Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania_Alphabetical

10 titles

OCEAN'S THIRTEEN

OBSERVE AND REPORT

Release: Apr 09 - Review: 17 Oct 09

Report: C+.
...walks that indecisive line between drama and comedy, with Seth Rogen pulling it towards big-dumb-galoot comedy and the script (much like Hill's FOOT FIST WAY) tripping into self-realization drama.
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OBSESSED

Release: Apr 09 - Review: 19 Aug 10

Hell hath no apathy, like a woman scorned.
...writer David Loughery and director Steve Shill have crafted OBSESSED as if they've never known the embrace of a woman, let alone been stalked by one.
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OCEAN'S ELEVEN

Release: Dec 01 - Review: 30 Dec 03

Whatchoo talkin bout, Cheadle?
...we're not so much dealing with "movies" as we are with "movie STARS".
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OCEAN'S TWELVE

Release: Dec 04 - Review: 22 Nov 05

"1 Louder" Than Ocean's Eleven.
...so self-aware of its megastar cheese-wattage that it can't quite get over its own smugness.
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OCEAN'S THIRTEEN

Release: Jun 07 - Review: 23 Jun 07

Lucky Number Thirteen.
... this time ‘round, the direction is wiser, the plot is tighter and some of the jokes are actually funny.
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OPEN WATER

Release: Aug 04 - Review: 6 Apr 09

Body of Beauty in Body of Water.
Two insignificant bodies in a limitless ocean - fact that one of them is Blanchard Ryan's 9.5 body is doubly tragic...
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OPEN WATER 2: ADRIFT
Release: Aug 06 - Review: 18 Dec 09

Sea legs in the second act.
Like its tenuous predecessor, ADRIFT is also supposedly based on a true story - of six people lost at sea. Six BORING people.
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ORPHAN

Release: Jul 09 - Review: 19 Aug 10

The Kid Ain't Kidding.
...when an upscale couple with two children adopt a 9-year-old orphan with scary theme music, familial bliss is not in the flow chart.
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OVER THE HEDGE

Release: May 06 - Review: 27 May 06

Die Hard With A Woodland Critter Vengeance.
... does our enjoyment stem from the tale and its telling, or from the megastar backbone that props up all these modern 3D animation films?
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THE OX-BOW INCIDENT

Release: May 43 - Review: 24 Dec 09

Vengeance is Swine.
...presciently an exact representation - EXACT - of how the George W. Bush administration prosecuted its failed state "justice" in its bogus War on Terror.
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