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Who reviewed what below?
After each review quote you'll see the initials of the critic who wrote it (and that review). Here's your key to Who's Who
BO = Larry "Bocepheus" Evans
JR = Jim "Good Old JR" Rutkowski

BOOK OF
THE WEEK!

-MOVIES-

  LEAGUE OF EXTRODINARY GENTLEMEN
 "...cardboard characters are moved around between orgasmic explosions and weightless carnage." (JR)
  TERMINATOR 3
 "...while it doesn't rock the action motion picture industry to its foundation, it's a credible and entertaining movie" (JR)

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THE WEEK!

-MOVIES-

  THE HULK
"...seriousness of a sobering drama" (JR)
  WHALE RIDER
"...the years best film so far" (JR)

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THE WEEK!

-MOVIES-

  X2: X-MEN UNITED
"...enjoyable and a slight improvement on its predecessor" (JR)
  MATRIX RELOADED
 "...a dull, ponderous epic" (JR)
  FINDING NEMO
"Pixar has done it again and in the process, managed to salvage Disney's reputation..." (JR)
  ITALIAN JOB
"...gets the job done" (JR)

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-MOVIES-

 
  PHONE BOOTH
“...preposterous but entertaining.” (JR)
  WINGED MIGRATION
  "...imagery that is astonishing and enriching" (JR)
  BULLETPROOF MONK
“...lame comedy, campy mysticism and dumb plotting.” (JR)
  A MIGHTY WIND
  “...another affectionate parody – one that delights in gently poking fun at its subject rather than tearing it to pieces...”  (JR)
  COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE
 "...postmodern animated epic with film noir savvy." (JR)

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THE WEEK!

-MOVIES-

  TEARS OF THE SUN
“I liked Tears a lot, It didn’t come off as just another Willis action vehicle." (Bo)
  HUNTED
"...there's one thing that Fugitive has that Hunted doesn't-a quality script." (Bo)
  DREAMCATCHER
 "...thirty minutes of good stuff surrounded by an hour and forty minutes of crap" (Bo)
  THE CORE
“…Core is one of those goofy films that we saw a lot in the 70’s” (Bo)

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THE WEEK!

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  DAREDEVIL
 "...an exciting, passionately executed flick" (JR)

BOOK OF
THE WEEK!

-COMICS-

  BATMAN/ALIENS II #1
"...Staz Johnson shows he still has the chops for characters that hang in Gotham" (Bo)
  BATGIRL YEAR ONE #1
"The story is pretty cool due to its lightness..." (Bo)

-MOVIES-

 
  BOURNE IDENTITY-DVD REVIEW
 “…Liman speaks only when he has something to say so at times he’s just keeps to himself” (Bo)

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