Review of High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

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• Fans of HSM 1 & 2 • People who love Zac Efron • Fans of Kenny Ortega choreography – if you didn't see Newsies, see it! • People who love movie musicals • Anyone who's already invested in HSM sheets and pillow cases • People who don't think basketball players can also carry a musical

• People who think Corbin Bleu is the latest salad dressing from the Paul Newman collection • Those who cannot stand Disney® musicals especially ones starring kids from the cover of Tiger Beat • Parents of kids that won't stop talking about High School Musical • People who think it's unrealistic for characters in film to suddenly break into song and elaborate dance numbers • Anyone who might mistake a Zac Efron for a new birth control device • People who prefer opera

Review of Pride and Glory (2008)

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• Those who love derivative cop dramas without twists and thrills • Anyone who believes they'd enjoy seeing a baby threatened with a steam iron • People who didn't see The Departed • Long-term fans who've been waiting for this film for 9 years and really don't care how it turned out • Those who can never get enough clichés in one movie • If you thought John Voight was wooden in Transformers • People who have gotten bored feeding and playing with their kid's Webkinz®

• Fans of director Gavin O'Connor's film Miracle • People who are tired of 'dirty' cop films • Fans of Edward Norton and Colin Farrell • People who didn't take enough Español in high school to be able to understand scenes with out subtitles • Anyone confused to think the title has to do with having Pride and earning Glory • Those who think the 'f-bomb' is best used sparsely • People who think Angel Tezo sounds like a new Starbucks® blended tea

Review of W. (2008)

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• Republican, Democrats, and Independents • People who think Josh Brolin is riding on the shoulders of his famous parents • Fans of James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Toby Jones, Elizabeth Banks, and Thandie Newton • People who thought Richard Dreyfus had retired • People who were too young to have understood what was going on from 2001-2004 • People who don't know what the Bush Doctrine is • People who doubt the loyalty of Colin Powell

• People who just want to move on • People who've drunk so much Rush Limbaugh flavored powered beverages over the past 8 years they're brain is complete washed of all reason and common sense • People who don't want to admit the truth • Democrats who think this film is going to totally skewer George W. Bush—it does but it also makes him a more empathetic figure • Fans of Jason Ritter and Noah Wyle • People who still think the Iraq War was a good idea

Review of The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

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• Fans of Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, and Sophie Okonedo • People who like honey • Those who love gothic southern novels • Fans of female-driven films with excellent acting and directing • Fans of the book, The Secret Life of Bees • People who relish heart-warming stories about the journey of self-discovery

• People who fear bees • People who don't wish to relive the horrors of 1960s racism • People who are never satisfied with films adapted from novels • People who don't like predictable movies • People who think a movie with Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson where they don't sing is pretty ludicrous

Review of Max Payne (2008)

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• Fans of the video game who don't expect a completely literal translation to film • People who like dark, graphic novels • Fans of Mila Kunis • People who've always wanted to see Chris O'Donnell portray a villain • People who want to escape the reality of W. • People who think video games make for the best sources for film adaptations

• People who don't like dark, ominous, hope-drained films • Anyone who fears the Valkyries • Fans of Nelly Furtado—she's in it for about 5 minutes • Fans of Ludacris and / or Beau Bridges • People who are operating on only a few hours of sleep • People who think the Valkyrie mythology will play a heavy roll in the film

Review of Sex Drive (2008)

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• People who think something like a "Comedy Central" version of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist could be a very good idea for a movie • Fans of Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, and Clark Duke • People who thought that the careers of James Marsden and Seth Green couldn't sink any lower • People who cannot get enough of that classic American Pie teen shtick humor • Teens who don't think there are any possible negative consequences to setting up long distance relationships with people you don't know over chat lines

• People who think a walking, talking donut is just about the scariest thing they could ever imagine • People who don't think it's right to satirize the life of the Amish or to make fun of rumspringa • If you don't like the DVD series "Girls Gone Wild" • Anyone who finds the concept of a guacamole donut repulsive • Nerds looking for love life advice • People who thought Superbad was

Review of The Duchess (2008)

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• People who love lavish costumes and hairstyles from England in the late 1700s • Fans of Keira Knightley and Dominic Cooper • Anglophiles • Fans of slow, pastoral, picturesque films that lack action and dynamism • People who love classical music • People who don't know anything about the life of the real Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

• Fans of Ralph Fiennes • Fans of the Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman upon which the film was based • Francophiles • People who fear tall hair • Fans of the real Duchess of Devonshire • People who prefer a great story above all over great costuming, set design, and acting

Review of Body of Lies (2008)

