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Review of White Boy Rick (2018)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

I can't think of a sleepier proposition than sitting through yet another movie about low-level criminals seeking to strike it rich against…

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Review of A Dry White Season (1989)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

A potent picture about the horrors of apartheid…

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Review of Mixed Nuts (1934)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Even fans of Nora Ephron knew well enough to stay home and roast chestnuts on an open fire instead…

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Review of Sleepover (2004)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Utterly harmless but also utterly forgettable, Sleepover is only fascinating when it comes to poring over its cast list years down the…

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Review of Jingle All the Way (1996)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger take a stab at light-hearted comedy is often like watching a whale try to maintain its balance on a gymnastics beam…

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Review of Bumblebee (2018)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

I suppose after a steady diet of moldy-green, one-month-old bread, even a bite of slightly stale, one-week-old bread would taste delicious…

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Review of Surviving Christmas (2004)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

In 2003, moviegoers received a gift in the form of Bad Santa; the following year, they got a lump of coal in the shape of a Bad Movie…

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Review of Jack Frost (1998)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

It took four screenwriters to come up with dialogue so horrendous, it could have single-handedly ushered in a new era of silent cinema…

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Review of Deck the Halls (2006)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

This nonsense seems to have been conceived on the back of a snot-soaked tissue by a none-too-bright third grader…

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Review of Starman (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Offers little that's fresh but skates by on the strength of the lovely turns by Allen and especially Bridges…

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Review of Mixed Nuts (1994)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Even fans of Nora Ephron knew well enough to stay home and roast chestnuts on an open fire instead…

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Review of Mixed Nuts (1922)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Even fans of Nora Ephron knew well enough to stay home and roast chestnuts on an open fire instead…

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Review of Love the Coopers (2015)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

This Yuletide bomb isn't a movie to watch as much as survive…

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Review of Sleepover (1995)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

Utterly harmless but also utterly forgettable, Sleepover is only fascinating when it comes to poring over its cast list years down the…

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Review of Santa Claus (1959)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 29 Dec 2018

This one definitely falls into the so-bad-it's-kinda-awesome camp…

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Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 26 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen brings new meaning to the term artificial intelligence. It lunges at profundity but settles for manufactured mawkishness…

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Review of Aquaman (2018)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 26 Dec 2018

As the equivalent of a Jason Momoa pinup calendar, Aquaman rates four stars. As a superhero film, this soggy enterprise merits decidedly less…

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Review of The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 22 Dec 2018

Zellweger acquits herself rather well, although McConaughey's eye-rolling, over-the-top performance is a matter of personal taste…

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Review of Critters (1986)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 22 Dec 2018

The script's infectious sense of humor and a highly appealing performance by Grimes as the teenage hero help disguise the familiarity of it all…

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Review of The Jerk (1979)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Film Frenzy (85) on 22 Dec 2018

Basically a series of skits that are barely tethered to a plot, this works better than expected, thanks primarily to Martin's infectious performance…

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