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"Employee of the Month goes for laughs with its low-brow humor--fart jokes, cultural stereotypes, slapstick--but its vacuous writing delivers it with all the panache of a poor man's Kevin Smith film. I'd like to think we, as audiences, are smarter than that."

"With a promising premise and fine cast, An American Haunting could have been a memorable horror flick, but instead, we get a haunting, cinematic mess."

"When the film reaches its tragic conclusion, you’re not necessarily disappointed, but left with the reaffirmed feeling that love is never simple, nor is it always kind. Nor, as in the case of Tristan and Isolde, is it meant to be."

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"The Lohan’s misguided music video “First”: The whole film can be watered down to this."

"A decent film transfer for an outstanding indie and an unexpected read-through of Scott Heim’s work by Gordon-Levitt and Corbet."

"The L Word Season 2 doesn't need much to distinguish itself on TV or DVD. The subject matter and the quality of its delivery speaks for themselves."

"There’s a good chance The Exorcism of Emily Rose may drown in that bottomless sea of ho-hum, me-too horror vehicles, but if you’re a fan of exorcism flicks, it’s worth a look."

"Just take War of the Worlds for what it is: a film as entertaining and supericial as cotton candy, a textbook case in how a summer popcorn flick ought to be done. "

"There are some genuinely thrilling fights in Alien vs. Predator, some decent CGI sparks flying around, but in the end, what audiences are left with – once the smoke and extraterrestrial gunk clears – is a movie which occasionally enthralls, frequently stalls, and leaves you wanting more. Maybe the inevitable sequel will fully satiate us fanboys."

"Harold & Kumar is hardly thought-provoking – let’s not confuse this cinematic overture with a breezy read through Pride and Prejudice – but Leiner’s road trip through the Garden State is a wild jaunt, a toilet-humor comedy filled with surprising twists and turns that offers serious laugh-out-loud value."

"This 139 minute-long flick is as bloated as it is revealing. I’m not sure when it was exactly – maybe halfway through watching former lead guitarist David Mustaine tearfully confess to Ulrich about his troubled life post-Metallica – did I feel the need to hurl."

"The action is a visual opera: Spider-Man 2’s opulence is apparent, from the pendulum poetry of Spider-Man swinging through the city to the breathtaking fights with Doc Ock. Such scenes blow away those from the first flick – or any other recent comic book flicks like X2, for that matter."

"The Terminal perpetuates Spielberg’s Life is Beautiful mantra, persisting on imparting to audiences an old adage: without darkness, there’s no light. In the most dire of circ*mstances (and airport terminals), there’s hope, if not stolen moments of comedy and happiness. All you have to do is look. "