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The Martian movie review: life on Mars

Mon, Oct 12, 2015
44 comments

An excellent complement to the novel, simplifying the science without dumbing it down yet retaining the suspense and urgency of its interplanetary stranding.

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Pioneer movie review: there will be oil

Wed, Dec 03, 2014
2 comments

What is intended to be a suspenseful period drama of paranoia and conspiracy is far too slow-moving and meandering to truly engage.

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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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Headhunters (Hodejegerne) (review)

Thu, Apr 05, 2012
2 comments

Crazy-funny, a hilarious satire on male inadequacy disguised as an outrageously violent crime thriller. Not at all for the squeamish, and just so wrong that it ends up just so right.

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