The grading scale is: excellent, good, average, OK, poor, and terrible.
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Story
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Acting
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Imagery
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Music
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Overall
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Normal - Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Lange, Hayden Panettiere
A man, husband and father, after 25 years of marriage, had to change his gender.
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Good
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Excellent
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Average
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Average
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B-
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Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp. Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
The Disneyland ride turned into a colorful movie.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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A-
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Seabiscuit - Tobey Macquire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy
The story of the legendary 1930's, diminutive horse with incredible heart.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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B+
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Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blond - Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Sally Field
The second in the series of pink, mindless, silly movies.
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Good
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C
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X-Men United - Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Rebecca Stamos
The second in the Marvel Comics movie stories of the X-men mutants.
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Good
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Good
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Excellent
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Average
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B
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The Matrix - Reloaded - Keanu Reeves, Samuel L. Jackson
The second installment of the series takes Neo to the next level of the battle.
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Good
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Good
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Excellent
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average
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B-
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Bruce Almighty - Jim Carrey, Jennifer Anniston, Morgan Freeman, Catherine Bell
Interesting twist of what if you were God as only Jim Carrey can play.
Undisputed - Wesley Snipes, Vic Raines, Robert Falk
Heavy weight boxing match in a prison venue.
The Hunted - Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen
The hunter becomes the hunted in this intriguing action movie.
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Excellent
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Good
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Excellent
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Good
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B
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Hollywood Homicide - Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin
An aging plus a rookie Hollywood homicide detectives balance external conflicts.
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Average
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Average
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Good
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Average
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C+
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Levity - Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst
The road to redemption is often a bumpy and confused path.
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Average
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Excellent
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Average
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Good
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C+
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View from the Top - Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike Meyers, Christina Applegate, Kelly Presston
Dreams are not always what they seem as a young woman discovers.
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Average
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Good
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Average
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OK
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C
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City by the Sea - Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco
The life trial of an estranged father & son entangled with a murder.
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Good
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Good
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Average
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Average
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C+
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K-PAX - Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Alfrey Woodard
A mystery investigated by a psychiatrist of a professed extraterrestrial traveler.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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Average
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B-
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Open Range - Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Michael Jeter, Michael Gambon
INtegrity, commitment and loyalty amid a range war in 1882 Montana.
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Excellent
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Good
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Excellent
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Good
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B+
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The Life of David Gale - Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann
An odd thriller twisted around and through the death penalty in Texas.
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Good
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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B
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
Growing from mutual diversion, a love story grows. Cute.
Bringing Down the House - Steve Martin, Queen Latifa, Eugene Levy
An interesting twist on the rags-to-riches from the extremes of human relationships.
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Good
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Good
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Average
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Good
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B-
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Punch Drunk Love - Adam Sandler
Finally, a movie worse than Raising Arizona.
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Terrible
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Poor
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Terrible
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Poor
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F- (p u)
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Gangs of New York - Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Martin Scorcesse's epic story of the mean streets of New York City in the mid-1800's.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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B+
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Gods & Generals - Robert Duvall, Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Mira Sorvino
The men of the Civil War from Manassas to Chancellorsville.
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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Excellent
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B+
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Basic - John Travolta
Military and ex-military conspiracy intrigue full of twist and turns.
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OK
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Average
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Good
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Average
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C+
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The Italian Job - Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton
Honor among thieves as they chase the gold.
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Excellent
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Good
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Excellent
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Excellent
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B+
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The Hours - Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris
Three lives in different generations intertwined in the words of Virginia Woolf.
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Average
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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B-
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Tears of the Sun - Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Tom Skerritt
A Spec Ops team gains a conscience as they seek the rescue a stranded doctor.
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Average
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Average
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Good
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Average
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C
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About Schmidt - Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
The stuggles of a recent retiree/widower to get a grip on his life.
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Good
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Excellent
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Average
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Average
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C+
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The Pianist - Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman
The survival of a Polish Jewish pianist during the German occupation of Warsaw.
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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Excellent
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B+
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The Panic Room - Jodie Foster, Forrest Whitaker, Dwight Yocum
A psychological thriller centered on a mother & daughter resistance of home intrusion.
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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Good
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B
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Analyze That - Robert DeNiro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli
The 2nd installment of the odd intersection of psycho-analysis & organized crime.
The Recruit - Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Briget Moynahan
Nothing is at it seems. A young recruit confronts the ambiguities of covert operations.
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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Excellent
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B
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Catch Me If You Can - Leonardo Di Caprio, Tom Hanks
Loose fictionalization of an actual con artist who eludes the FBI for some time.
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Good
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Good
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Average
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Average
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C+
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Just Married - Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy
The poor guy, rich girl honeymoon comedic twists & turns.
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Average
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OK
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Average
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Average
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C-
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Two Weeks Notice - Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant
A rather corney attempt at something similar to Nottinghill.
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Good
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C
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Lara Croft - Tomb Raider - Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Noah Taylor
The fantasy story and video game comes to life in the delightful body of Angelina Jolie.
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Good
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B-
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Anger Management - Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei
An odd reverse psychology comedy surrounding a meek, passive man.
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Good
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Average
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Average
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Good
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C+
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Murder by Numbers - Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
A female forensic detective is consumed by her work against psychotic teens.
Shallow Hal - Gywneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander
The comedic parody on beautiful is only skin deep or real beauty comes from within.
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Good
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C
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Dreamcatcher - Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Tom Sizemore
Stephen King's combat with extraterrestrials novel transformed to the screen.
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Average
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Average
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Good
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Excellent
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C+
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Antwone Fisher - Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson
The autobiographical screenplay of his struggle against childhood neglect and abuse.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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B+
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BEST: Lord of the Rings - Two Towers - Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen
The 2nd installment of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic fantasy epic.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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A-
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Cowboy Up - Kiefer Sutherland, Marcus Thomas, Daryl Hannah, Molly Ringwald
A country love story wrapped up in a professional bull riders' life.
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Average
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Average
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Average
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Average
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C
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Enough - Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Noah Wylie
Wife abuse got a few steps to far and the empowerment of survival.
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Excellent
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Good
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Good
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Average
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B-
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Dances with Wolves (1990) - Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDowell
The glorious story of the Great Plains when it was still wild -- the standard of measure.
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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A+
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23.December.2003
