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    Toy Story 3 (2010)

    The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.

    2010-08-25 14:13 0.3
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    Inception (2010)

    In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one's mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset.

    2010-07-21 10:58 0.3
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    Up in the Air (2009/I)

    With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.

    2010-01-20 13:50 0.3
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    The Prestige (2006)

    Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.

    2009-07-15 14:44 0.3
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    Crash (2004/I)

    Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters...

    2009-06-13 20:18 0.3
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    Fight Club (1999)

    An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

    2009-02-21 20:52 0.3
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

    2009-01-28 20:00 0.3
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    Gone Baby Gone (2007)

    Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.

    2009-01-28 18:00 0.3
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    Juno (2007)

    Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

    2009-01-18 19:57 0.3
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    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

    2009-01-13 20:50 0.3
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    Into the Wild (2007)

    After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

    2009-01-07 19:12 0.3
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    The Lives of Others (2006)

    In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

    2008-09-13 16:30 0.3
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    Crazy Heart (2009)

    A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.

    2010-03-24 13:35 0.3
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    Once (2006)

    A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

    2010-02-07 19:15 0.3
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    Avatar (2009)

    A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

    2010-01-27 17:25 0.3
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    Up (2009)

    By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

    2009-10-22 20:24 0.3
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    Fargo (1996)

    Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.

    2009-10-18 12:23 0.3
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    Away We Go (2009)

    A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

    2009-10-06 20:54 0.3
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    Toy Story (1995)

    A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

    2009-10-06 20:53 0.3
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    (500) Days of Summer (2009)

    An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Deschanel) who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man (Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her.

    2009-09-08 10:31 0.3

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The A-Team

If you’ve seen the original TV series, like me, you’re probably intrigued to know how this box office version compares. I loved the TV series, I loved the fact it was a little bit absurd, that they could make a tank out of just a wheel, a battered up old car and some drain piping, it was silly but in a good way. The A-Team was over the top, fun and entertaining, it never took itself too seriously and that was the point.

So what’s this version of the A-Team like? Well, in one word, disappointing. Yes there were some OK moments but these were few and far between. It’s not a bad film but it just didn’t do it for me. I was left thinking ‘why wasn’t that as good as I hoped?’

We pick up the four soldiers in various parts of Mexico half way through a mission. After successfully complete this mission we jump to Iraq where the team have formed a very successful alpha unit with many missions under their belts. They are then asked to perform one final mission in Iraq to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a…

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