"Beckett Shorts" mostly forgettable
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In "Waiting for Godot,"  arguably Samuel Beckett's most celebrated work, two tramps are  on the lookout for something that never arrives. Audiences for  "Beckett Shorts" likely will be able to relate.
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This one's yet another hackneyed comedy with no funny bone.
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Ian McEwan has inexplicably produced a small, sullen, unsatisfying story that possesses none of those earlier booksâ emotional wisdom, narrative scope or lovely specificity of detail.
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The store might be worth your time, but the stock is just plain boring.
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Unsightly, off-balance, off-target throws stained the start of the Shane Boyd era that began as a mediocre, yet redeemable performance.
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The Stephen Soderbergh film starring George Clooney seems self-indulgent at best.
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Martin Scorsese's biography of the famously eccentric empire builder Howard Hughes is visually sumptuous if disappointingly hollow.
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Bleak and brackish, the film finds Jim Carrey sunk in yet another silly role.
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Calling this one a statement game doesn't do it justice.
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What is whimsical and enchantingly simple on the page can look merely silly and simplistic on screen. âThe Mr. Men Showâ has its moments, but frequently something gets lost in translation.
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No amount of actorly nuance could paper over the shortcuts and disjunctions of Sarah Treemâs new play.
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Pankaj Parasher's detective drama fails to match the original's charm.
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Robert Zemeckis' new film has technical wizardry but lacks heart.
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The familiar visual signposts of alienation are spiffily arrayed in Siegrid Alnoy's handsome but empty film debut.
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Mostly, these lists give me an excuse to remind readers of good and great films that they may have missed.  But in some respects, the actual list is the least of it.
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David Holsteinâs small, dark comedy is thoroughly amateurish in its rehashed themes and nonexistent structure.
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Josh Beckett didn't make a very good case to be the AL starter in the All-Star game.