★★½ Watched 20 Jan, 2012

    This film would have better if it were about John Turturro's character and/or featured more of January Jones sucking on Krista Allen's fingers. Still, Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler do a good job of playing themselves; Derek Jeter and Roger Clemens can't quite pull that off as convincingly.

  • Another Earth Another Earth

    Another Earth 2011

    ★★★ Watched 01 Jan, 2013

    There's a pretty good movie here about a woman trying to make amends for a terrible mistake she made as a teenager, and there's a pretty good movie here about the appearance of a parallel version of Earth -- but I'm not sure either benefits by being combined with the other.