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122 Reviews by M.E. Russell
122 Reviews by
M.E. Russell
of Oregonian
Movie: No Reservations
Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
The romance is boring. Everything is blandly good-looking. The emotional beats are so programmed,...
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Movie: Evan Almighty
Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
The movie's fine, but it's more safe than interesting.
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Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Rise of the Silver Surfer is roughly 300 percent less cringe-inducing than its predecessor.
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Movie: Georgia Rule
Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Georgia Rule is a comedy-drama about three generations of women learning to love one another in a...
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Movie: Georgia Rule
Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Georgia Rule is a comedy-drama about three generations of women learning to love one another in a...
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Movie: Lucky You
Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
If anyone could take a movie about a bunch of jerks who play poker and make it interesting, it sh...
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Movie: Condemned, The
Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
There are some nicely over-the-top moments in this Battle Royale/Running Man puree -- most involv...
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Movie: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
It gives me no pleasure to report that Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is fa...
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Movie: Perfect Stranger
Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
The weak mystery story massages you into indifference, then tries to clock you with one fungo bat...
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Movie: Year of the Dog
Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Surrounded by a strong cast, including Laura Dern as Peggy's insufferably protective sister-in-la...
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Movie: Blades of Glory
Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Blades doesn't hit the non sequitur heights of Anchorman or Talladega Nights, but the cast is gre...
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Movie: I Think I Love My Wife
Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
While the movie gets at a couple of truths about marriage, it's just not that funny. The pacing s...
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Movie: Host (Gwoemul), The
Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
The Host is wildly entertaining; people who love the genre will get their geek buttons pushed har...
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Movie: Wicker Park
Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
One too many scenes with Hartnett's genuinely unpleasant doofus drain away any investment in a fi...
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Movie: I, Robot
Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(7/0)
Taken simply as a Will Smith Summer Blockbuster, I, Robot scores above average.
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Movie: Music Within
Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/3) No reference
It gives me no pleasure to report that the [Richard] Pimentel biopic Music Within plays like a we...
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Movie: Trade
Release date: 9/21/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/3) No reference
There's really no nice way to put this: Trade wants to be the Traffic of sex slavery, and it fail...
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Movie: Rush Hour 3
Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(6/1) No reference
Rush Hour 3 is an exercise in critic-proofing: If you like this sort of thing, this is the sort o...
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Movie: Bourne Ultimatum, The
Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(6/1) No reference
A minor miracle in a summer full of weak, perfunctory or downright lousy 'threequels'. It's a rel...
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Movie: Cantante, El
Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(6/1) No reference
If you didn't know Hector Lavoe was a pioneering singer in New York's '70s and '80s salsa scene, ...
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Movie: Catch and Release
Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Catch and Release is an unfunny, undramatic comedy-drama that asks us to care about lying idiots ...
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Movie: We Are Marshall
Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(6/1) No reference
Often as not, the movie works. Here and there, it works kind of beautifully.
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Movie: Unaccompanied Minors
Release date: 12/8/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Younger kids probably will dig Minors like we dug The Goonies.
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Movie: Happy Feet
Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
[Writer/director] Miller's global harmonizing never feels preachy -- he's too busy cramming Happy...
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Movie: Man of the Year
Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The writing is lazy, the movie focuses on all the wrong things and the tone lurches unpleasantly ...
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Movie: Gridiron Gang
Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Gridiron Gang feels less like a movie and more like a Tony Robbins motivational seminar.
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Movie: Protector, The
Release date: 9/8/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The Protector is ridiculously fun to watch.
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Movie: Snakes on a Plane
Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Diving into the merits of a movie where people are dodging snakes whipping through a depressurize...
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Movie: World Trade Center
Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Director Oliver Stone's surprisingly conventional 9/11 film acts as an inspirational counterpoint...
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Movie: You, Me and Dupree
Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(4/3) No reference
Owen Wilson seems (for a while) to be doing an Owen Wilson impression in You, Me and Dupree -- an...
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Movie: Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The
Release date: 6/16/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
As idiot car-crash movies go, Tokyo Drift is pretty fun, and certainly a more-than-decent entry i...
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Movie: Poseidon
Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
You have a the movie that feels like a video game: Faceless characters walk into a room, solve a ...
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Movie: Hard Candy
Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
... while the film's blunter, more thrillerish and sadistic second half is less unnerving than it...
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Movie: Firewall
Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It is -- almost two hours of people sitting around, staring at laptops and grunting, with occasio...
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Movie: Nanny McPhee
Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Much like Nanny McPhee herself, the movie isn't pretty, but hiding underneath its gaudy exterior ...
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Movie: Travellers & Magicians
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The film works a slow magic.
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Movie: Matador, The
Release date: 12/30/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Unfortunately, writer/director Richard Shepard's pinata-hued comedy tries a little too hard for q...
