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 | | 3. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest | | | Starring: Johnny Depp Keira Knightley Director: Gore Verbinski | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/15/2008 |  | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - DVD By: Matt Paprocki - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 1/13/2007 9:51 AM | This is how Hollywood should make all of their sequels. Given the immense success of the first film in 2003, the inevitable Pirates of the Caribbean sequel received an $80 million boost to its budget. The film definitely looks the part. Both immense in scale and fun, Dead Man’s Chest is easily on par with, if not better than, its predecessor.
Johnny Depp owns his character, a sly pirate named Jack Sparrow. Everything about his performance makes him a perfect centerpiece for the film. read the full review | |
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 | | 5. Death At a Funeral new! | | | Starring: Matthew MacFadyen Rupert Graves Director: Frank Oz | | Format: DVD Release Date: 6/16/2009 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Death at a Funeral - DVD Review By: David Thomas - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 2/15/2008 5:27 PM | |
Death at a Funeral sees Oz returning quite comfortably to comedy without all the trappings of an A-list cast. It sees him returning to ensemble comedy for the first time since The Muppets Take Manhattan. And while Matthew MacFayden's Daniel may not be Kermit the Frog (although they both end up herding goofy supporting characters), Death at a Funeral is no less satisfying for its trouble though I don't remember Fozzy Bear ever wandering around naked and tripping on a rooftop.
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 | | 30. Madagascar-Escape 2 Africa (Blu-ray) | | | Director: Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | | Format: Blu-Ray DVD Release Date: 2/6/2009 | User Rating: 5 | | Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa - Blu-Ray DVD Review By: Robert M. Barga - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 2/13/2009 12:57 PM | | Why is it that every time you have a blockbuster movie, the studio needs to go and make a sequel? When was the last time a sequel was nearly as good as the first? With the sole exception of Toy Story and Toy Story 2, animated movies have never really created good sequels. Shrek 2 was okay, but the third was terrible. Then look at Disney, with all of their straight-to-DVD spin-offs -- are any of those good? DreamWorks is like every other company in Hollywood; they are trying to milk as much out of the same story elements as possible. Guess what? Just like most other sequels, this one falls flat. read the full review | |
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 | | 37. Madagascar-Escape 2 Africa (Widescreen) | | | Director: Eric Darnell Tom McGrath | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/6/2009 | | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 1/23/2009 7:46 PM | |
To a film critic, the mainstream is like a ravenous shark with a defective hypothalamus. As long as Hollywood seeds the entertainment waters with chum, the masses will feed and feed until their dead, lifeless eyes roll back in their head. Examples of this baffling binge and purge are released every year -- inexplicable, unexplainable crowd-pleasers like Wild Hogs, Norbit, and Night at the Museum. Now comes Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the even louder, more obnoxious sequel to Dreamworks' loud, obnoxious CG original. This is a film about more: More already dated pop culture references, more digitally-rendered eye candy, more abject pandering to a seemingly easy-to-satisfy demographic. read the full review | |
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 | | 45. Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen) | | | Starring: Will Smith Jaden Smith Director: Gabriele Muccino | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/24/2009 | | The Pursuit of Happyness - DVD By: Anne Gilbert - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/16/2007 8:05 PM | |
There is a part of The Pursuit of Happyness -- most of the last third, honestly -- that is just plain too bleak. It's taking an eternally optimistic guy just trying to scrape by and doing more than making things rough for him; it's kicking him in the crotch and spitting on him, and maybe humiliating him a little bit. It's some really holiday good cheer. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is one of those downtrodden guys for whom better times are always just around the next corner. He's a salesman, hawking some over-priced and under-used equipment to hospitals around San Francisco. read the full review | |
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