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Cache
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A
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… Hitchcock-influenced tricks …
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The Camden 28
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B
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… like watching cheerleaders form a human pyramid for the cause of peace.
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Captivity
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F
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… wouldn't be so much of a crime if there were imagination or style … to back it up …
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Cars
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B-
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… just good enough …
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Casanova
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C
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… needs a Viagra.
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Cashback
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C-
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… puddle-deep emotional jabbering …
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Casino Royale
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A-
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It makes actual sense.
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Cassandra's Dream
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D+
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… a comedy by default?
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Catch a Fire
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B
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… complicated …
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Catch and Release
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D-
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The action goes nowhere. Or else it goes fishing.
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Chalk
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B-
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… not consistently funny …
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Changeling
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A-
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...this is a good one.
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Chaos Theory
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C
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The thing I hate the most is on display here …
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Chapter 27
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C-
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… watching Leto try to become a method actor.
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Charlie Bartlett
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B-
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… cute first, satirical second.
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Charlie Wilson's War
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C
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… Oscar-grubbing kind of movie …
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Charlotte's Web
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A
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… gentle, literate …
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
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D
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… ridiculousness …
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Chicago 10
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B+
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… you'll always be fascinated and freaked-out …
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Chicken Little
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C
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… kids will flip …
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The Child
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A
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… heavy, serious …
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Children of Men
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B
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… evil dystopias are always a kick …
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Choke
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C-
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...Couldn’t we just find out that he’s been punching himself in the face the entire time instead?
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A Christmas Tale
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A-
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...sprawling, complex
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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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B
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… plenty to like …
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City of Ember
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B+
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...tougher and stranger than most kid movies
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City of Men
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C+
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… a melodramatic message movie …
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Civic Duty
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C
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… still fun.
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CJ7
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B
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… the lame stuff is outweighed by the great visuals …
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Clean
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B+
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[Cheung's] never not good.
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Clerks II
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A
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… filthy, hilarious dialogue …
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Click
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D
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… monumentally stupid …
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Climates
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A
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… perfect looking …
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Close to Home
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B
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… a much less funny Clerks but with bombs.
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Cloverfield
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A
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… mind-blowingly great …
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Code Name: The Cleaner
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C
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… stupid and useless.
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College Road Trip
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B-
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You won't be annoyed too much …
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Color Me Kubrick
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B
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… goes there with trashy good humor.
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Come Early Morning
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B
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… comfortable and country.
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The Comebacks
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F
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… so bad and not-funny …
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The Condemned
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D-
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… no consistent point of view about that superviolence …
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Confetti
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C-
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… heartfelt and lame …
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Control
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A-
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… unswervingly melancholy …
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Conversations With Other Women
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C-
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… yappy-yap-yapping …
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Copying Beethoven
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D+
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… still sucks.
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The Counterfeiters
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B+
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One of the more interesting …
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The Covenant
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D
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… bland and dull …
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Crank
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B+
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… the dumb-ocity of Speed 2: Cruise Control …
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Crazy Love
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A-
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… 10 times more disturbing than any horror film.
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Crossover
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D-
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Awkward, inept …
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Curious George
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B
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Are you 4? 4½?
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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B+
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… stab-happy sprinkles on a cupcake of crazy.
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