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BRANDON FIBBS
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• BrandonFibbs.com
• Christianity Today
• Colorado Springs Gazette

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Total Reviews: 273


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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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10/10  United 93
9/10  Bobby
3.5/4  The Fall
8/10  Brokeback Mountain
3/4  Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
7/10  Venus
2.5/4  My Blueberry Nights
6/10  Blood Diamond
5/10  The Prestige
2/4  Stop-Loss
5/11  Running with Scissors
4/10  World Trade Center
1.5/4  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
3/10  The Da Vinci Code
2/10  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
.5/4  Semi-Pro
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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10/10  The New World
10/10  United 93
10/10  There Will Be Blood
4/4  In the Shadow of the Moon
9/10  The Dark Knight
9/10  WALL-E
9/10  The Visitor
9/10  Funny Games
9/10  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
9/10  Munich
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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0/10  Slipstream
1/10  Death Sentence
.5/4  Semi-Pro
2/10  Blindness
2/10  Fly Me To The Moon
2/10  The Happening
2/10  The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2/10  Trade
2/10  Hitman
2/10  Jumper
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

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6/10
 
" Like the intelligence officers it portrays, Body of Lies uses double-crosses and slight of hand to conceal a fairly formulaic story and a climax as offensively conventional as it gets." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
Body of Lies (2008)52%
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8/10
 
" City of Ember is an obsessively creative and wondrous film, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hollywood need not dumb down its fare to appeal to kids of all ages." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
City of Ember (2008)47%
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7/10
 
" We may never see an original sports movie ever again. The last truly original sports movie was Rudy, because it was never a story about winning %u2014 it was a story about heart. The Express shares a lot of Rudy's DNA." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Oct 10, 2008
 
The Express (2008)64%
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8/10
 
" They say that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Maher comes on like honey, but the provocateur is an unrepentant vinegar man." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Religulous (2008)68%
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7/10
 
" Brazen yet bashful, Infinite Playlist is a delight of a film, leavened with a phosphorescent soundtrack and enough quirky performances to last the rest of the year." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)72%
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6/10
 
" Appaloosa is firmly grounded in genre orthodoxy even as it teases at the edges of nonconformity. The results are decidedly mixed." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Appaloosa (2008)75%
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6/10
 
" Try imagining the pitch for Flash of Genius: "It's a true story about the guy who invents the intermittent windshield wiper blade."" -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Flash of Genius (2008)58%
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2/10
 
" One of the most unpleasant viewing experiences of my life." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Blindness (2008)41%
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2/4
 
" In a year light on family films, this may be a good bet. Exciting adventure, admirable messages, and good, clean fun--but be warned, its bite is worse than its bark!" -- Christianity Today
Posted Oct 3, 2008
 
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)43%
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4/10
 
" Spike Lee bites off far more than he can possibly chew and ends up choking on his overindulgence. Despite flashes of extraordinary genius, Miracle at St. Anna is little more than a cartoon masquerading as a mature movie." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)31%
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8/10
 
" There's nothing wrong with occasionally indulging in an entertaining film purely because it is an entertaining film. What is the point of a healthy, nourishing dinner if there isn't any desert at the end?" -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Sep 26, 2008
 
Eagle Eye (2008)27%
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3/4
 
" The filmmakers hope we see parallels with Georgiana and the life of Princess Diana, who somehow found a way to channel her pain into good. And they are there, to be sure." -- Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2008
 
The Duchess (2008)61%
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3/4
 
" Funny and heartwarming, this love letter to New York City's Upper East Side is refreshingly free of flashy special effects and paranormal gags." -- Christianity Today
Posted Sep 22, 2008
 
Ghost Town (2008)85%
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8/10
 
" Burn After Reading, played for laughs by two directors clearly in prankish moods and never above inflicting their sadism on audiences, is the flipside of the Coen's existential dread in No Country for Old Men." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Burn After Reading (2008)78%
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4/10
 
" As one of the cops in this awful police thriller might say, "There's nothing to see here, folks."" -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Sep 12, 2008
 
Righteous Kill (2008)23%
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5/10
 
" Traitor isn't exactly what you would call a bad movie. It's just not half as clever or intelligent as it thinks it is." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 28, 2008
 
Traitor (2008)53%
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7/10
 
" Hamlet 2 is deliriously profane and marvelously hilarious, an outrageous satire that uses absurdist humor to ask an age old question: what happens when you love something but are not remotely good at it?" -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Aug 23, 2008
 
Hamlet 2 (2008)63%
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5/10
 
" Although the film is yet another in a long line of hackneyed, low-brow comedies this year, it is rescued by the witty charms and bubbly personality of its star." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
The House Bunny (2008)39%
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4/10
 
" ...while The Longshots is far from original - much less first-class - it is effective in its own, middle-of-the-road way." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
The Longshots (2008)38%
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3/10
 
" Director Paul W.S. Anderson is one of Hollywood's most consistent directors - he can always be counted on to make a terrible movie." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Death Race (2008)43%
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7/10
 
" Vicky Cristina Barcelona continues the second coming of Woody Allen, begun in 2005 with the terrific Match Point." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 15, 2008
 
