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Eye in the Sky movie review: in the eyes of 21st-century warriors

Fri, Apr 15, 2016
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As entertaining on an escapist level as it is irrefutably engaging on a level that is essential for citizens who are players in our political environment.

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Triple 9 movie review: ordinary criminals

Thu, Feb 18, 2016
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How did a genre-smashing director make a heist thriller so generic, with characters too unlikable to be engaging but not twisted enough to be intriguing?

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Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied

Fri, Nov 13, 2015
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It’s all rather implausible and hugely melodramatic as it milks ham-fisted histrionics from high soap opera. A pitiable excuse for a movie.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings movie review: whites only

Wed, Jan 21, 2015
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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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A Long Way Down review: you kill me

Fri, Mar 21, 2014
1 comment

It shouldn’t work, but it does, as wonderfully sardonic British humor and as a reminder that you’re not alone in being messed up in this insane world.

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Need for Speed review: might as well be based on a breakfast cereal

Thu, Mar 13, 2014
11 comments

Thinks it’s poetical and epic, and the more dramatic it thinks it’s being, the more hilariously histrionic it all is.

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Smashed (review)

Fri, Dec 14, 2012
4 comments

It’s the other alchoholic-gets-a-wakeup-call movie of 2012, though Smashed is a lot less flashy than Flight…

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The Last House on the Left (review)

Fri, Mar 13, 2009
15 comments

Actually worse than all the other horror flicks of recent vintage that assume that the audience is a vicarious sexual sadist.

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