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Movie: Wolf Creek
Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Jarrat's jolly-creepy performance might place Mick in the pantheon of great movie killers.
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Movie: Wolf Creek
Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Jarrat's jolly-creepy performance might place Mick in the pantheon of great movie killers.
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Movie: Rumor Has It...
Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(4/3) No reference
... an intermittently funny but totally confused film that might as well be titled When Harry Met...
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Movie: Family Stone, The
Release date: 12/16/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(6/1) No reference
The Family Stone is almost totally emotionally bankrupt.
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Movie: First Descent
Release date: 12/2/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Vastly entertaining, [if] slightly overlong.
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Movie: Ice Harvest, The
Release date: 11/23/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
After Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, it's the year's second-best Christmas thriller.
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Movie: Walk the Line
Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Unfortunately, the movie falls short of an "A" grade because director James Mangold and his co-wr...
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Movie: Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's [Silverman's] hysterically wrongheaded standup persona, showcased in the one-woman show Jesu...
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Movie: Zathura
Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Your children will probably love it, and you won't feel lobotomized in the process.
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Movie: Three...Extremes
Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
All three offer provocative, distinct and gorgeous twists on horror and splatter conventions.
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Movie: Saw II
Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Not a total waste of your serial-killer dollar.
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Movie: Prime
Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
David makes little sense as a character.
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Movie: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(5/2) No reference
This is one of Downey's most enjoyable performances, and one of Kilmer's funniest.
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Movie: Doom
Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Beyond a couple of cool guns and one long, gory, clever first-person shot, Doom is something the ...
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Movie: Two for the Money
Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The movie works as a smart B film.
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Movie: Roll Bounce
Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
One of those movies that gets a couple of things exactly right.
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Movie: Just Like Heaven
Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Finally: Ghost without the thrills or laughs! That describes the utterly toothless Just Like Heav...
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Movie: Lord of War
Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
When scenes, performances and even individual shots in Lord of War are considered alone, they're ...
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Movie: Red Eye
Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
McAdams and Murphy keep this air disaster just gripping enough to survive. They're two actors to ...
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Movie: Edukators
Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
If you can look beyond the simple-minded Socratic political discourse, The Edukators reveals itse...
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Movie: Island, The
Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Bay's best and worst film.
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Movie: Wedding Crashers
Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(4/3) No reference
This absurd romantic comedy, about a couple of thirtysomething rakes who sneak into bridal partie...
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Movie: Beautiful Country, The
Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
There's a lot to love about The Beautiful Country.
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Movie: Beautiful Country, The
Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
There's a lot to love about The Beautiful Country.
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Movie: Rebound
Release date: 7/1/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's just another bland, junior-high-basketball riff on The Bad News Bears formula, one that take...
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Movie: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's Romero doing what he does best: using zombies to create a lowbrow social parable.
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Movie: Howl's Moving Castle
Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Unnerving and quietly profound.
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Movie: High Tension
Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
I was annoyed by Levasseur and Aja's desertion of their tense, simple plot in favor of tedious 'p...
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Movie: Longest Yard, The
Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A definite crowd-pleaser and a perfectly fun night at the movies.
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Movie: House of Wax
Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Yet another teens-versus- hillbillies slasher flick.
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Movie: XXX: State of the Union
Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Summits that elusive Pinnacle of Stupidity -- the one where a bad film crosses some indefinable e...
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Movie: Sahara
Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
McConaughey and Zahn's casual interplay makes the film.
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Movie: Guess Who
Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
An uneven but moderately entertaining comedy that plays largely on the strengths of Mac's comic t...
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Movie: Old Boy
Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Oldboy is startling and amazing -- a cinematic hammer to the skull.
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Movie: Ring Two, The
Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A mild disaster.
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Movie: Hostage
Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The result is a tough but frightened guy -- someone who can kick down a door, then burst into tea...
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Movie: In My Country
Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A really bad movie about a really important subject is twice the artistic crime -- because, howev...
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Movie: Dear Frankie
Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
As the story takes some surprising turns, it works like a slow infection: Patient audience member...
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Movie: Around the Bend
Release date: 3/2/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's a particularly precious form of art-house entertainment, well-acted but ultimately mawkish a...
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Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Tries to be every single movie ever made all at once, leaving the viewer with the emotional equiv...
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Movie: Constantine
Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's all so well-paced and cool-looking and mordantly clever that you may forgive the film's tran...
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Movie: Wedding Date, The
Release date: 2/4/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A movie of utter inconsequence -- a cinematic Listerine Strip that evaporates from the brain befo...
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Movie: White Noise
Release date: 1/7/2005 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Boring and fundamentally silly.
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Movie: Dawn of the Dead
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:29 PM Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Tense, bloody, funny and smart; lacks original's conscience, but it's still a surprisingly gritty...
