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		<title>A TOWN CALLED PANIC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bring aspirin. This stop motion film about a toy Cowboy, Indian and Horse is ugly-looking and deeply annoying. Cheap looking animation combines with a hyperactive, nonsensical plot to seriously challenge the patience of the average moviegoer.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1067/a-town-called-panic/</link>
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		<title>ALICE IN WONDERLAND</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even Tim Burton's typical visual flair feels lifeless and mechanical in this misbegotten sequel/remake of the Lewis Carroll story. The epic battle nonsense feels awkwardly grafted onto the original tale. Depp overacts horribly as the Mad Hatter, matched only by another hammy Helena Bonham Carter performance. A terrible mistake.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1060/alice-in-wonderland/</link>
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		<title>CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A terrific idea for an important message, but Moore's politics and antics miss the mark. There are some truly disgusting things revealed in this film, but Moore lets the bad guys get away with some bewilderingly useless nonsense. A missed opportunity to really stick it to the criminals in America's government.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1055/capitalism-a-love-story/</link>
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		<title>THE CRAZIES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This remake not only feels like a retread of the original, but also of recent horror films. A thousand cheap jump scares dilute any horror in the proceedings, and some silly story machinations drag it down further. Tim Olyphant is fine as the hero, and he looks the part, but the rest of the cast is pointless. Nothing to get crazy about.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1051/the-crazies/</link>
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		<title>COP OUT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Kevin Smith failure. Willis and Morgan have good chemistry, but all in service to a ridiculously limp story. The jokes are flat and stale, the direction lifeless, and the script meanders aimlessly. I applaud Smith for trying something different; now he needs to try working at a Citgo and staying away from film.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1048/cop-out/</link>
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		<title>CRAZY HEART</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It plays like a country-western version of <em>The Wrestler</em>, which isn't a bad thing. Jeff Bridges plays an alcoholic western-singing version of The Dude, but adds quite a bit of darkness to his usually laid-back persona. Maggie Gyllenhaal is near-perfect as his writer girlfriend. A simple and familiar tale well told.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1044/crazy-heart/</link>
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		<title>THE WOLFMAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A missed opportunity. The 19th century setting was promising, but the script problems are very pronounced. Benicio Del Toro is blank as Larry Talbot, while Anthony Hopkins chews the scenery to distracting effect. The CGI is all over the quality map. Very gory and dramatically inert.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1039/the-wolfman/</link>
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		<title>PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It feels like an unholy meeting between <em>Harry Potter</em> and <em>Clash of the Titans</em> in the valley of <em>Van Helsing</em>. Logan Lerman is okay as the hero, but the hero sucks. And so does this movie.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1035/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-the-lightning-thief/</link>
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		<title>ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if you could erase your most unpleasant memories? Then, broken romances would be as painful as a plucked eyebrow, and the deaths of loved ones could be undone in the mind.
Such is the mind-bending premise behind Charlie Kaufman&#8217;s third weird masterpiece, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The film stars Jim Carrey as Joel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1033/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/</link>
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		<title>WHIP IT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Missed it in theaters. Drew Barrymore's directorial debut is surprisingly muscular and impressive. Ellen Page is decent as yet another wisecracking alternative kid, but the rest of the cast really gels. Lots of heart and offbeat humor propel this roller derby dramedy. A gem.]]></description>
		<link>http://sammyray.com/1029/whip-it/</link>
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