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Micmacs (2009) -vs- A Very Long Engagement (2004)
The Smackdown Close readers of Movie Smackdown (and especially close readers of my own personal Movie Smackdowns) might recall that 2001’s “Amélie” topped my list of this past decade’s favorite films....
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Battle: Los Angeles (2011) -vs- Transformers (2007) -vs- War of the Worlds...
The Smackdown There are alien invasions and then there are alien invasions. There are some — like Invasion of the Body Snatchers — where the aliens use stealth to take away our very humanity in order...
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) -vs- A Mighty Heart (2007)
The Smackdown Here we are, deep into the holiday movie cycle, and Angelina Jolie has delivered a package no one expected to find under the tree. This is no animated confection about a swashbuckling...
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) -vs- Reign Over Me (2007)
The Smackdown I’d imagine a screenplay or a novel about grieving families of 9/11 victims must have been quite difficult and risky to write in the first few years following the attack. Now, having...
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How I Won the War (1967) vs. The Magic Christian (1969)
The Smackdown Because the Beatles not only spearheaded their culture but also lived with the creative and political expectations of their times, the energy drain from Beatlemania was significant. By...
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