Tag: Movie Reviews
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
4 outta 5 The Mandalorian and Grogu, a spin-off of the Disney Plus show, is fun and action packed. Very action packed. It is so action packed that the film is basically a constant string of action scenes that may be a bit wearying after a while. There are a few characters pulled from previous…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 review)
3 out of 5 In fall 2008, the Star Wars series comes to TV in the form of a computer-animated cartoon called The Clone Wars. Right now, there is the animated feature by the same crew, also called Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The movie isbeing released as a sort of big-screen pilot episode /…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
4 outta 5 Remarkably Bright Creatures is a heap of melodrama and coincidence but it manages to be heartfelt and effective, with the help of a narrator Octopus and a hellova emotional performance by the leads. The twists at the end are a bit unbelievable but work emotionally. Also the geek cred in Remarkably Bright…
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Mortal Kombat II
4 outta 5 Mortal Kombat II is a movie that acknowledges its video game roots. When the game first came out in the 90s it set off a moral panic, sold a bunch of copies, dumped a lot of quarters into arcades, spawned a bunch of spin-offs, adaptations, sequels with an ever deepening lore. This…
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Mortal Kombat (2021 Review)
3 outta 5 While there have been a few attempts at adapting the ‘90s bloody fighter videogame phenomenon Mortal Kombat, it hasn’t taken off. The latest reboot/remake of Mortal Kombat doesn’t sanitize the game’s goofy, gory goodness and goes for full carnage. This makes it one of the more faithful and decent videogame adaptations. Sure,…
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The Devil Wears Prada 2
4 outta 5 The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a worthy 20 years later sequel to the original film. It features a really apt storyline about mergers, buyouts, layoffs and how mega corporate moves are erasing publishing history. While the boss is still very snarky, she seems to have warmed slightly; she is less the…
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Balls Up
2 outta 5 Balls Up is a very dumb movie directed by Peter Farrelly who often tracks in Dumb and Dumber movies (and also Oscar winning Best Picture, Green Book). It has a doofy duo yelling at each other and making horrible decisions that quickly go wrong. It has a tangentially World Cup related plot…
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
4 outta 5 As far as buddy gangster time travel movies go, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is unique. The time travel aspect is kooky and nonsensical, but works for the characters’ story. There are a lot of quips from everyone that keeps things light, and yet the emotional bits hit hard. But…
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
4 outta 5 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is very similar to the first film where it ups the carnage and adds more well-known actors to the mix. It isn’t exactly a lazy copy and paste of the original film as there are a lot of new twists here. This builds out the…
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Ready Or Not (2019 review)
4 outta 5 Ready or Not is an extremely messy horror comedy that is insanely madcap, gory, tense yet also very funny from start to finish with an especially great performance by the lead actress. This takes the locked house thriller genre and throws in a bunch of people who really don’t know what they’re…
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