Tag: reviews
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Young Woman and the Sea
4 outta 5 Young Woman and the Sea is a stirring sports drama that is inspired by the true story of a woman from 100 years ago who swam the English Channel, a feat that was an incredible display of athletic endurance. The film is affably performed and features impressive swimming scenes as the audience…
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Trigger Warning
3 outta 5 As far as unhelpful titles go, Trigger Warning is kind of up there because it seems like a parody title. Instead, this is a fairly straightforward action flick. Also, there is a lot of (rather well done) knife battling in this film but inserting the word “trigger” in the title makes it…
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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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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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Role Play
2 outta 5 Role Play is a film that seems like it should be funnier than the premise/title/trailer leads one to believe. Even the tagline, Every Couple Has Their Secrets and the premise seem like a lower budget version of True Lies which handles the action and comedy much more deftly. There are still funny…
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