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B. Alan Orange's Reviews

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“Unique to the sports genre, it never relies on convention to tell it’s true story. Instead, it derives emotional heart and triumphant candor from its finely tuned characters. Sure, it’s kind of cheesy. But that plays directly into its sincerity. ”


The Blind Side is not a great film. It’s a very good one. And it knows how to please an audience. The forebears of the sports genre have been in revisionist mode lately. We’re starting to see some real leaps and bounds in what was once a one-note arena. The average sports docudrama has always he...
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“So very cool looking, yet the story comes on like a slowly deflating tire. My brain sank into the depths of a white out during the last ten minutes. I totally spaced off. I just didn’t care. ”


CGI animated feature films only get better looking each and every year. No one can yet top Pixar for their sheer bravado and imagery alone. But the other studios are quickly catching up. If one thing can be said for Sony’s latest entry into this animation sub-genre, it’s that Planet 51 is except...
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“Satiates any fantasy to rob a bank you might be harboring within your broke-ass soul. Cute, heartfelt, and very clever, this heist comedy never slights the audience with its quirkiness, proving to be a true cult gem for a new generation of film lovers.”


A cast of mostly unknowns make this loopy adventure a fresh and breezy experience. Kerry Knuppe nearly steals the show as Lucy, a bank teller that falls for the man holding her at gunpoint. The screenplay by Spencer Berger and Gabriel Tigerman takes an old conceit and twists it into something ...
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“Angel of Death contains some of the best hand-to-hand fight sequences I’ve ever seen in anything. Action fans simply don’t want to miss stuntwoman Zoe Bell in this swift kicker. It’s a breathless exercise in pure awesomeness.”


Maybe the best direct-to-video action film of this decade. It's a graceful, stylish expose in brutality that never bores. Zoe Bell proves why she is the go-to action heroine at this current moment in time. And the fight scenes are certainly ones you'll want to watch again and again. Add Review To List
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“A bland look at consumerism and debt that never quite sells its point home. It seems as though Isla Fisher is trying a little too hard to be funny. She sure is cute, though.”


P.J. Morgan plays fast and loose with the original source material, giving us a loopy, if somewhat generic, look at over-spending in our current culture. Some of its breezy, but some of it drags on and on. The core romance at the center is appealing, and Hugh Dancy does a nice job of bucking t...
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� proves to be Roland Emmerich’s best film to date. A heaping amount of bombast and detail has gone into this cinematic brown note. It’s an insane ride that just keeps going well after the world has imploded upon itself. Bravo! ”


When heading into a film about the end of the world, that’s exactly what we, as a collective conscience, want to see. In spades. Absolute destruction in its purest form. It’s revisionist theory porn on a grand scale. Really. It’s the same with any genre escapade. Give us a monster movie and we...
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“A quaint picture book that leaves all negative footage on the cutting room floor. It’s a nice historical document, but it never sinks below the surface for a true emotional account of the experience. ”


A moving scrapbook leading up to and going through the election process of our first black president, By the People is a backstage pass to the rock star that is Barack Obama. It gives opposers more reasons to hate him, and supporters more reasons to love him. Which really means that it isn’t point...
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“What should have been an exploitive cash grab actually turns into a heartfelt tribute to an American talent lost (a little) too soon.”


The first thing that becomes apparent while watching Kenny Ortega’s THIS IS IT is that Michael Jackson was certainly primed for an amazing comeback. The King of Pop barely puts any energy into these routines as he rehearses for a 50 night sold out show in Europe. Many times after a song, the singe...
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