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• Fans of a bearded Leonardo DiCaprio and a 50lbs+ Russell Crowe both with southern accents—there's some reference that DiCaprio's charater is from North Carolina • People confused by all the buzz directed toward English actor Mark Strong • Those who like to receive two films for the price of one • Fans of W. H. Auden poetry—well, at least a quotation from his poem "September 1, 1939" opens the film, but that might not mean you'll love the movie • People who read the novel upon which the film is based and have not been able to sleep a wink knowing that a film version was about unspool • Political activists who think the war on terror has gone too far • Afficionados of motion picture make-up artistry especially when it comes to making poor Leonardo DiCaprio look like his face has been through the meat grinder • People who like to speculate as to the accuracy of the latest spy gimmicks in films

• People who think a film set in Jordan shouldn't be filmed in Morocco • Those who've grown tired of Middle Eastern Terrorist / CIA movies • People who suffer from cynophobia • People who've read enough spy thrillers to last a lifetime • Owners of black SUVs that have to drive home through the desert after the movie • People hoping to get some new perspective on spy thrillers

Review of City of Ember (2008)

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• Fans of Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, and a villainous Bill Murray • People who love incredible make-believe city sets with intricate designs and features • Inventors and people how like gadgets • People who wonder what happened to Mackenzie Crook after his role in Pirates of the Caribbean 3 • Fans of Thomas Edison and Martin Landau • People who don’t require a spectacular and climatic ending • Fans of Walden Media—the people who have been converting all of the classing young adult novels into films of late from Bridge to Terabithia and Nim's Island to The Chronicles of Narnia and Journey to the Center of the Earth • Fans of director Gil Kenan—the guy who brought you Monster House • People who would like to support films filmed in Northern Ireland

• Fans of the book—you're not likely to be satisfied by this adaptaion • People with noctiphobia, zemmiphobia, or potamophobia • People who think 12-year old characters should be played by 12-year old actors • People who like to figure out the metaphors of a film and look beneath the surface • People who don’t like films that set up the need for sequels

Review of Quarantine (2008)

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• Fans of scary movies that don't have much of a point • People who do not get motion sickness • Those who like the group scare experience of seeing a scary movie with a giant willing audience—especially when there are some parts of this film that score big laughs—though that may not have been the intention of the director • Fans of hearing Jennifer Carpenter panic and scream for about 30 straight minutes • Fans of Steve Harris—didn't this guy used to have some standards? • Fans of Jay Hernandez—what's a 'good', 'scary' movie these days without him? • People who don't suffer from zemmiphobia or suriphobia • People who known how to brandish a sledge hammer • Anyone who wouldn't be bothered by this incongruity…if the power's out, how does the elevator run? • People bothered by violent images, bloody messes, depictions of human carnage and so on

• People under the age of 17 • People that have just eaten a full meal, doused down with a super-size beverage, and complemented by a jumbo nacho with extra hot peppers [unless you promise to sit in the very front row with no one in front of you] • People tired of the "Blair Witch Project effect"—basically to make a movie really, really, really scary, you film it such that it's from the perspective of one cameraman who's in the group with all of the requisite jostling, ultra-quick pans, and so on to the point of nearly making you nauseas before you get sick to your stomach from what's on screen • Anyone who likes a movie that ends instead of one that just ends—if you know what I mean • People who prefer their horror movies utilize a variety of scare tactics rather than just one--a nearly constant barrage of things jumping out at you from every unanticipated angle • Those with severe cynophobia, claustrophobia, pathophobia, or especially, achluophobia • People who saw the trailer, because the scariest and, perhaps, best moment of the movie is given away • People who saw the film upon which Quarantine was based, Spanish director, Jaume Balagueró's [Rec]

Review of Ghost Town (2008)

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• Fans of Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni, Ricky Gervais, and Billy Campbell—they are all terrific • People who love movies filmed in NYC • Fans of dramedy • People who can see dead people or live people—both will probably enjoy this movie • Anyone looking for an incentive to go see their dentist right away • Obnoxious people seeking a new path • People who need their soul warmed up along with their heart • "SNL" fans of Kristen Wiig who plays an hilarious spray-tanned surgeon

• People with severe phasmophobia or dentophobia • People who didn't like The Sixth Sense • People with no sense of humor • People who are afraid of dogs the size of horses       • Those who have been mummified • People with no social conscience • Ghostbusters

Review of The Express (2008)

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• Football fans and historians of the game • Cleveland Browns Fans (you've got to love the little brownie logo featured in the film) and Denver Broncos Fans (you've got to see where Floyd Little came from) • People who love a good sports hero story, but also those who are prepared for a heart-warming and courageous story but with and tragic, gut-wrenching ending • Fans of Dennis Quaid • Fans of Ernie Davis and Jim Brown • Fans of the Syracuse Orangemen

