Tag: movies
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
4 outta 5 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a solid entry in the series and a soft-reboot of the franchise, inasmuch that while it is canon to the last three movies, it jumps a few centuries to make the Caesar movies historical context. And in a series that is often guilty of…
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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
3 outta 5 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver continues writer/director Zack Snyder’s quasi-Star Wars sci-fi epic. It’s not a conclusion because the closing minutes lay out mandatory sequel bait for yet another installment. As often happens in Snyder’s movies, there are bundles of exposition as characters state their backstory and their exact current…
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Abigail
4 outta 5 It isn’t particularly the fault of Abigail that the main concept, ballerina vampire kid, is entirely spoiled in the marketing. It would be completely befuddling to sell as just “some supernatural bad happens” without showing what that is. Although it is a bit irritating that the film manages to stretch about 40…
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Road House
3 outta 5 Road House is a movie that is primarily concerned with bar fights, mostly set in a bar, featuring lots and lots of fights inside or outside of said bar. It is a straightforward remake of the straightforward 1989 film. What makes this worthwhile are some decent quips and enjoyably crunchy action that…
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
3 outta 5 Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire does offer Godzilla and King Kong brawling each other and various monsters. It kind of skimps on the Godzilla portion, he’s basically a special guest star although the reason he’s held back is probably because as the King of the Monsters he can stomp just about…
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
3 outta 5 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a decent entry in the Ghostbusters franchise that doesn’t really have the heart and feeling of rediscovery that made Afterlife so vibrant. But this is an excellently paced Ghostbusters movie, even if it sometimes leans a bit serious, but Frozen Empire still has laughs. The role of the…
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Ricky Stanicky
3 outta 5 Director Peter Farrelly was originally a directing duo with his brother Bobby for movies like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, and then Peter directed the Best Picture winning Green Book. And while they have directed separately, its not as if Peter Farrelly has become some sort of respected prestige…
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Blog: Oscars Catch-Up
Looking at the 96th Academy Awards announcement, I have posted about most of them with reviews for two best animated nominated films, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boy and the Heron. Five Best picture nominees, Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon all made it into the Top 10…
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Drive-Away Dolls
4 outta 5 Drive-Away Dolls is a crazy road-trip movie featuring crime, severed heads, lots of cameos, lots of quips and lots of sex for its incredibly zippy hour and twenty-four minutes. Directed and co-written by Ethan Cohen (his first film without his brother Joel) it has the bizarre absurdist energy, dialogue patter, dopey crime…
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Madame Web
3 outta 5 Madame Web, the latest attempt by Sony pictures to spin-off multiple Spider-Man supporting characters into their own franchise is ok. Its not terrible or terrific. It has nifty moments, lots of pointless bits and is a tad too long even at under 2 hours. This is basically a supernatural vision of the…
