Category: 2009
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (’09 review)
3 out of 5 Here’s a test if Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is for you. In one sequence, the heroine suggestively dances with another woman, then the heroine and the woman kung-fu fight in a bathroom as water sprays all over them, then the heroine beats up multiple henchmen over a rap song…
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Avatar (2009 review)
4 out of 5 After a more than a decade, James Cameron returns to fiction filmmaking with Avatar. There is the inevitable comparison to Aliens because it’s a Cameron film about marines vs. aliens, but that’s unfair because Aliens is one of the greatest goddamn movies of all time and Avatar . . . isn’t. …
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Star Trek (2009 review)
5 outta 5 Director J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is a grand summer action flick that re-introduces Star Trek’s iconic characters to the world. It shows origins of the original Trek series, but changes thing around just enough so you won’t see what’s coming. That aside, the movie is a ridiculous amount of fun. With the…
