Opening This Week:
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_ghostrider2.htm> Ghost Rider:
Spirit of Vengeance
★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Slightly improved in a few departments, but riddled yet again
with a trashy script and groan-worthy aims at humor that don't fit in with
the film's darker, grittier style. Although "Ghost Rider: Spirit of
Vengeance" might be closer to what Nicolas Cage had in mind from the start
with this comic book property, it's still just not a very good adaptation.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/12_secretworldofarrietty.htm> The
Secret World of Arrietty
★★½ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - Whimsical, charming and a little sad, "The Secret World of
Arrietty" hasn't the whiz-bang pacing of a "Puss in Boots," but its
narrative is absorbing enough that children should easily be taken by this
more deliberate, dreamlike gait. Even a lesser Studio Ghibli feature is one
that obviously has come from the heart.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/12_thismeanswar.htm> This Means War
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - One of those forehead slappers that doesn't just dumb down its
thirty-something characters to the level of freshmen in high school, but
holds each of them in contempt. It is mighty hard to invest in
relationships when the people involved are skeevy, dishonest liars, but
darn if the cast isn't pleasing to watch.
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