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The Boss Baby
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
I can see The Boss Baby working as an animated short, similar to the opening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but there just isn't enough meat on the bones for a feature film.
2/5
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The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono No Ko)
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
The martial arts sequences look very bold and captivating, and all the animation is rendered beautifully.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
2,104
The Emoji Movie
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
In the end, there is no reason to give your money to The Emoji Movie.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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1
9
2
2,104
The Star
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
The humor completely falls flat in The Star.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,104
Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa.)
Rotoscopers
Rachel Wagner
It's bold and stunning with great characters and original storytelling.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
2,104
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
Filled with entertaining action sequences and a dazzling supporting cast, Operation Stormbreaker succeeds in serving up tasty fare for the older set, as well as kids.
7/10
10
7
10
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6
10
1
2,105
Black Book
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
It's Nazis, melodrama and intrigue galore as Paul Verhoeven adds his patented Verhoeven touch to this sordid tale of a Jewish girl in hiding during World War II.
4/10
10
4
10
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3
10
1
2,105
Breaking and Entering
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
Despite some admirably committed performances, the film is marred by a few plot contrivances that cast unbelievability into a story that strives to be about real relationships, real politics, and real economics.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,105
Catch a Fire
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
The film champions its "terrorist" and vilifies its family man-turned-desperate lawman, and argues that when the lines between good and bad are forever blurred, forgiveness is mankind's only salvation.
8/10
10
8
10
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7
10
1
2,105
Deliver Us from Evil
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
What further elevates Deliver Us From Evil beyond the poignancy and courage of O'Grady's victims and the sorrow of their devastated families is Berg's access to the pedophile himself.
9/10
10
9
10
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8
10
1
2,105
El Cantante
Rotten Tomatoes
Jen Yamato
El Cantante is driven by the rhythmic, pulsating sounds of Lavoe's music, without which the film would be nothing.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,105
Transit
Rough Cut
Debbie Zhou
What lies at the forefront of Transit is a delicately thorny, complex display of dislocation and ambiguity - Petzold deliberately holding the reins tight on this film that's imbued with impossible questions that go right down to the bones of humanity.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
2,106
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2)
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
A quirky, idiosyncratic, Harryhausen-inspired, art house creature feature with the poetry and narrative depth characteristic of misunderstood monster classics such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Bride of Frankenstein.
10/10
10
10
10
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9
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1
2,107
The Hills Have Eyes
Rue Morgue Magazine
Dave Alexander
Gore disciples rejoice: Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes hits like a hot blood baptism.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,107
Pan's Labyrinth
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
A gorgeously executed and disturbingly violent moving picture poem that bravely flies in the face of genre convention and stands alone in its purpose.
10/10
10
10
10
false
9
10
1
2,107
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Rue Morgue Magazine
Rod Gudino
In a time when the serial killer subgenre is practically the definition of derivative, Perfume is – for better or for worse – a whiff of something uniquely fresh.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,107
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
What punk rock lovin' fiend doesn't love the Ramones?
5/5
5
5
5
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10
11
2
2,108
Alone in the Dark
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
How Uwe Boll manages to scrape together enough investment money to give wing to this type of overblown, amateurish gibberish is truly a mystery of the cosmos...
0/5
5
0
5
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11
2
2,108
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo)
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
A treasure of artistic elements and genres synthesized together in a flawless cohesion of cinematic and visual poetry.
5/5
5
5
5
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10
11
2
2,108
The Devil's Rejects
Rue Morgue Magazine
Rod Gudino
The Devil's Rejects plays out like the kind of film everyone thought House was gonna be - a retrofied, nasty horror homage.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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5
11
2
2,108
May
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
'May is nothing short of brilliant. It is likely the most original horror story I have seen in years.'
5/5
5
5
5
true
10
11
2
2,108
Night Watch
Rue Morgue Magazine
Dave Alexander
As slick as any mega-budget American movie... but it's also as cliché and soulless, and a lot more convoluted.
