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MacGruber (2010)

Bill Clark — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:00:21 +0000

The bar for Saturday Night Live-inspired films is set appropriately low. After all, for every Blues Brothers or Wayne’s World (the diamonds of the genre), there’s a The Ladies Man, Superstar, A Night at the Roxbury, Coneheads, or many other failures. That MacGruber is as consistently funny and inspired as… Continue reading

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Deja Vu (2006)

Bill Clark — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:00:47 +0000

It is a fact of life that we, the audience, are expected to suspend our disbelief as we enter the theater. After all, isn’t that what makes the movies so fun? But it comes with a catch: the plot must be airtight and, more importantly, grounded in a reality that… Continue reading

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Bill Clark — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:00:20 +0000

And now for something different. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a marriage of old film noir elements with more modern black comedy techniques, and the result is an occasionally funny and entertaining film that ultimately tries too hard and cannot maintain the breakneck pace that the first act antes up.… Continue reading

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Spartan (2004)

Bill Clark — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 05:00:03 +0000

I am going to be deliberately vague in my plot synopsis of Spartan, as there are enough twists and turns in this film alone for five movies. Giving it away would be nothing short of a crime. A prominent political figure’s daughter has gone missing. We know it is the… Continue reading

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