Tag: movies
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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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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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Sinners
5 outta 5 Sinners deftly balances a musical, jazz, history about life in the US South in 1930s and turns into an incredibly intense vampire movie. Twisting from one genre to another has been done before; the closest comparison is obviously From Dusk Till Dawn that turns from a road trip crime movie to vampire…
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The Amateur
3 outta 5 The Amateur is a formulaic throwback with some cool spy revenge bits and lots of the cool moments are already in the trailer. Lead actor Rami Malek brings weird energy to potentially seem like his character can snap at any moment. This follows a tried-and-true revenge movie formula that doesn’t break any…
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A Minecraft Movie
4 outta 5 A Minecraft Movie is a fun, rambunctious and extremely loud adaption of the videogame series. For a videogame that is primarily concerned with building things, this leans more into the videogame character hero vs ugly bad guys trope (although that is a bigger part of the Minecraft: Dungeons spin off). It still…
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