Tag: movies
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John Candy: I Like Me
4 outta 5 John Candy: I Like Me, the documentary about the Canadian film and TV legend is an in-depth and often heart-wrenching look into the life of John Candy, who left this world far too soon. The story of a big guy who hid a lot of personal demons behind a smile and a…
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Tron: Ares
4 outta 5 Every decade or two, Disney diligently tries to make Tron a thing. The 1982 original tried to capture the Star Wars audience, then 2010’s Tron: Legacy expanded the visuals and lore of Tron. Now there’s Tron: Ares which doesn’t really build off what happened in Legacy, but this is more about moving…
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Tron: Legacy (2010 review)
4 out of 5 Generally, movies that are considered failures don’t get sequels almost 30 years afterwards. Yet such is the legacy of Tron, which came out in 1982, gained a fanatical cult following, and now there’s the 200 million dollar Tron: Legacy. Like the original, it has stunning FX for its time. Probably also…
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Play Dirty
3 outta 5 Writer and director Shane Black makes generally zippy, pop entertainment like Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, The Nice Guys, Iron Man Three and The Predator. His latest film, Play Dirty, isn’t quite as zippy as Black’s previous films have been, but it is still a fun caper flick with quippy dialogue and gunfire.…
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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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Iron Man Three (2013 review)
4 outta 5 The thing with Marvel’s The Avengers was that it was an uber-superhero movie that blew the genre wide open by being 6 superhero flicks. Iron Man 3 is singular but ambitious since this is kind of indie action thriller with flying robot suits. At times the movie’s determination to strip Iron Man…
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
4 outta 5 Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is a decent legacy sequel inasmuch that it doesn’t tarnish the classic film, 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap. Is it as funny or have as many interesting things to say about the music business? Definitely not. But this is still very funny with constant quips, hilarious…
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The Long Walk
4 outta 5 The Long Walk is a gritty grind of a movie. Directed by Francis Lawrence, who specializes in dystopian grind having directed multiple Hunger Games movies and I Am Legend, this is one of his better entries in that genre due to extreme violence giving it bite. This isn’t exactly hopeful; it’s of…
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The Toxic Avenger
4 outta 5 The Toxic Avenger is very silly, gross, horrific, messed up, squishy, dark, comedic and worthy of the Toxic Avenger mantle. The original 1984 film is a cult classic that is more of a gory revenge film than a comedy (although it does get incredibly dopey at times), this is more comedic, but…
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Nobody (2021 review)
4 outta 5 Nobody is forged from the John Wick mold. Maybe a bit too closely, considering the screenwriter also penned the original Wick film. A couple of moments seem a bit too easily copied and pasted from that modern masterpiece with some fringe changes. However, just because a movie is clearly based off something…
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