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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Sweden’s Dän Brøwn

Even though I’m a couple weeks late on this, I decided to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo because 1) I’ve seen the Swedish version, and 2) the only other options were a movie about a horse who most likely dies in a weep-inducing fashion or We Bought a Zoo!

Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol, A mission none too shabby

Tom Cruise is back (no, seriously) as Ethan Hunt in this fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. His abs are still ripply.

Susan Year Itch: Scrooges and Grinches

A running theme through holiday films is how the holidays turn characters into grumpy complainers. How well Hollywood knows us!

The Muppets: still got it

Who’s your favorite Muppet? HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE ANIMAL THE MOST. HE IS SO ALL-CAPS. DRUMMMMMSSSSS.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1: A study in efficiency

This…THIS is what you guys have been going on about all this time??

The Ides of March: Politics with that special Clooney touch

Politicians aren’t the problem. Campaign strategists aren’t the problem. We’re not the problem. But there sure is a problem. The Ides of March asks us WTF is going on here.

Drive: This is not your average car chase

Ryan Gosling delivers yet another unforgettable performance, this time as a dude who drives cars. But don’t worry, there’s so much more to it than that.

Contagion: Cover your mouth, please

There’s a part in Contagion where everyone is waiting in a line and somebody coughs ominously. A woman asks him to cover his mouth, and he tells her to eff off. This is the beginning of the end.

They’re going baaaaaaaack!

You wake up at an ungodly hour and put on the best of your newest back to school outfits. What had been a blissful three months of doing whatever you want amid a limited, carefully curated social circle is about to turn back into the terrifying labyrinth of dos and don’ts that you tried so hard to eliminate this summer through a steady application of chlorine.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Look, it’s August, OK?

Pickings are slim in the last days of summer, but an article about a movie I surely would have ignored convinced me to go see this slice of CGI wonder.

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