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Short Redhead Reel Reviews date from 1986 to present. This main page lists the five most recent film reviews. To view a complete list of all films reviewed this month, see Previous Reviews on the right. |
Friday, July 30, 2010 |
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore |
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PG 2010
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A weak, uninspired story hinders this cute, but disappointing, star-dotted (voiceovers by Neil Patrick Harris, Paul Rodriguez, Sean Hayes, J. K. Simmons, Wallace Shawn, Roger Moore, Joe Pantoliano, and Michael Clarke Duncan) film in which an accident-prone K-9 police dog (voiceover by James Marsden) is separated from its policeman partner (Chris O’Donnell) after blowing up a building in San Francisco and is then recruited by a canine agent (voiceover by Nick Nolte) to join other doggy agents, a pigeon (voiceover by Katt Williams), and a lone feline (voiceover by Christina Applegate) at Dog World headquarters to stop a revenge-fueled, hairless cat (voiceover by Bette Midler) from doing harm to others dogs and humans.
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Charlie St. Cloud |
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PG-13 2010
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Beautiful cinematography and scenery dominate this heartbreaking, heartwarming, cameo-dotted (Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta, Donal Logue, and Dave Franco) film about a once avid sailor (Zac Efron) who gives up a scholarship and resigns himself to working as a caretaker at a cemetery in Washington after his younger brother (Charlie Tahan) is tragically killed in a car accident five years earlier and then finds an incentive to move on with his life when he reconnects with a comely sailing enthusiast (Amanda Crew) he met in high school.
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Coyote Falls |
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G 2010
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A hilarious, fast-paced, colorful cartoon in which a tenacious, not too bright coyote tries to outwit a clever roadrunner to steal its food.
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Dinner for Schmucks |
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PG-13 2010
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An outlandish, preposterous, yet funny, star-dotted (Zach Galifianakis and Ron Livingston) comedy in which an uptight analyst (Paud Rudd), who is stalked by a former one-night stand (Lucy Punch), finds himself in hot water with his girlfriend (Stephanie Szostak), who acted as a curator for a self-absorbed, hedonistic artist (Jemaine Clement), after he unwittingly befriends an awkward, naïve IRS employee (Steve Carrell) with taxidermy tendencies and invites him to an exclusive dinner of morons hosted by his boss (Bruce Greenwood).
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South of the Border |
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NR 2010
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An educational, intriguing, controversial, Oliver Stone, 78-minute political documentary that examines the influence of media on politics and public opinion and the vast, turbulent social changes happening in South America through news clips from channels such as Fox News, CNN, and C-SPAN and interviews with writers Tariq Ali and Bart Jones, adjunct political professor Gregory Wilpert, New York Times board member Eudardo Porter, and South American presidents, including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner and former President Nestor Kirchner, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, and Cuban President Raul Castro.
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©2010 by Wendy Schadewald
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