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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2021 (93rd Academy Awards) review

Thu, Apr 15, 2021
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I don’t see how the astonishing “Opera,” by Erick Oh, doesn’t win the Oscar for Best Animated Short. This is a stupendous achievement, a cartoon clockwork depicting life, the universe, and everything.

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Godzilla vs. Kong movie review: whole earth monster catalog

Fri, Apr 02, 2021
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Everything a monster movie needs: Monsters, natch. Cute kids who Know Things. Nerdy-hot scientists. Spectacular sci-fi visions. Humor but no cheese. Warmth but no schmaltz. And a superb green message.

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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch documentary review: the destruction of our planet, in pictures (EIFF 2020)

Mon, Jul 06, 2020
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Astonishing: sometimes oddly beautiful but mostly like sci-fi horror. An anti-meditation nightmare, a call to arms if only we were ready to finally address our thoughtless impact on planet Earth.

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Apollo 11 documentary review: you are there, on the Moon (Sundance London 2019)

Fri, Jun 28, 2019
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This astonishing assemblage of vintage footage, some never before seen, may be unspoilable (we know how it ends) but it’s still hugely suspenseful, and beautifully immersive visually and emotionally.

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Avengers: Endgame movie review: with a bang *and* a whimper

Wed, May 01, 2019
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A miraculous blend of grief and humor. Big, bold, brash, then sneakily meta. I am only starting to get my head around the emotional and creative right-hook of it. A fitting end (for now) to the MCU.

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal

Wed, Jun 27, 2018
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Epic yet intimate, this is a visually gorgeous and emotionally lush fantasy drama about love and hope set in a violent but beautifully realized invented world.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie review: 2 same 2 spurious

Thu, Apr 27, 2017
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Thinks it’s edgy and transgressive, the punk little brother of all those other stodgy comic-book movies, but it isn’t. It’s just slightly more candy-colored.

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Queen of the Desert movie review: Gertrude Bell gets forgotten again

Wed, Apr 26, 2017
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This may be Werner Herzog’s most conventional film, but its mostly untold true story knows what it means for a woman to choose a life of adventure and intellect.

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The Lego Batman Movie review: give a minifig

Tue, Feb 07, 2017
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A great Batman movie, a great superhero movie, and a gloriously bonkers expression of the sublime silliness of crime fighters in capes, and our love of them.

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Ben-Hur movie review: it’s fine, everything is fine

Fri, Sep 09, 2016
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It’s not great. It’s not terrible. It is bland manufactured entertainment product. It’s fine. Hollywood is not creatively bankrupt. Everything is fine.

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