1/5
5
1
5
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2
11
2
2,108
Rawhead Rex
Rue Morgue Magazine
Jovanka Vuckovic
A terrible adaptation of a fantastic Clive Barker story from his Books of Blood. Despite the goofy mask the demon wears, Rex does have some teeth; it earns points for the Rex-urinating-on-willing-priest's-face scene.
3/5
5
3
5
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6
11
2
2,108
Not Easily Broken
SET Magazine
Kimberly Gadette
Playing the funny friend, Kevin Hart stands out--a welcome relief from the low-simmering, Promise Keeper-esque ethos that fuels this piece.
3.5/10
10
3.5
10
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5
19
2
2,109
Godzilla
SF Crowsnest
Frank Ochieng
Fittingly, Godzilla does its noted work in adequately displaying the continued connection and corruption that is the conception of man versus beast and flaunts it on a grand cinematic stage for all to digest as a manifestation for contemplative hubris.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,110
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
SF Crowsnest
Laurence Boyce
Rise of Skywalker is less a film and more a series of moments strung together to please a cabal of corporate overlords.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,110
Winter's Tale
SF Crowsnest
Frank Ochieng
Thus, the emergence of writer-director Akiva Goldman's whimsical romancer Winter's Tale, a bloated and sugary supernatural period piece that hopes emotional audiences will eagerly digest with the enthusiasm of gulping down a box of chocolate candy kisses
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
false
1
9
2
2,110
August: Osage County
SF Weekly
Jonathan Kiefer
Wells' cinematic strategy seems mostly to be a matter of preserving the source play, and Streep's mondo performance in particular, for posterity.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,111
Closed Circuit
SF Weekly
Jonathan Kiefer
Even allowing that the shortcomings of tactfulness are partly what it's about, the film's own tactfulness feels vaguely unsatisfying.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,111
Palo Alto
SF Weekly
Jonathan Kiefer
One way Gia Coppola deals with privileges is by recognizing and revealing their limits.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,111
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
SF Weekly
Jonathan Kiefer
As usual, the dialogue includes certain important-seeming nouns which bushy beards and thick theatrical accents make difficult to discern.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,111
RoboCop
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Jose Padilla's RoboCop is a galvanizing action picture that doesn't settle for merely retelling Verhoeven's original narrative, but updating it, both visually and thematically.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,112
Bad Words
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Underneath Bad Words' thick layer of sardonicism and snark, there is heart. You just have to dig deep. Very deep.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,112
Breathe In
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
It takes all of 10 minutes for Doremus' film to reveal itself to us: this is a movie about a conflicted father who has arrived at a crossroads, both morally and artistically.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
2,112
Dear White People
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Arguably the most vital film to come out of Hollywood in 2014.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
2,112
Divergent
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Despite being filmed and set in Chicago, Divergent feels like a manufactured product churned out by the Hollywood system.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
2,112
Fury
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Ayer's overlong, 134-minute screenplay never pops with any urgency, passion, or fire.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,112
Gone Girl
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
A galvanizing portrait of defective love that twists, turns, and unfurls until you don't know what to think anymore.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
2,112
Interstellar
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
It's an experience.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,112
Nightcrawler
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
A hypnotic confluence of action, comedy and hysteria that is at once unnerving, exhilarating and unlike anything I've ever seen.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
2,112
Non-Stop
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
My lasting wish is that Neeson, now 61, retires this grating schtick soon. His Golden Years are nigh, and his undeniable talents need not be wasted any longer.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,112
That Awkward Moment
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
That Awkward Moment is neither romantic, nor comedic. Just idiotic.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
2,112
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Webb's second entry into this tiresome franchise amounts to little more than a case study in superhero movie banality.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
2,112
The Wolf of Wall Street
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
There's a good chance that by the conclusion of Martin Scorsese's intoxicating, raucous, and shamelessly depraved "The Wolf of Wall Street" you're going to want to cleanse yourself through prayer, charity, or whatever it is that you do to feel virtuous.
