Tag: movies
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011 review)
4 outta 5 While Captain America: The First Avenger does threaten to drown in patriotism at times, overall it’s a neat WWII-era twist on the superhero formula. And the last 20 minutes downright rock. Also: Hugo Weaving as a bad guy is never a bad idea. And if you know your Marvel Cinematic Universe Easter…
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Love Hurts
3 outta 5 Love Hurts is a straightforward action romp that gets by on some zippy and messy action scenes and a likable lead. It is sort of rudimentary in its plot, the cliché of a gaggle of elite assassins with each more deadly and quirky than the next is worn out, and the unsuspecting…
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Companion
4 outta 5 Companion is a clever and subversive sci-fi horror thriller about romance, robots, murder and software manipulation. While the notion of someone falling in love with a robotic artificial intelligence has been done in films like Her or Ex Machina, this is still a distinct take. Companion is less about potential robotic apocalypse…
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Star Trek: Section 31
3 outta 5 Star Trek: Section 31 is the latest entry in the Star Trek film franchise that comes about 9 years after Star Trek Beyond, which is the longest gap between Star Trek movies ever since 1979. And this isn’t even a theatrical release, it’s a streaming film that is a spin off from…
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Star Trek (2009 review)
5 outta 5 Director J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek is a grand summer action flick that re-introduces Star Trek’s iconic characters to the world. It shows origins of the original Trek series, but changes thing around just enough so you won’t see what’s coming. That aside, the movie is a ridiculous amount of fun. With the…
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Ad Vitam
2 outta 5 Ad Vitam is a Netflix French Language action thriller that is considerably short on action or thrills, but those do arrive eventually. The most interesting stuff happens at the start and then a very long exposition flashback that drags into awkward police romance, and then some solid action at the end. In…
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Best of 2024 Films
Honourable Mentions: The Substance, Transformers One, The Fall Guy, Furisoa: A Mad Max Saga, Kinds of Kindness, Alien: Romulus, Saturday Night, Venom: The Last Dance, Gladiator II, Civil War 10. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story A documentary about the life of actor and activist Christopher Reeve, that bounces between two distinct phases of his life;…
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (’14 review)
4 outta 5 Now that it’s done the decision to split one novel, The Hobbit, into three movies was an interesting choice but never reached the heights of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Hobbit makes for a somewhat requisite but entertaining prequel as the finale The Battle of the Five Armies folds elegantly…
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (’13 review)
4 outta 5 While one may debate the logic in expanding a single novel of The Hobbit into three plus sized movies, even when one is drawing from as dense a writer as J.R.R. Tolkien, there is comfortable enjoyment in returning to the same world that Director Peter Jackson has immersed himself and the audience…
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
4 outta 5 As a cinematic return to the world of Middle-Earth, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is an interesting experience. This is not the first time the world of J.R.R. Tolkien has been in an animated form, there are some, uh, really unique animated film adaptations decades ago, although…
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