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The Fourth Kind

The Fourth Kind

I never felt comfortable believing Abigail, and most of the picture comes across as an amateurish prank created by someone itching to be clever, without the aptitude to accurately sell a complex hoax to the viewing audience. Attempting shock value and extraterrestrial disturbance to generate a cult smash, “The Fourth Kind” will likely tire audiences before it ever has a chance to swindle them...

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Astro Boy

Astro Boy

Boasting glossy visuals, red-hot action, and a sparkling cast of voices, the film is ready to please, but the end product is perhaps a step too bizarre and cartoony to leave a lasting, awe-inspiring impression. It's a great character and an impetuous movie, but with all the attention placed on keeping the animation energetic and the actors satisfied, someone forgot to straighten out the erratic tone...

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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

"Assistant" doesn't tell a story as much as it hurls everything that isn't nailed down against the wall to see what sticks. Labored and often tedious, the picture is a friendly stab at Burtonesque macabre antics, but director Paul Weitz is in way over his head trying to juggle huge portions of the grotesque and the epic. It's an ambitious gamble, and one wasted on a dreary exercise in franchise money tree dreams...

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