4/4
4
4
4
false
6
7
2
2,112
This Is Where I Leave You
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
We are, at least in some small measure, partly responsible for the abhorrent, radioactive hazmat that is Shawn Levy's latest film.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
2,112
Transcendence
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
Depending on how the next few decades unfold, people will look back at Transcendence as either a prophetic or surreal piece of filmmaking.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,112
Two Night Stand
SFBay
Sam Fragoso
A foreign film without subtitles - a movie whose language is incomprehensible to anyone who has truthfully been involved.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,112
Deep Blue Sea
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A step up in budget and a step down in originality from your pure formula, B-grade, monster movie.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,113
Mansfield Park
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Rozema's dry wit, effervescent dialogue and contemporary reinterpretations are often a refreshing change from the swoony, soft-peddling style of other Austen adaptations.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
Last Night
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
I wasn't sure if I liked Last Night until about an hour after I left the theater and realized I was having a hard time escaping the psychological wake of this allegory about the end of the world.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
George Washington
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Raw, troubling.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
10 Things I Hate About You
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Most of the picture is flat, spiritless and hopelessly staged.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
The 13th Warrior
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
An abbreviated and shallow epic that comes off like an over-produced and dead-serious episode of the campy cult TV show Xena: Warrior Princess.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,113
3000 Miles to Graceland
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A good ride.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
Almost Famous
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A vividly realized labor of love and an absolute pleasure to watch.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
American Pie
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
It's the regrettable return of the high-profile, low-brow sex comedy, aimed at idiots and hormone-driven teenage boys.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,113
Any Given Sunday
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Watching this film, you get an overwhelming sense of exactly what it's like to be staring up at 6-foot-6, 300 lb. linebacker (for emphasis Stone sneaks a few tiger growls into the audio) while 80,000 people roar in the stands.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Anywhere but Here
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Sarandon lends history and intricacy to the barely-veiled neuroses of her falsely chipper, ego-battered single mom, who projects all her unfulfilled ambitions onto her irked offspring.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
The Blair Witch Project
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
This film is scary on a whole new scale. It's not just exponentially terrifying, but unsettling and disturbing because it doesn't feel like fiction for even a second.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Bowfinger
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A junk food comedy, packed with instant gratification laughs that fade away almost immediately after the credits roll.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
Bringing Out the Dead
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Nicolas Cage inhabits this lonely, broken, everyday hero in a way no other actor ever could (save, perhaps, De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's ironically vital masterpiece of mortality.
10/10
10
10
10
false
9
10
1
2,113
But I'm a Cheerleader
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Even though Babbit gets carried away at times trying to be silly while making a point, her absolutely ideal cast keeps the comedy anchored in exaggerated but emotionally true performances.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
The Cider House Rules
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Although there's much to like about The Cider House Rules, by the time the credits rolled the most enthusiastic reaction I could muster was little more than a shrug.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Cookie's Fortune
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A simple and subtle, yet outrageous and intricate, comedy with the kind of inconsequential embellishments that make all Altman's best films ring so true.
10/10
10
10
10
false
9
10
1
2,113
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
A magnificently-crafted hybrid of Chinese historical epic, F/X-enhanced martial arts spectacular, mystical romantic tragedy and live-action anime.
9/10
10
9
10
false
8
10
1
2,113
The Emperor's New Groove
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
It's sprightly, clever and fun, fun, fun.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Existenz
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Cronenberg slides between reality and virtual reality with such seamless morphing that it is sometimes intentionally unclear what world the characters are in.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Eyes Wide Shut
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Stanley Kubrick's infamously obsessive-compulsive direction pays off with Cruise and Kidman, inspiring fully-fleshed and manifold performances from his stars.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Flawless
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
"Flawless" could have been a quality character piece if only writer-director Schumacher had written deeper characters or exercised even a modicum of self-restraint.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,113
For Love of the Game
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
It's hard not to admire Kevin Costner for his stanch dedication to making old-fashioned movies that defy our acidic modern world.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
Galaxy Quest
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Six hilariously-scripted parts, but they run out of laugh material long before the movie ends, and Galaxy Quest must then limp to the closing credits supported by its actual plot, which is stupider than anything Star Trek ever devised.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,113
Groove
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
What Groove lacks in personality it makes up for in breathless, cafeinated, fervid presentation.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,113
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
The funniest, most inspired movie of Coen Brothers illustrious comedy careers.
