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Pineapple Express (3/5)

Franco, stoned in this and every other scene, pokes his hitchhiking thumb through his zipper and exclaims: "hey look, it's like my thumb is my cock". That's funny.

3 stars for superbly conceived slow motion opening and closing scenes. Then we have the middle where a certain camera operator seems to vomit a lot. Wouldn't they want to vet the stomach of the guy capturing their grotesqueness, or is this part of the gag (I always intend my puns).

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole (3/5)

For a battle-owl-fantasy-allegory it sure was predictable. Stunning sets and animation, compelling adventure and action scenes, and a title so horrible that I had to cut & paste it from IMDB. I don't care who they were trying to stay true to, even M. Night had the owl pellets to drop the essential "Avatar" from his train wreck. And not that this film bombed, but ...

Remember The Titans (3/5)

Bruckheimer loves him the racist superplots. More movies would benefit from the R rating–this being one. Maybe teens didn’t swear in the ’70s, but it fights against credulity when you sense a character needs and wants to say "fuck" but isn't because they want to sell more tickets to children. Do parents really need the MPAA and their meandering, esoteric ...

The Roommate (3/5)

She literally has a doll face (I mean figuratively but totally literally too). Call me racist but all the white girls look the same in this movie. An occasionally effective and classic thriller score that was too often ruined with wussy alt rock pop hits.

No Strings Attached (3/5)

Not the piece of junk that I was expecting. Plenty of great characters and jokes and enjoyable performances from Kutchie and Portman. And who knew that casual sex would be such refreshing content here in the post-deadly-VD world. Curious what the feminist would think about this film--is it as pro woman as I think it is, or is it just a mark off and therefore quite ...

Fair Game (3/5)

Probably a case of a film playing so close to the true story it was based on, that you wish they had thrown in a limousine car chase or some cocaine to keep things spicy. A sad look at the corruption and spin doctoring that was rampant in the Bush administration. 1% of the U.S. population is in prison--Scooter and Rove are among the 99.

Catfish (3/5)

The internet was upset at last week's episode of "Community" for ruining the end of this documentary--I don't agree, there wasn't much to spoil. Perhaps this would have been a surprising tale ten years ago, but nowadays we're all properly suspicious of any hot girls who chat us up online. The trailer shot itself in the foot, making the case for keeping the big secret ...

The Fighter (3/5)

There are just too many cliches in boxing films to keep me interested. This one being based on a true story and a stellar performance from Bale and his maniacal big hair sisters kept things buzzing for the most part.

The Next Three Days (3/5)

I can't quite put my finger on what made this look so made for TV. Paul Haggis has great storytelling abilities, puts the camera in occasionally fascinating places, and gets fine performances out of his actors, but things sag. The narrative rides a peculiar little device of stating how things are three hours before, three days before, three years before or something. ...