Category: 2016
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The Nice Guys (2016 review)
4 outta 5 Written and directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man Three), The Nice Guys is a hilarious and entreatingly zippy piece of ‘70s noir detective buddy action comedy. As with noir detective stories sometimes a very simple whodunit plot gets overtly complicated but this is really an excuse to have…
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The Accountant (2016 review)
3 outta 5 The Accountant features high-stakes accounting, number crunching and bone breaking violence, which sort of evens the whole thing out. The flick is a bit of a slow burn, some plot threads don’t have a satisfying resolution, it’s too long, and lingers a bit too much on secondary characters anguished monologues. But if…
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Captain America: Civil War (2016 review)
5 outta 5 While the superheroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been causing destruction in the name of freedom for years in Captain America: Civil War consequences are dealt with. It keeps the Captain America series fresh by swapping styles yet again; the First Avenger was a two-fisted World War II epic, Winter Soldier…
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Star Trek Beyond (2016 review)
4 outta 5 Having been around for hundreds of episodes, thirteen movies and five decades, Star Trek has had various different takes. The most recent movie, Star Trek Beyond, instead of trying to sum 50 years it goes back to basics for a classical, fun Star Trek story. While director J.J. Abrams didn’t return (he…
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Moana (2016 Review)
4 outta 5 The Disney animated movie template is a sturdy framework to hang multiple flicks on. Once in awhile Disney breaks out of it with something like Zootopia or subvert conventions such as with Frozen. Their latest effort, Moana, works rather well inside of the Disney framework involving princesses, exploration, magic, monsters and musical…
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