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

Movie Title Grade Dave Says
W. C- ...a lose/lose situation...
Wah Wah B+ … bitterly funny …
Waist Deep … crazy-pleasurable …
Waitress B+ … really sweet and moving.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story D+ … doesn't just not walk, it barely limps.
The Walker C- … Harrelson is deeply weird …
War "You'll be disappointed in the film but satisfied by the sheer volume of bloodshed."
War Dance B+ … they sing and dance, and you end up crying.
Wassup Rockers A- … artless artfulness …
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep B+ … a really sweet, well-made, sometimes frightening and even emotionally affecting movie.
We Are Marshall … really effective and moving.
We Own the Night B- … tense, violent, soaking in mood.
Weather Man C+ … dreary, bitter …
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins C- … the fact that Lawrence is the star is the biggest crack-up here.
The Wendell Baker Story It wishes it was as sweet and smart as Bottle Rocket
What Just Happened B+ ...kinda funny
When a Stranger Calls … stupidly, bloodless PG-13 remake …
When Do We Eat? B+ … self-consciously wacky …
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? C- … gives no new information about anything …
Where the Truth Lies B- … a most bizarre noir.
White Countess B+ … aimed directly at old people …
Who Killed the Electric Car? A- … depressing factual …
Whole New Thing C- … like a warm bowl of Cream of Wheat.
Who's Your Caddy? D- … will elicit polite golf applause and not much else.
Why We Fight B- … smug …
The Wicker Man D- Hubris …
Wild Hogs … so relentlessly stupid and bland and vile …
Wild Tigers I Have Known B+ … nearly wordless, borderline-experimental …
The Wild … poorly articulated, personality-free …
The Wind That Shakes the Barley … its power lies as much in its presentation as its plot …
Winter Passing … adorable and all …
Without the King … short, understated …
Witless Protection … sub-lowest-common-denominator "funny,"
The Witnesses B+ … like a breath of fresh air …
Wolf Creek C+ The last half is sick.
The Women D- ...full of hollow chuckles and crocodile tears and implausible sisterhood and a boldly defiant refusal to deliver comedy. Because laughing is sexist.
Wordplay A- It's funny, too …
World Trade Center … not bad.
World's Fastest Indian … freakishly beautiful.