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James Berardinelli

  • Freelance Film Critic and Writer, Freelance
  • None, reelviews.net
New Jersey
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The Dead Pool – 100 Movie Deaths: #19

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By James Berardinelli
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Disclosure Day (United States, 2026)

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By James Berardinelli
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Steven Spielberg loves his aliens. Although he did make them the villains in War of the Worlds, his view toward extraterrestrial life has generally been benign, whether it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., or Disclosure Day. The legendary director's valentine to ufology, Disclosure Day is the weakest of the three films, due in large part to a scattershot screenplay from David Koepp that is rife with plot holes and incomplete character arcs.
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50 Years, 50 Movies – 2010: Toy Story 3

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By James Berardinelli
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I suppose if I were to name a runner-up to Toy Story 3, it would be Inception. But there's a problem here. I recall every scene of Toy Story 3 with perfect clarity (more on one reason why down below), but I can't remember much of anything about Inception. Oh, there are impressions. I thought it was a great movie. It gripped me. It intrigued me. But I'll be damned if I can remember the plot. Or any details (outside of the ending). Of all Nolan's movies, this is the one that has stayed with me the least.
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