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The Ruins (2008) [R]-- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $4.75
Review-lite: Don't ruin your weekend by seeing The Ruins starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, and Joe Anderson as a group of 20 somethings that set off to explore some ancient ruins and end up ruining their own vacation when the ruins turn out to be a lot more ruinous than they bargained for. Unfortunately, cheesy effects, manufactured drama, and zero ending leave this film destined for status as a relic. (click for full details and complete review)
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Stop-Loss (2008) [R]-- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $13.00
Review-lite: While pundits have been attributing the lack of commercial success of the US-Iraq war films to the perception that USAers view them as being anti-troops, co-writer / director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss turns that notion on its head. Ryan Phillippe and Channing Tatum portray US troop commanders who return from a failed mission whereby an ambush cost them not only the lives of a few of their men but, also, traumatic mental breakdowns. Trying to recover and they learning about being stop-lossed, the men have to deal with now devastated family lives as well as the nightmares of their tours of duty now set to be repeated against their will. In the end, Stop-Loss is a stunning and frightening look at not only the impact of service in the US-Iraqi war on our service people, but a scathing indictment of US Iraqi war policy. (click for full details and complete review)
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Superhero Movie (2008) [PG-13]-- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $5.50
Review-lite: A fairly unsuper attempt at parodying superhero movies directed and written by Craig Mazin that ends up being quite boring except for a couple of hilarious scenes. The problem is that the superhero Dragonfly (Drake Bell) is too genuine you end up being more frustrated at his lack of success than inspired to laugh at him—that would just be mean. (click for full details and complete review)
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