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Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
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I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

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Knives Out movie review: catch your death of fun (LFF 2019)

Mon, Nov 25, 2019
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An entirely entertaining murder-mystery jape; dryly funny, deliciously retro yet decidedly modern. Whenever you think you’ve got it figured out, it trips you up again… and you love it for doing so.

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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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Avengers: Infinity War movie review: it’s all been leading to this

Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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Ten years of Marvel superheroism culminates in a battle for the universe itself. Exhausting, bitterly humorous, and gripped in a stunning finality, it’s almost too much to take in, yet somehow not enough.

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Captain America: Civil War movie review: the consequences of superpowers

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Tough, unanswerable human questions frame spectacular, innovative action sequences that are like superhero ballets. This series just keeps getting better.

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spoiler alert: about the ending of Snowpiercer

Tue, Sep 02, 2014
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I’m mystified that some people are upset by how Snowpiercer ends. Because anything else than what we get would be a tragedy on every level.

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Snowpiercer movie review: hunger train

Thu, Jul 10, 2014
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Hauntingly grim, full of appalling ironies and awful truths. This is most definitely not the feel-good movie of the summer.

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what’s on Captain America’s catch-up list… and what *should* be on it?

Sun, Apr 06, 2014
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If you could add one thing to Steve’s list that he absolutely must catch up with in order to be considered a with-it 2010s kind of guy, what would it be?

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier review: politics in our peanut butter

Mon, Mar 24, 2014
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Stuns me with its scathing commentary on the real world today, wrapped up in what is some of the most delicious, most comic-booky fantasy ever.

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Michael Shannon will cut you up (The Iceman review)

Thu, May 02, 2013
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Though based on copious interviews mob killer Richard Kuklinski gave from prison, this barely broaches the great mystery of his life…

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