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  • 9

    (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
  • 7

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    Mankind finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, artifact buried on the moon and, with the intelligent computer HAL, sets off on a quest.

    2009-03-30 20:00 0.3
  • 5

    2012 (2009)

    An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.

    2009-12-02 11:51 0.3
  • 6

    4.3.2.1 (2010)

    While Jo (Roberts) is chained down in a dead end supermarket job, her friends are all out on their own...

    2010-07-14 18:21 0.3
  • 5

    40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)

    After a brutal breakup, a young man vows to stay celibate during the 40 days of Lent, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.

    2009-01-17 23:28 0.3
  • 8

    A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

    Director Michael Winterbottom (Northam) attempts to shoot the adaptation of Laurence Sterne's essentially unfilmable novel, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."

    2009-08-15 20:13 0.3
  • 6

    A Good Year (2006)

    A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.

    2009-07-06 20:42 0.3
  • 7

    A Single Man (2009)

    A story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles.

    2010-03-24 13:28 0.3
  • 8

    About a Boy (2002)

    Based on Nick Hornby's best-selling novel, About A Boy is the story of a cynical, immature young man who is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy

    2009-06-24 21:40 0.3
  • 7

    Adventureland (2009)

    A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.

    2009-09-15 13:55 0.3
  • 8

    Alpha Dog (2006)

    A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

    2009-01-10 19:59 0.3
  • 9

    American Beauty (1999)

    Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.

    2009-02-15 21:16 0.3
  • 8

    American Gangster (2007)

    In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

    2008-12-17 15:48 0.3
  • 5

    American Wedding (2003)

    The third film in the American Pie series deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.

    2009-01-17 21:00 0.3
  • 9

    Amores perros (2000)

    A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.

    2008-12-10 15:30 0.3
  • 8

    An Education (2009)

    A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

    2009-12-16 12:00 0.3
  • 5

    Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

    Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.

    2009-07-02 21:23 0.3
  • 6

    Angels & Demons (2009)

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.

    2009-06-09 21:07 0.3
  • 9

    Apollo 13 (1995)

    True story of the moon-bound mission that developed severe trouble and the men that rescued it with skill and dedication.

    2009-04-06 21:06 0.3
  • 9

    Atonement (2007)

    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.

    2008-09-11 17:00 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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