Articles by Leo Petaccia

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  First Sunday

  David E. Talbert

  PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2008

  I had a feeling this would happen. It was only a matter of time before Tyler Perry’s black comedy playbook would get aped for the sake of a...

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  Shoot ‘Em Up

  Michael Davis

  PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2008

  It’s hard to take action seriously these days. Take this sorry excuse for a John Woo rehash for instance. You’ve got the "anti-hero who loo...

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  Mr. Bean's Holiday

  Steve Bendelack

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2007

  Mr. Bean’s Holiday opens with our protagonist’s glorious close up — a great big devilish grin, ear to ear — because the church raffle he ne...

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  Hot Rod

  Akiva Schaffer

  PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2007

  The next generation of Saturday Night Live talent has presented us with Andy Samberg. This can be a frivolous thing to grasp, given that th...

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  Lions for Lambs

  Robert Redford

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2007

  Robert Redford loves truth, justice and freedom. He may not know how to express all that with enough interest to hold an audience’s attenti...

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  Frankenstein

  Glenn Jordan

  PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2007

  Dan Curtis’s Frankenstein is like enduring two hours of Dr. Who. If this is your style, then have fun. Otherwise, know that this was made i...

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  Night of the Living Dead 3-D

  Jeff Broadstreet

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2007

  Whether or not you’re a fan of this genre, there’s no denying that George Romero’s original flesh-eating freak fest has been whored around...

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  Rendition

  Gavin Hood

  PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2007

  In director Gavin Hood’s (Totsi) take on our post-9/11 times, the White House tortures innocent people and manages to get away with it. Our...