I loved the first Sin City with all its narrative and visual excesses. Now, almost a decade later comes the sequel. The same CGI sets, the same (purposely) corny dialog and narrative voiceovers, people surviving violence that would kill Wiley Coyote. I didn’t think I’d like it, I thought the novelty would have worn off, but I sat entranced and didn’t reach for the remote once.  The Sin City films are an acquired taste. You either like ’em or loathe ’em. And then there’s Eva Green. This movie earns it’s “R” so be warned.

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Another excellent X-Men film. I was never into the X-Men comics – more into the indies while Chris Claremont was doing his groundbreaking runs in the series. An excellent cast and a satisfying storyline but, as usual, you have to provide your own exposition for the inevitable head-scratchers (like how did Magneto control the Sentinels and why did he have to uproot RFK Stadium, etc.?) and just go with it.

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A delight.  A warm, funny, amiable, totally enjoyable film.  I liked the premise going in but thought that, at almost 2 hours long, it would be a snoozefest. Wrong. It was over before I knew it.  (I should add that I’m a Food Channel addict and how people whip disparate ingredients into something that tastes and looks good fascinates me.) A great cast that’s completely in sync.

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I liked the first 3/4 quite a bit, liked what its had to say about the phoniness and pretentiousness of the art world, where incoherence and just plain weirdness are consistently mistaken for profundity, but I felt it took a too-obvious way out at the end.

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I LOVE THIS MOVIE!  I will watch it many times before I die.

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A film with serious horror that doesn’t take itself seriously.  Some icky, funny stuff.  Favorite line: “I think there’s something wrong with me.”   (Ya think?)

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I saw this in the movies but watched it again.  I’m sure I’m not alone in my affection for Scrat.  He inadvertently saves the day in this one. Plus the disk has a new Scrat short subject.  What’s not to like?

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Remember The Gauntlet?  The old Eastwood flick from the 70s?  This reminds me of it—a lot.  But instead of moving a prisoner from Vegas to Phoenix (or was it the other way round?), this one transits Manhattan’s Chinatown (a super location).  Not a great flick, but Mos Def is terrific.  My respect for this guy’s acting continues to grow.  Contrast his Eddie Bunker here with his Vivien Thomas in Something the Lord Made.  He absorbs into a part.

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I love this sort of film – where separate stories intersect at just the wrong/right moment.  (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is the example par excellence). This one doesn’t rise to that level, but I’ll give it a B for effort.

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I saw the original Broderick Crawford version ages ago and don’t remember much, so I can’t make comparisons, but I liked this.  Sean Penn was excellent (like or loathe his politics, he can act) but I’m baffled as to why they hired so many Brits to play American southerners.

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