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Hottie and the Nottie, The (2008)

Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13

“The multiple levels of self-delusion on display are astonishing.

Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show (2008)

Documentary Rated R

"The performance footage is less engaging than your average standup act on Comedy Central, while the backstage interviews about the comedic craft are pointless."

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“You can often gauge how desperate a comedy is by the number of attacking animals it features.

In Bruges (2008)

Drama Rated R

“Could Colin Farrell’s true calling be as a comedian?

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Drama Rated R

An ambitious expansion of the Godfather saga from Francis Ford Coppola that goes both forward and backward in time. Al Pacino evokes the tragedy of a doomed Shakespearean king as his Michael Corleone begins to sink into the quagmire of his sins, while scenes of the original Don Corleone as a young man (Robert De

Godfather: Part III, The (1990)

Drama Rated R

Considering the way it inadvertently lampoons and nearly diminishes the earlier two films, this is nothing less than a travesty. Everything that was subtle and insinuating about this family crime saga is obviously laid out in the open here, so that most of the dialogue consists of characters spelling out the series’ underlying themes. Even

Jumper (2008)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Director Doug Liman is after something ambitious here…

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…one of ickiest framing devices in recent memory.

Diary of the Dead (2008)

Horror Rated R

"Fortifying your horror film with an intellectual subtext is all well and good – Romero was one of the first to show how this could be done – but you might want to also make sure it’s frightening."

Untraceable (2008)

Thriller Rated R

“When Lane isn’t preaching about the heinous violence, she’s babbling on in tech speak. It’s like having a Dell rep describe the plot of Saw.

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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“A crucial time-capsule movie…”

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“… the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun…”

The Drama (2026)

Drama Rated R

“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”


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