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Haywire

Haywire

Standard spy-fi fare presented in a very atypical style, "Haywire" arrives in time to perk up a dull movie month. Directed with a boldly minimalist approach by Steven Soderbergh (still keen to play with every known movie genre and thankfully not yet making good on his threat of retiring), it's a lightweight action-thriller in the sense that it's the usual formula stripped down and streamlined...

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The Devil Inside

The Devil Inside

This gets off to a fairly good start, changes course slightly in a promising, and then slams to halt -- almost literally. It's one thing for a movie to leave us with loose ends and unresolved details, it's another to settle for a lazy and infuriatingly abrupt ending. One is left wondering what ran out first: the money or the creativity. It plays like a crude joke on the part of the director...

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Bird and his entire crew deliver a product so smooth, glossy and extremely well made that even the sternest audiences will have to admire both its sleekness and efficiency. It's not a film of great depth to be certain which will probably hinder its appeal or rewatchability with some. What it does demonstrate though is how great even a familiar formula can be when handled with the proper care.