Tag: movies
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Predator: Killer of Killers
4 outta 5 Predator: Killer of Killers is an awesomely gnarly addition to the Predator franchise. As an animated film, it allows for extreme camera angles and action that wouldn’t necessarily work in live action but looks dang cool in animation. As an anthology film, each story skips across the centuries of Predators enacting carnage…
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Prey (2022 review)
4 outta 5 With a back to basics approach, Prey turns out to be a shot in the arm for the long-running Predator franchise. Like the very good 2010 Predators film, Prey can be accused a wee bit of treading towards remaking the original Predator but it throws in enough differences to make this stand…
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The Predator (’18 review)
4 outta 5 Writer and director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man Three, The Nice Guys) has a way of combining ’80s style action throwbacks, rapid fire dialogue patter and extremely quirky characters. Now he sets his flashy style on the long running sci-fi horror franchise with The Predator. Black actually was in the original…
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Predators (’10 review)
4 out of 5 Predator is one of those rare, sturdy 80s Arnold Schwarzenegger action movies that hasn’t really dated at all. Predator 2 was just … less. Not terrible, but nowhere near as well-made. The two Alien vs. Predator movies are mediocre at best, and calling them “mediocre” is generous. So one would assume…
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (’07 review)
3 out of 5 Out of all the “vs.” horror movie franchises, Aliens vs. Predator is one of the few monster vs. other monster series that makes sense. Godzilla vs. King Kong? Simply two big creatures from their respective countries battling it out. Freddy vs. Jason? Round pegs hammered into square holes. Alien vs. Predator…
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Karate Kid: Legends
4 outta 5 Karate Kid: Legends fits with the Karate Kid series, which is running at 6 movies, a 6 season TV series and a Saturday morning cartoon. This follows the structure of a Karate Kid story, with training by veteran masters culminating with a tournament showdown. But it doesn’t just repeat beats from the…
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Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning
4 outta 5 The 8th, and potentially final, Mission: Impossible film, The Final Reckoning is a fairly bombastic finale for a series that has always been fairly bombastic. Probably a bit too much at a very long 2 hours and 50 minutes running time. It’s as if Tom Cruise saw that all these blockbusters are…
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Rust
3 outta 5 Rust is a film that sticks closely to core tenets of the Western genre. The plot involving a cynical elder man looking after a young charge is very much something in Westerns like True Grit and even sci-fi Westerns like The Mandalorian. There is a lot of grumbling and sad cowboys talking…
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Thunderbolts*
4 outta 5 Thunderbolts* is a sturdy entry into the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it works surprisingly well as a standalone adventure, which is quite the trick as it’s part of an ongoing saga and a significant chunk of characters here were introduced in Disney Plus exclusive releases. It is also funny and madcap…
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The Accountant 2
4 outta 5 The Accountant 2 is more freewheeling and fun than its 2016 predecessor, The Accountant. The big twist at the end of the first film, that two main characters were long lost siblings, is now out in the open and the movie vibes on their brotherly dynamic. It’s a lot more fun as…
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