10/10
10
10
10
false
9
10
1
2,113
Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo vs. Mew
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Even the kindergarten target audience will be hard-pressed to sit still for this elementary and lumbering Saturday morning reject adventure.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,113
The Talented Mr. Ripley
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
While The Talented Mr. Ripley may not quite qualify as a masterpiece of suspense, it certainly is the most skilled, engrossing homage to Alfred Hitchcock in ages.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,113
Fantasia 2000
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
Uneven but enjoyable...
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,114
The World Is Not Enough
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
An assembly-line production, just a step or two above the series' Roger Moore nadir.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
2,114
Millions
Sacramento Bee
Carla Meyer
The picture about two motherless boys and their unexpected cash infusion is visually inventive, funny, fantastical, poignant and dark around the edges.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
2,115
Collateral Damage
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Even without the recent events that delayed its release (and even by the standards of Arnold's action movies), this movie is a disappointment.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Iris
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
... the film is cursory and shallow ...
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
16 Blocks
Sacramento News & Review
Jonathan Kiefer
The movie pays off generously and just as expected.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
2,116
All Eyez on Me
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
It's strictly Amateur Night at the Biopic Factory.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
All The King's Men
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Zaillian's movie is bloated, literary and highfalutin, looking and sounding like it's been reverently adapted from the kind of novel Willie Stark's hicks would never read into the kind of movie they wouldn't be caught dead going to see.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
2,116
Bad Company
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
This is producer Jerry Bruckheimer's film more than Schumacher's, and Bruckheimer ... reverts to his usual M.O.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
The Black Dahlia
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
the convoluted story never really takes hold, and eventually it all dissolves into low camp and unintentional self-parody.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
2,116
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
It looks like run-of-the-mill party videos shot by a drunk.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Captive
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
They let the story, both fascinating and inspiring, speak for itself, and leave the rest to Mara and Oyelowo, each of them perfectly cast.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
Dark Blue World
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Between the complicated flashback structure and the hackneyed story (it's essentially the plot of Pearl Harbor), the Sveraks never get much momentum going, and the film becomes monotonous.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Everyone's Hero
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
The setup of this computer-animated feature is strained, the story is contrived, and the ending is downright silly.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Grateful Dawg
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
[W]hen your subject is as interesting as this, and when the music your camera catches is this lively and toe-tapping, you don't exactly have to be a brilliant or innovative filmmaker.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
Half Nelson
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Co-writers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (who also directed) expand their indie-circuit short to feature length, and a padded-out short is just what it looks and feels like.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Inside Man
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
[Screenwriter Russel] Gewirtz and Lee cleverly build suspense with flash-forwards to police interviews after the incident, and Lee gets sharp performances from his high-pedigree cast.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
John Q
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Cassavettes wrings every maudlin drop out of the action, drawing tears with the ruthless ferocity of a vacuum cleaner sucking dirt out of a carpet.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
The Last Kiss
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
At its basic level, it's yet another tale of post-adolescent boys who won't grow up and the women who try to love them...
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Men in Black II
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro's script is so insubstantial it barely fills 80 minutes of running time.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
2,116
Mission: Impossible III
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
[The filmmakers] deliver the goods, with a plot that's (just barely) coherent enough to keep us watching, a neat cliffhanger opening scene and the usual array of to-hell-with-the-laws-of-physics action set-pieces.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
Return to Never Land
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
Amusing and enjoyable...
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
2,116
Rollerball
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
McTiernan and company do take one more thing from Jewison's original: the game still doesn't make any sense, but now the plot doesn't either.
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Rough Night
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
McKinnon sports the worst Australian accent in the history of the acting profession, but it's still one of the best things about this no-class female version of Weekend at Bernie's Meets The Hangover.
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Super Troopers
Sacramento News & Review
Jim Lane
These guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they're simply not funny performers.
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