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The Movie Watcher | Dave White: Your Man at the Multiplex

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