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I saw this over the weekend and was simply blown away. Iron Man is the best movie adaptation of a comic book character since Batman Begins and one of the best, period. The story of industrialist Tony Stark (played to the hilt by Robert Downey Jr.) as he invents the "Iron ...

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Awake - the opposite of what I had become less than halfway through this snorefest from director Joby Harold, starring Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba and Terrence Howard. Seriously. I got hit because I was snoring loudly. I then proceeded to go back to sleep. -K

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In April, 1992, Chris McCandless began hiking along the Stampede Trail, near Denali National Park, Alaska. Carrying few provisions, including a .22 rifle, a bag of rice and a book on the local flora and fauna, he soon discovered an abandoned bus and made it his base camp. For almost ...

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Finally saw this last night and wasn't disappointed in the slightest. No Country for Old Men tells the story of Llewelyn Moss, a man who stumbles upon a drug deal gone sour and attempts to make off with the cash that was to be used. As he attempts to evade pursuit ...

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First of all, let's get the plot summary out of the way. After a particularly devastating terrorist attack on a Western housing compound in Saudi Arabia, the FBI sends a team of investigators to find out what happened. Once there, they soon discover that a lot goes on behind the ...

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