• People stuck in the antiquated past • People weary of inspirational sports-themed movies • People who think their future should be handed to them on a silver platter • Anyone who doesn't appreciate the skills of a great football player • People who just don't like the color orange under any circumstances

Review of Appaloosa (2008)

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• People who love pastoral, slow-paced westerns with beautiful scenery and old western sets • Fans of Viggio Mortensen, Jeremy Irons, and Ed Harris • People who might say, "You had me at prairie," and actually mean it • Fans of moustaches with flourish • People who think it would be fun to live again under the code of the old west

• Fans of Renée Zelwegger • People how don't like predictable plots and endings • Anyone who thought 3:10 to Yuma was amazing • Fans of Appaloosa horses, the title comes from the town not horse • People who think "rode hard and put away wet" is not a good thing • Equinophobes

Review of Blindness (2008)

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• Fans of José Saramago's literature – not a perfect adaptation, but still cool • Fans of Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal, and Alice Braga • People who enjoy futuristic fables • Fans of terrifying movies—not necessarily horrifying movies • People who believe in the ultimate good of humanity • People who want to support international, independent filmmaking or whom maybe are sick of the Hollywood spin on films—this film is a Japanese / Brazil / Canada co-production of a Portuguese Nobel-laureate's novel, directed by a Brazilian director, and starring mostly North American actors • Fans of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles

• Fans of Mark Ruffalo—not his best performance • Fans of Sandra Oh—her part is miniscule • People who are never happy with a movie based on a book • Scotomaphobes and scatophobes • People who don't like films about the possible decay of civilization • People who think scary films must feature zombies, psycho killers in masks, radioactive humanoids in the hills, mechanical torture devices, or chainsaws • People offended by nudity in film

Review of Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

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• People who like mind-numbing, films with talking-animals and bad special effects • People who have looked at the movie listings and have seen every other possible movie out there including at the $1 theatres, checked the television listings, been to every museum in their town that's open, read every book in their house, taken every free adult extended learning class in their local free university, donated to every local charity both time and money, and never desired to just adopt a real puppy who desperately needs a home • Fans of Manolo Cardona—you might also want to start a petition to save his career • Fans of heroic German Shepherds, kind iguanas, and comical mice • People who don't believe that the Walt Disney® Company ever misses • Anyone trying to hide from someone who had good movie taste

• People who don't like talking animal movies • Anyone who doesn't like Chihuahuas • People who don't like Drew Barrymore, Jamie Lee Curtis, or Piper Perabo • If you've set your bar low for this film based on the trailer, you are right, and while the film might exceed the lowest expectations, that doesn't make it a good film or worth seeing • Cynophobes • Children under 9 • People on their first date

Review of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

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• Fans of Michael Cera and Kat Dennings • People who like a good romantic, teen comedy with some unusually good teen characters [though there are plenty of stereotypical ones too] and a better plot than say, Superbad? • Anyone who thinks it's fun to trace the path of a piece of chewing gum from character to character in a movie • If you thought Aaron Yoo was great, this is his best role • Anyone who's ever been dumped by the love of their life on their b-day • People who refuse to give up their banana yellow Yugo no matter the offer on eBay • Guys that could use a lesson on how to get the girl of your dreams without really trying

• People who thought that music was going to play a more prominent role in the film • Fans who hoped for a literal adaptation of the book • Emetophobes, melophobes, homophobes or those who suffer from severe mysophobia • People seeking Where's Fluffy • Self-important types that would dump someone they supposedly love on their b-day, oh, and cheat on them the entire relationship—sometimes the mirror is not a good place to look • People who share their iTunes™ playlists hoping for a date

Review of Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

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• Fans of Spike Lee joints • People who want to see a film that deserves to be called one of the year's best on the big screen rather than months later on DVD where it does not belong • Those who are eager to see the incredible performances of four outstanding, up-and-coming actors: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, and Omar Benson Miller • If you want to see a child performance that rivals Academy Award® nominee, Haley Joel Osment's Six Sense portrayal • Anyone fascinated by the loss and retrieval of antiquities • There have been changes from the book to the movie, but because James McBride wrote the book and the screenplay, it's safe to say people who read the book will enjoy the film • Anyone worried that The Dark Knight would have no competition this year for the Academy Awards®

• People incapable of distinguishing fiction from non-fiction • People who do not like epic war films which show the grim reality of battle • Well, fans of John Turturro, Kerry Washington, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt should be forewarned that their total combined screen time stands at fewer than seven minutes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't necessarily see the film • Anyone unprepared to some in-your-face confrontations along racial lines and the history of racism in America • If you don't like intricate, complicated interacting plots with many puzzles and subtitles, and twists