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Review of “Dune” (the miniseries)
* * * B The greatest flaw of Lynch’s film was its failure to capture the Fremen culture. All of the major events of the middle of the...
Sep 13, 20171 min read
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Review of “The Huntsman: Winter’s War”
* * C Jessica Chastain). After the film jumps forward in time to follow the events of the previous film, it picks up. Snow White (not...
Sep 10, 20171 min read
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Which Upcoming Movies Will Be Worth Paying to See on the Big Screen?
#americanassassin #remakes #sequels #theatricalreleasedates
Sep 7, 20171 min read
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Hollywood’s Pay Gap: Why Are There So Few Female Roles?
How Hollywood earnings can help us understand pay disparity is surprisingly insightful, but its attempts to draw an equivalence between...
Sep 4, 20175 min read
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NPR Books Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books
Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books, or have at least read or seen a derivative work. See their list for the books I don’t know. #1 –...
Sep 2, 20176 min read
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Review of “The Hitman’s Bodyguard”
* * * * A When hitman turned witness Darius Kingcaid (Samuel L. Jackson) is almost killed and his protective detail is shot up, Interpol...
Aug 29, 20171 min read
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Why Hollywood Keeps Making Sequels to Rebooted Superhero Films
even superheroes may not be able to save Hollywood’s desperate summer. I’m beginning to think they helped cause it. When the ticket stubs...
Aug 27, 20177 min read
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Review of “Shin Godzilla” (Eng. sub.)
* D The acting in the film is limited, though probably not helped by being in Japanese with subtitles. The heroine of the story is a...
Aug 20, 20171 min read
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Review of “The Mummy” (2017)
* * * B Nick Morton (Tom “Maverick” Cruise) is a solid hero, heavily flawed and suited to his role. Annabelle Wallis (Jenny Halsey), his...
Aug 19, 20171 min read
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Book Review: “Clockwork Angels”
Clockwork Angels is a graphic novel based on the Rush album of the same name. It follows the adventures of Owen, a young man who leaves...
Aug 19, 20171 min read
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Review of “Wonder Woman”
* * * B The first act is a bit corny, with the all female amazons somehow having survived since ancient times without dying. If you know...
Aug 18, 20171 min read
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Book Review: “The Witcher” (Volume 1)
* * C The book succeeds as light horrific fantasy. The plot lacks substance, the Witcher moving through the story largely unchanged by...
Aug 18, 20171 min read
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Review of “Paradise”
* D Julianne Hough), who is badly injured in an accident, renounces her faith and goes to Las Vegas to become a sinner. There, she meets...
Aug 12, 20171 min read
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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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