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3D

Everest movie review: peak experience

Mon, Sep 14, 2015
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A spectacular, heart-stopping adventure that has you catching your breath and gasping in shock. See it in IMAX 3D for an enrapturing you-are-there feeling.

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Ant-Man movie review: superhero reduction

Mon, Jul 13, 2015
80 comments

Marvel’s tiniest hero stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s smallest movie so far, one that loses Paul Rudd’s charm among familiar comic-book action.

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San Andreas movie review: 9.6 on the Ridiculous Scale

Thu, May 28, 2015
11 comments

Cornball disaster-porn melodrama… in 3D! Dumb, insulting, and bloodless. It’s Hollywood’s subconscious death wish brought to life, in more ways than one.

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Seventh Son movie review: witches be crazy

Thu, Mar 26, 2015
7 comments

Like Monty Python without the comedy, or at least without the intentional comedy. Jeff Bridges’ saving throw against the Phoning It In curse fails!

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Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (87th Academy Awards) review

Mon, Feb 02, 2015
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In the deeply moving “The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs uses a fresh and unique animation style to tell a story that is full of humanity.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings movie review: whites only

Wed, Jan 21, 2015
74 comments

Simultaneously the dullest and the most insulting version of itself it could possibly be. If only it had managed to be campy, that’d be something…

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Hercules movie review: he fights the lion!

Wed, Jul 23, 2014
35 comments

Grading on the Ratner Curve, this is a positive triumph. The cheesy clichés are at least passingly entertaining. You could do worse.

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Maleficent movie review: fatal enchantment… you know, for kids!

Wed, May 28, 2014
140 comments

Please leave your desire for a well-rounded story in the lockers provided, and keep your arms and legs inside the ride while it is in motion.

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Beyond the Edge 3D documentary review: because it’s there

Fri, May 23, 2014
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Through gorgeous archival footage and new re-creations, thrillingly places us amidst the first successful summit of Everest in 1953.

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Peanuts (aka Snoopy & Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie) teaser trailer: in 3D CGI (good grief)

Wed, Mar 19, 2014
21 comments

Commence the Charlie Brown-esque fretting.

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