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2000s / Mystery / Thriller

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

A bit lengthy run time for a thriller, but absorbing throughout nonetheless, this murder mystery, somewhat loosely based on the dense best-selling novel by the late Stieg Larsson (which in its native Swedish literally...

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2000s / Animation / Science Fiction

9 (2009)

9 is the full-length version of director Shane Acker’s 11-minute mostly dialogue-less computer-animated short film from 1995 that went on to garner an Academy Award nomination.  Producer Tim Burton became a fan of Acker’s vision...

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2010s / Action / Superhero / Thriller

Kick-Ass (2010)

Many before me have commented that Kick-Ass, the movie, is also a kick-ass movie, and I’ll just say that I agree with that assessment.  Having been a minor fan of the Mark Millar/John Romita Jr....

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2010s / Action / Comedy

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

The big screen adaptation of the cult-y Bryan Lee O’Malley comic book is, like its print counterpart, a mash-up of teen pop culture obsessions infused into a young romance storyline. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World works...

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1990s / Comedy / Musical

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

The Brady Bunch Movie is just one of many big screen adaptations of beloved television shows of days gone by that recaptures the spirit of the original show, all the while making fun of it...

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2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as narcissist hi-tech playboy billionaire Tony Stark, who finds his world popularity surging after his adopted superhero status has caused the longest era of peace on Earth in...

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1980s / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction

Weird Science (1985)

In April of 1984, on the strength of his yet-to-be-released debut feature as director, Sixteen Candles, and his scripts for The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, the prolific John Hughes entered into a $30...

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2010s / Adventure / Family / Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Director Tim Burton teams up with Disney scribe Linda Woolverton in a visual tour-de-force telling of the classic story, which combines elements of the two Lewis Carroll allegories, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and its...

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1990s / Comedy

Clerks (1994)

22-year-old Dante Hicks (O’Halloran, Mallrats) bemoans his lot of having to work on his scheduled day off in his job at the Quick Stop market in New Jersey, but he’s not one to cause waves, and...

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2000s / Adventure / Comedy

Year One (2009)

It’s not easy to imagine Harold Ramis, the writer-director of Caddyshack and Groundhog Day, turning in a film this bad.  I suppose one could see the diminishing returns in his last two films, The Ice Harvest and Analyze That, but Year...