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Ted Fry

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Lost in Space (1998) 27% 2.5/4 EDIT “Much of the movie plays like a live-action video game, and the sequel-ready ending feels akin to falling off a cliff. But with its appealing mix of heart and adventure, Lost in Space is great fun for children of the '60s or the '90s.” – Seattle Times Sep 17, 2014 Full Review Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 35% 3/4 EDIT “Exposition like this starts sounding like so much gibberish, but Dark of the Moon makes it bloom on its own terms, fusing an actual semblance of reason into all those supercool action sequences.” – Seattle Times Jun 28, 2011 Full Review Beautiful Boy (2010) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “Most of "Beautiful Boy" is unrelentingly bleak and depressing, but there are smatterings of understatement and grace.” – Seattle Times Jun 16, 2011 Full Review Green Lantern (2011) 25% 2.5/4 EDIT “Green Lantern's ring is cooler than Thor's hammer, but not as awesome as Ironman's suit.” – Seattle Times Jun 16, 2011 Full Review Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) 66% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's all in good fun and sometimes a little clever; "Hobo" shoots low and scores an explosive spray of guts, if not glory.” – Seattle Times May 26, 2011 Full Review Incendies (2010) 91% 3/4 EDIT “A deeply resonant literary quality gives what might otherwise seem like a dubious series of coincidences a profound sense of plausibility.” – Seattle Times May 26, 2011 Full Review The Robber (2010) 78% 3/4 EDIT “This story of real-life Austrian criminal Johann Kastenberger is both tranquil and gripping.” – Seattle Times May 5, 2011 Full Review The Bang Bang Club (2010) 49% 2.5/4 EDIT “"The Bang Bang Club" divulges little insight into what keeps this dangerous brotherhood banging away around the world.” – Seattle Times Apr 28, 2011 Full Review Circo (2010) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Sort of a modern-day version of "Toby Tyler," only without a frisky, mischievous Mr. Stubbs as comic relief.” – Seattle Times Apr 21, 2011 Full Review The Music Never Stopped (2011) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “The sentiments are real without succumbing to exaggerated sentimentality, thanks in large part to that big lovable lug, J.K. Simmons.” – Seattle Times Mar 31, 2011 Full Review Happythankyoumoreplease (2010) 42% 2.5/4 EDIT “[A] perky, if undistinguished, emulation of a mid-period Woody Allen relationship comedy...” – Seattle Times Mar 24, 2011 Full Review Lord of the Dance (2011) 22% 3/4 EDIT “If you're a fan, then you'll probably be thrilled by this more literal rendering of Celtic thunder, with the Zeus-like Flatley delivering lightning bolts of pizazz from his own showbiz heaven.” – Seattle Times Mar 17, 2011 Full Review Take Me Home Tonight (2011) 27% 1.5/4 EDIT “A bland string of pokes at fashion and 1988 period style.” – Seattle Times Mar 3, 2011 Full Review The Eagle (2011) 39% 2.5/4 EDIT “Tatum and Bell deserve more than the lethargic narrative that follows them across such exquisite wilderness.” – Seattle Times Feb 10, 2011 Full Review Lemmy (2010) 83% 3/4 EDIT “This 65-year-old gentleman with the distinctive facial hair and penchant for Nazi memorabilia is not only a certifiable rock god, he's also one of the most thoughtful fellas you'll ever find grinding our mega-decibels on a bass guitar.” – Seattle Times Feb 3, 2011 Full Review Ip Man 2 (2010) 97% 2.5/4 EDIT “"Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grand Master" is distinguished by a string of stylishly choreographed martial-arts combat scenes, though barely serviceable in its storytelling.” – Seattle Times Jan 27, 2011 Full Review Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) 89% 3/4 EDIT “If you see only one fiendishly bizarre Finnish film about an evil Santa Claus and his naked band of marauding elves this holiday season, make it "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale."” – Seattle Times Dec 9, 2010 Full Review Tangled (2010) 89% 3/4 EDIT “Captures some of the best elements of Disney standards while nimbly integrating the clever pop-culture winks and dazzling technical style that are hallmarks of modern computer-animated features.” – Seattle Times Nov 23, 2010 Full Review Monsters (2010) 75% 2/4 EDIT “For all the portentous ambience and subtlety of mood in this micro-budget slog through tropical wastelands and the mumbled dialogue of its vacant-eyed protagonists, Monsters wields a pretty heavy-handed allegorical message.” – Seattle Times Nov 4, 2010 Full Review Buried (2010) 87% 3/4 EDIT “It may sound like a gimmicky premise, but Buried is as far outside the box as a buried-alive movie can be.” – Seattle Times Sep 30, 2010 Full Review Bran Nue Dae (2009) 56% 2.5/4 EDIT “The bright colors and vibrant backgrounds ... go a long way in distracting from shortcomings in the story and style of this offhand hybrid.” – Seattle Times Sep 23, 2010 Full Review Legendary (2010) 20% 2/4 EDIT “Like the inspirational sagas that show up on low-grade cable, Legendary follows a familiar blueprint designed for maximum feel-good effect.” – Seattle Times Sep 9, 2010 Full Review The Last Exorcism (2010) 71% 2.5/4 EDIT “Mostly good fun if only for the sentiment expressed by a colleague and shared by a big contingent of horror fans: "I'm always up for a nice exorcism movie."” – Seattle Times Aug 26, 2010 Full Review The Switch (2010) 54% 2/4 EDIT “Unfortunately, this latest ho-hum rom-com from Hollywood's industrial commissary comes out half-baked despite noble efforts by two undeniably likable stars who try to rescue it from mediocrity.” – Seattle Times Aug 19, 2010 Full Review Twelve (2010) 3% EDIT “Plays like a melodramatic rip-off of Bret Easton Ellis books about insufferable kids obsessed with money, drugs and themselves.” – Seattle Times Aug 6, 2010 Full Review
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