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)80%
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7/10
 
" Bottle Shock is a feel good movie in the best possible way. You'll want to bottle this feeling and take it home with you." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 15, 2008
 
Bottle Shock (2008)45%
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2/10
 
" Fly Me to the Moon is not a great movie. It's not even a good movie. It some ways, it's barely passable. Yet my litany of criticisms will fall on deaf ears - so long as those ears are attached to children roughly 5 to 10 years old." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 15, 2008
 
Fly Me To The Moon (2008)17%
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8/10
 
" While cognizant of the fact that the year is a little more than half over, I nonetheless feel confident in proclaiming Tropic Thunder to be the funniest film of the year-- equal parts gifted satire and laugh-till-it-hurts farce." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 12, 2008
 
Tropic Thunder (2008)83%
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6/10
 
" Ann Brashares' novel is brought to life in this sequel with the same heart, earnestness and, let's face it, saccharine sweetness of the 2005 original." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)63%
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7/10
 
" While one would hardly label Pineapple Express a taut action thriller, there are enough fisticuffs, gunplay and explosions to make one suspicious of the film's dubious parentage." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 8, 2008
 
Pineapple Express (2008)68%
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1.5/4
 
" Exactly the sort of ridiculous, vacuous, throwaway fare we've come to expect during the summer season." -- Christianity Today
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)13%
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8/10
 
" Who needs fiction when the truth is funnier, richer and far more moving?!" -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
American Teen (2008)69%
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7/10
 
" If Swing Vote seems ridiculously improbable (and it is), then it might be best to remind yourself that the presidency coming down to the votes of just one county in Florida seemed far-fetched once upon a time, too." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Aug 1, 2008
 
Swing Vote (2008)38%
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3/10
 
" The X-Files is a profoundly boring film. While the characters appear to move in real time, the film seems to be stuck in slow motion, as if all the action is taking place underwater or within wet cement." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)32%
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3/10
 
" Step Brothers is a movie about adults acting like children, by adults acting like children, for adults who like to act like children." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jul 24, 2008
 
Step Brothers (2008)55%
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9/10
 
" Do not worry about going in with unrealistic expectations. Your expectations pale in comparison with what The Dark Knight is prepared to deliver." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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5/10
 
" Mamma Mia! works spectacularly despite its best efforts at self-sabotage." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
Mamma Mia! (2008)53%
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7/10
 
" Hellboy II's expansive imagination so elevates the material that you find yourself wishing it was put to the service of something greater." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 14, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)88%
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5/10
 
" The Wackness is a moderately funny variant of the traditional coming-of-age saga. But it never creates characters likeable enough to care for." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 14, 2008
 
The Wackness (2008)67%
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7/10
 
" It's nice to be reminded, as Shakespeare taught us, that truth comes from the most unexpected places, even the booze-ree" -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 14, 2008
 
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)89%
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7/10
 
" The film is directed and lensed with such subtlety and old-fashioned restraint that you might overlook the exquisite cinematic flourishes throughout." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008)72%
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7/10
 
" To be sure, Hancock mines the superhero mythology and pays homage to the rich folklore on which it feeds and sustains itself, but what it does with the raw materials is thoroughly, refreshingly unique." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Hancock (2008)38%
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7/10
 
" Kit Kittredge is one of the best kid's movies to come out in years. For a moment anyway, this film made me desperately want to be a kid again." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jul 1, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)79%
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9/10
 
" You have heard it said that there are but two constants in the universe: death and taxes. It's time a third constant was added to the list: Pixar can do no wrong." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 27, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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6/10
 
" All in all, Wanted does not work. To enjoy it, one must forgo the untidy sum and revel in the remarkable parts." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 27, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)73%
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4/10
 
" Get Smart may share a name and concept with the iconic 1960s television series, but beyond that, this frivolous and unamusing mess so mangles its source material that it doesn't deserve to be called an homage." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Get Smart (2008)52%
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5/10
 
" Against my better judgment, against my hardened presumptions going in, against all that is right and holy and decent in the universe, I have to admit that I%u2026ahem%u2026actually liked The Love Guru." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
The Love Guru (2008)14%
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2/10
 
" The Happening is a film of such shockingly appalling writing, dreadful acting and ham-fisted, ungainly execution that it plays better as a comedy than the thriller it was meant to be." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Happening (2008)18%
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6/10
 
" ...a diverting enough popcorn flick and sure to make Ang Lee green with envy." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008)67%
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3/4
 
" Mongol is a Far East Braveheart, charged with the same sense of pseudo-history, movie heroics and inspirational grandeur." -- Christianity Today
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
Mongol (2008)88%
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8/10
 
" In arguing that drugs are the symptom, not the cause, Bell raises the steroid debate to a whole new level." -- BrandonFibbs.com
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)97%
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7/10
 
" Kung Fu Panda is far more exciting and abundantly more exhilarating than it has any right to be." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
Kung Fu Panda (2008)89%
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4/10
 
" You Don't Mess With the Zohan contains an important, if simplified, argument that is totally lost beneath a dozen hummus jokes too many." -- Colorado Springs Gazette
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)35%

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