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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (aka Dead Men Tell No Tales) movie review: yo ho no

Tue, May 23, 2017
44 comments

The franchise finally overstays its welcome with this cacophony of CGI spectacle, a contrived and confusing plot, and a newly cruel and stupid Jack Sparrow.

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword movie review: well I didn’t vote for him

Mon, May 22, 2017
13 comments

Derivative, rote, devoid of heart and hope. Guy Ritchie has found no reason to retell Arthur’s story, or to render a mythic hero as a self-serving thug.

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Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience — the review

Thu, May 18, 2017
13 comments

Replicates the abusive experience of being served a meal by noted hotelier and ball of rage Basil Fawlty in his Torquay lodging establishment. It is an absolute riot.

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Whisky Galore! movie review: leave it in the bottle

Fri, May 12, 2017
6 comments

The cast is charming, but this listless and mysteriously unfunny cover of the 1949 Ealing comedy doesn’t seem to have bothered to look for a good reason to exist.

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The Levelling movie review: down on the farm

Fri, May 12, 2017
1 comment

Wants to tackle huge personal and societal problems — toxic masculinity; the collapse of traditional ways of life — but it only displays them freak-show style.

| 1 Comment

The Last Shaman documentary review: pharma madness

Thu, May 11, 2017
14 comments

Tragic hipster indulges in the tribal Amazonian divine. Credulous, sophomoric garbage full of the slick salesmanship of a vaguely spiritual sneaker commercial.

| 14 Comments

Alien: Covenant movie review: game over, man

Tue, May 09, 2017
176 comments

A rote disappointment. There is nothing shocking or even mildly unexpected here. But there is an ironic weakening of the power of the xenomorphs to terrify.

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Unlocked movie review: the spy who broke the female mold

Fri, May 05, 2017
1 comment

There’s stuff in this spy thriller that’s fresh, and lots that’s familiar, but Noomi Rapace using her brains and brawn to fight bad guys is a genuine thrill.

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Mindhorn movie review: fame and fatuity

Fri, May 05, 2017
8 comments

A wonderfully silly sendup of fandom and nostalgia… and an absolutely hilarious smackdown of actorly pomposity and delusions of celebrity grandeur.

| 8 Comments

Lowriders movie review: slow and furious

Thu, May 04, 2017
9 comments

This melodrama about men unable to express themselves emotionally except through heavy machinery isn’t only clichéd: it doubles down on the clichés.

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