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Fred Claus (David Dobkin, 2007)

2007-12-07 08:00:00 by Noel Vera in Critic After Dark
 
...blatant, unembarrassed hypocrisy that you want to convert to Judaism, Buddhism, Communism, Satanism, anything to get away from the mosquito whine There are exactly two funny jokes in the picture: Fred attending a Siblings Anonymous meeting with Frank Stallone, Stephen Baldwin, Roger Clinton; and Kevin Spacey's Clyde Northcut, efficiency...
 
Tags: christmas, hallmark christmas card, christmas card, season starts, starts, christmas flick, ber, santa clause franchise, simple
 
 
 
 
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DAY 5: The Sugarland Express (1974)

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2007-08-05 16:44:00 by Damian in Windmills of My Mind
...blatant and significant manner: communication. The young Clovis and the elderly police captain can only talk via the technological device of the two-way radio and even then neither person is completely hearing the other since both want entirely different things from the situation. In a way, they are trying to communicate not only across...
 
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Psycho (1960)

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2008-01-26 17:07:58 by admin in FilmFanatic.org
...blatant McGuffins (Leigh doesnt remain the protagonist for long) or the shocking identity twist at the end. Regardless, todays film fanatics can still watch and appreciate the masterful techniques used by Hitchcock, who consistently foils our expectations and keep us on the edge of our seats and not just during the infamous shower scene...
 
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Strange Wilderness Review

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2008-02-03 09:27:43 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...blatant that the movie itself ends on a scene that would normally be an out-take. The guys bust out laughing because the movie ends on such a ridiculous line - and they kept that shot as the final scene of the film; and in a strange way it worked. You knew the film sucked, and so did they - so in some sense it was refreshing to see that they...
 
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Strange Wilderness Review

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2008-02-03 09:27:43 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...blatant that the movie itself ends on a scene that would normally be an out-take. The guys bust out laughing because the movie ends on such a ridiculous line - and they kept that shot as the final scene of the film; and in a strange way it worked. You knew the film sucked, and so did they - so in some sense it was refreshing to see that they...
 
Tags: film, absolutely ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous line, strange wilderness review, strange, ridiculous shark, shark, final scene
 
 
 
 
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Crossing Movie and Product Commercials

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2008-05-13 17:30:13 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...blatant product placements are noticed. Take Iron Man for example when Tony Stark gets out of his car and Jon Favreau (his driver and also the director of the movie) hands him a CLEARLY blatant Burger King bag Personally, I dont mind product placements as long as they fit into the scene. For example, if the scene calls for a laptop in it, I...
 
Tags: product, mind product placements, funny product placement, movie, product placement, commercials, blatant product placements, scene calls, scene
 
 
 
 
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Walk Hard Review

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2007-12-22 00:22:20 by John Campea in The Movie Blog
...blatant, low brow and god damn hilarious. Some jokes fell flat, but for the most part they hit often and well; with a good mix of physical humor thrown into the pot. If you are looking to see a movie that will get you laughing, Walk Hard is the one to do it this holiday season I was going to give this film a 7 out of 10, then I remembered the...
 
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Resident Evil: Extinction (Russel Mulcahy, 2007)

2007-10-05 21:39:00 by Noel Vera in Critic After Dark
 
...blatant and shallowly conceived (the moviemakers seem to want--oldest cliché in the book--a 'what might have been' attraction to sprout between the two) that I find myself laughing instead of tearing up (in Road Warrior the look was one of unspoken defiance, capping a skillfully woven plot sub-thread about one man having something to prove...
 
Tags: mulcahy, road warrior, road warrior premise, resident evil, bird, bird attack, milla jovovich, jovovich, hitchcock
 
 
 
 
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Portrait of the critic as a young man

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2007-12-03 09:44:00 by Edward Copeland in Edward Copeland on Film
...blatant ripoff of Soap that I called "Suds." I even stole some gags from the show, but rehearsals went chaotic before it ever got on its feet. Still, pretty amazing that this teacher was prepared to let us act out a silly show involving adultery and murder in the fourth grade. (I think the all-time record for indulgence by a teacher belongs...
 
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DAY 16: Empire of the Sun (1987)

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2007-08-16 18:33:00 by Damian in Windmills of My Mind
...blatant here. His "stuff" is more important than his friendship with Jim and he clearly regrets putting a "kid" in charge of his things. After Basie recovers, he wanders quietly into the bunker and sits in his now bare room. Jim is waiting for him but he's so ashamed to have "let Basie down" that he sil