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W.
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Oct. 17, 2008
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C-
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...a lose/lose situation...
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Wah Wah
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… bitterly funny …
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Waist Deep
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… crazy-pleasurable …
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Waitress
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… really sweet and moving.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D+
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… doesn't just not walk, it barely limps.
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The Walker
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… Harrelson is deeply weird …
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Waltz With Bashir
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Dec. 29, 2008
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B+
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...the feel-bad movie of the season.
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War
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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"You'll be disappointed in the film but satisfied by the sheer volume of bloodshed."
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War Dance
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… they sing and dance, and you end up crying.
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Wassup Rockers
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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… artless artfulness …
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Watchmen
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Mar. 05, 2009
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B+
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Too much? Or not enough? The debate begins.
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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… a really sweet, well-made, sometimes frightening and even emotionally affecting movie.
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We Are Marshall
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… really effective and moving.
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We Own the Night
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… tense, violent, soaking in mood.
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Weather Man
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C+
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… dreary, bitter …
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… the fact that Lawrence is the star is the biggest crack-up here.
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The Wendell Baker Story
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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It wishes it was as sweet and smart as Bottle Rocket …
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Wendy and Lucy
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Dec. 11, 2008
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A-
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...sorrowful, minimalist...
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What Just Happened
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Oct. 29, 2008
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B+
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...kinda funny
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Whatever Works
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Jun. 19, 2009
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C-
|
Whatever.
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When a Stranger Calls
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Sep. 16, 2008
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F
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… stupidly, bloodless PG-13 remake …
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When Do We Eat?
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… self-consciously wacky …
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Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… gives no new information about anything …
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Where the Truth Lies
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… a most bizarre noir.
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White Countess
|
Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… aimed directly at old people …
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Who Killed the Electric Car?
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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… depressing factual …
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Whole New Thing
|
Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… like a warm bowl of Cream of Wheat.
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Who's Your Caddy?
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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… will elicit polite golf applause and not much else.
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Why We Fight
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… smug …
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The Wicker Man
|
Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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Hubris …
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Wild Hogs
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Sep. 16, 2008
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F
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… so relentlessly stupid and bland and vile …
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Wild Tigers I Have Known
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
|
… nearly wordless, borderline-experimental …
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The Wild
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D
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… poorly articulated, personality-free …
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… its power lies as much in its presentation as its plot …
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Winter Passing
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
C
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… adorable and all …
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Without the King
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
|
… short, understated …
|
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Witless Protection
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
C
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… sub-lowest-common-denominator "funny,"
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The Witnesses
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B+
|
… like a breath of fresh air …
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Wolf Creek
|
Sep. 16, 2008
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C+
|
The last half is sick.
|
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The Women
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Sep. 17, 2008
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D-
|
...full of hollow chuckles and crocodile tears and implausible sisterhood and a boldly defiant refusal to deliver comedy. Because laughing is sexist.
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Wordplay
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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It's funny, too …
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World Trade Center
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
|
… not bad.
|
|
World's Fastest Indian
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
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… freakishly beautiful.
|
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The Wrestler
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Dec. 19, 2008
|
B+
|
...kind of sentimental and corny
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