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Movie: In Good Company
Release date: 12/29/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Watch Topher Grace. If there's any cinematic justice, his work here will certify him as a comic l...
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Movie: Woodsman, The
Release date: 12/24/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A slightly better-made movie of the week.
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Movie: Imaginary Heroes
Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Imagine Ordinary People with half its IQ deducted.
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Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Sometimes trying a little less hard to be 'funny' can yield greater laughs when you're playing wi...
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Movie: Blade: Trinity
Release date: 12/8/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Its biggest problem is that Blade himself takes a back seat to a host of new and mostly uninteres...
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Movie: National Treasure
Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A decidedly less exciting popcorn movie that tries to mix Indiana Jones, The Da Vinci Code and se...
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Movie: After the Sunset
Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Limp, implausible, unthrilling, unfunny and vaguely sleazy.
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Movie: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is an amiable enough sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, but it al...
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Movie: Incredibles, The
Release date: 11/5/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
At 115 minutes, this is the longest computer-animated cartoon ever, and the setup might test the ...
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Movie: Saw
Release date: 10/29/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
What makes Saw so awful is that it starts with a clever premise and then completely blows it.
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Movie: Shall We Dance?
Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's an intelligent, funny, mature comedy that wears its heart on its sleeve and makes you care a...
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Movie: Shaun of the Dead
Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Enjoys the weird distinction of being one of the year's funniest comedies and one of the best zom...
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Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Despite its flaws, Sky Captain indulges that inner kid who always wanted a single movie crammed w...
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Movie: Suspect Zero
Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Among the lamest serial-killer movies ever made.
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Movie: Brown Bunny, The
Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Yes, the film jumps up and down on a high wire over the chasm separating Pretension and Art. But ...
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Movie: Without a Paddle
Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Extremely dumb, sporadically funny wacky-camping comedy.
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Movie: Collateral
Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Gorgeous and entertaining.
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Movie: Catwoman
Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
A dopey, confused production.
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Movie: Festival Express
Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Joplin lends Festival Express the raw gravitas that pushes the doc into the realm of near-greatne...
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Movie: Zhou Yu's Train
Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
[An] over-conceived, over-edited, under-written perfume ad.
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Movie: Spider-Man 2
Release date: 6/30/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The fights are more exciting, the effects more realistic, the characters deeper, the performances...
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Movie: Two Brothers
Release date: 6/25/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The kids are going to love it.
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Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
If you hold a perverse soft spot in your heart for straight-to-video underdog junk like Ski Schoo...
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Movie: Around the World in 80 Days
Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Works more often than it doesn't.
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Movie: Chronicles of Riddick, The
Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Amazing-looking sequel to cult fave Pitch Black; unfortunately, the film's wrecked by a surprisin...
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Movie: Mother, The
Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Kureishi takes an unflinching look at the immediate consequences of passion and the quieter, more...
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Movie: Breakin' All the Rules
Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It just keeps building on an extremely complicated sitcom plot ... and the gorgeous, charming cas...
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Movie: New York Minute
Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Oh, yes, New York belongs to the Olsen twins, not vice versa. There's enough self-love to fuel a ...
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Movie: 13 Going On 30
Release date: 4/23/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The film wins you over with its sweetness.
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Movie: Girl Next Door, The
Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
It's not without its problems, but it's character-driven, funny and, if not dark, then at least a...
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Movie: Whole Ten Yards, The
Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
The story makes absolutely no sense.
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Movie: Walking Tall
Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Don't go in expecting much and you'll have fun.
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Movie: Hellboy
Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Works because of its little poetic moments and some killer casting.
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Movie: Never Die Alone
Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
In the hands of a more nuanced actor, David could have been a riveting character; but DMX's limit...
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Movie: Jersey Girl
Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Affleck, Tyler and Castro ... have a warm chemistry that melts away much of the ill will engender...
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Movie: Ladykillers, The
Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
With its riotous blowhards, visual gags, inventive camera work and florid language played for lau...
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Movie: Secret Window
Release date: 3/12/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Funny, handsomely shot and has some really creepy stuff involving reflections in mirrors -- but i...
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Movie: Against the Ropes
Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
In what must have felt like an Oscar bid at the time, Ryan struts with a hip-thrusting ferocity t...
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Movie: Eurotrip
Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
Eurotrip is quite possibly the single most artless gross-out comedy I have ever seen.
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Movie: Touch the Sound
Release date: 1/1/2004 Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
You may find your own sense of hearing transformed by this global tour of the senses.
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Movie: Ellie Parker
Release date: 12/31/2000 11:01:30 PM Review by M.E. Russell of Oregonian:
(3/4) No reference
If you're considering a move to L.A. to pursue an acting career, this is your Scared Straight.
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