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Tuesday, August 07, 2012

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Total Recall movie reviews: leave a classic alone
Baltimore Sun
I had low expectations for the remake of"Total Recall,"one of my favorite movies. And it appears that they have been met. The movies are based on the great Philip K. Dick's 1966 short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." Dick was asci-fi master, ...
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Celeste and Jesse Forever
RollingStone.com
Childhood sweethearts Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) call it quits after six years of marriage. Back off, I'm not spoiling the ending. That's how this breath of fresh comic air begins. Celeste is on a career high, spotting hot trends for an L.A. ...
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Movie Reviews: 'You've Been Trumped' and 'Mosquita y Mari'
New York Daily News
Movie Reviews: 'You've Been Trumped' and 'Mosquita y Mari'. A documentary on a terrific subject given frustratingly amateur treatment and a gem of a coming-of-age film. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Thursday, August 2, 2012, 2:16 PM. Print · Print; Comment ...
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New York Daily News
Review: Total Recall (2012)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
People's Critic: Film Reviews. This blog is my look at movies, pop culture and entertainment. It's a blog by the people that speaks for the people who love entertainment. I love to write and to share my opinion. Hope you enjoy what I have to say. « Review: Ai Weiwei: Never ... Total Recall will always be best remembered as the movie with the three boob'd hooker. ... There are moments in Recall when the film is entreating, but most of the movie feels like poor character development stitched together with action scenes.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Total Recall
RollingStone.com
This futuristic fiasco, a wretched remake of 1990's Total Recall, can't begin to erase memories of director Paul Verhoeven's kinky, hot-wired original in which Arnold Schwarzenegger memorably shot movie wife Sharon Stone and bitchslapped her with ...
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Zero Dark Thirty
Entertainment Weekly
Kathryn Bigelow's chronicle of the decadelong hunt for 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden may be the year's most controversial film, already generating partisan critiques. In their first interviews about the secrecy-shrouded project, Bigelow and screenwriter ...
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Entertainment Weekly
Reviews: Made-in-Atlanta movie "The Watch" is hard to watch
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
But reviews for the movie, filmed in metro Atlanta, indicate "The Watch" is a movie you won't want to watch. "(D)irector ... "Rote, crass and worst of all, totally laugh-free," observed a Gatehouse News Service review titled "The Watch" is Unwatchable." ..... Two great e-books, from the Atlanta experts. • The Atlanta 50: What to See and Do, our inside scoop on Atlanta's vibrant cultural and leisure scene, including tips on parking, where you should go and best times to avoid big crowds. Order e-book guide today. PLUS: ...
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