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Review of “Atomic Blonde”
Atomic Blonde is a spy thriller set in the tail end of the cold war, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a fast paced film...
Aug 9, 20171 min read
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Review of “Blackway”
A waitress, Lillian (Julie Stiles), is harassed by the town bad guy, Blackway (Ray “Goodfella” Liotta) and, when she complains to the...
Aug 7, 20171 min read
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Review of “Exposed”
* D This largely dull police drama has what appears to be a supernatural element that is intriguing, but that goes nowhere. The film is...
Aug 5, 20171 min read
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Review of “The Dark Tower”
* * * B The D The film starts with Jake Chambers, who is well played by Tom Taylor. Fans will recognize material from the third book in...
Aug 5, 20172 min read
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Review of “The Lobster”
The Lobster is a lot like a very bad episode of the Twilight Zone. It has a weak science fiction premise that is never explained: Adults...
Jul 30, 20171 min read
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The Peril of Remakes
There are two rules in successfully remaking a creative work, be it a song, a story, or a film: The remake must be at least as good as...
Jul 23, 20172 min read
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Doctor Who Gets a New Gender
Will the new Doctor be a good thing or a bad thing? If I were a fan, I be concerned with how much is being made of the gender of the new...
Jul 23, 20171 min read
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Review of “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” (no spoilers)
* * * * A “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is a science fiction film by Luc Besson (maker of The Fifth Element and Taken),...
Jul 22, 20171 min read
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Review of “The Last Witch Hunter”
* * C The story is imaginative, creating a world where magic hides just beneath the mundane, like the wizarding world of Harry Potter or...
Jul 17, 20171 min read
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Review of “Solace”
* * * B Solace is a crime drama/fantasy in which FBI agent Joe Merriwether (Jeffrey Dean “the Comedian” Morgan) is investigating a...
Jul 9, 20171 min read
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Are Franchises the Problem with Hollywood?
Hollywood’s obsession with franchises is costing studios millions argues against its own premise in places. I’m going to quote and...
Jul 5, 20174 min read
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Review of “The Take”
In the spy thriller “The Take”, Briar (Idris Elba), a reckless CIA agent who becomes embroiled in a plot to trigger rioting in Paris...
Jul 2, 20171 min read
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Review of “Power Rangers”
Power Rangers was surprisingly good (almost worthy of three stars), considering how low my expectations were. It had a Breakfast Club...
Jul 2, 20172 min read
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Why Did the Mummy Fail?
I just watched Georg Rockall-Schmidt‘s excellent video on the Mummy (2017). Georg is a commentator on film, rather than a critic. I think...
Jun 26, 20173 min read
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Review of “Headshot”
This Indonesian film (much of it in Indonesian, with English subtitles) is an incredibly violent and gory crime drama. It begins with a...
Jun 18, 20171 min read
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Review of “Ghost in the Shell (mild spoilers)”
I didn’t get a chance to see this film in the theater, partly because it was gone so quickly from them, which is never a good sign. This...
Jun 12, 20171 min read
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Review of “Great Wall”
* * C Pedro Pascal), who come to China looking for the secret of gunpowder. Instead, they discover the Taotie, a race of vicious...
Jun 4, 20171 min read
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Wonder Woman is Just a Movie
After a 76-year wait, a lot is riding on whether a Wonder Woman movie soars“. The article is subtitled ‘The fact that we have this real...
Jun 3, 20173 min read
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Review of “Logan” (mild spoilers)
“Logan” is the third X-Men film focusing on the Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), a mutant who can heal from any injury and who was experimented...
Jun 3, 20172 min read
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Top Grossing Films from Memorial Days Past
IMDB is running a poll: pick your favorite of past highest grossing Memorial Day films in their years. They’ve listed them from highest...
May 29, 20172 min read
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