Category: 2000s

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction

Terminator Salvation (2009)

The Terminator franchise gets dusted off once again, this time without the one sure-fire way to bring people back again for more, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  It doesn’t have that big gun, but somehow, Christian Bale (The Dark...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Watchmen (2009)

The film version of what many consider to be the apex of creative superhero comic book writing finally gets made, after nearly a decade of starts and stops, most notably by the likes of...

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2000s / Comedy / Drama

W. (2008)

A politics hawk like myself will find the premise of W. fascinating above and beyond the merit of its filmmaking value.  Oliver Stone (World Trade Center, U-Turn) has been an uneven director throughout his career, and if...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / War

Iron Man (2008)

Multi-billionaire Tony Stark (Downey) is the best in the world at what he does — designing and selling high-powered weaponry to the world, literally changing the face of warfare through his ability to deliver...

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2000s / Comedy / Drama

Smart People (2008)

Still in a life crisis after the loss of his beloved wife, Carnegie Mellon English professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) has become a self-absorbed jackass.  No one knows this more than his children, James (Holmes) and...

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2000s / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Although only three years have passed since the first film in real time, this sequel takes place about a decade years after the events of The Mummy.  Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Fraser, Monkeybone) and librarian Evelyn...

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2000s / Adventure / Horror

The Ruins (2008)

A Simple Plan‘s Scott Smith pens the screenplay for this shocker, based on his book of the same name, to middling results.  The bulk of the story takes place in Mexico, in Cancun, near the...

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2000s / Drama / Thriller

The Air I Breathe (2007)

A Chinese proverb inspires four interconnected stories that deal with four interrelated emotions (Love, Pleasure, Sorrow, and Happiness) explored in this ambitious, but highly flawed dramatic thriller by first-time feature film writer-director, Jieho Lee. ...

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2000s / Action / Superhero / Thriller

The Dark Knight (2008)

It’s difficult to believe that, with all of the superhero franchises that have come out prior to 2008, the creative minds didn’t employ the strategy of saving the most popular and interesting villain for...