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Ballerina (aka Leap!) movie review: lowering the barre

Mon, Aug 21, 2017
9 comments

Cheesy Euro ballerina-porn cartoon is full of dated animation, cringeworthy attempts at humor, bizarre anachronisms, and a terrible message for little kids.

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets movie review: story of a thousand clichés

Thu, Aug 03, 2017
45 comments

There is barely an original thought in this wackadoodle sci-fi panto, just a lot of tiresome passé attitudes skidding among bug-eyed-monster set dressing.

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A Cure for Wellness movie review: it ails me

Fri, Feb 24, 2017
6 comments

Ominous signs and psychological detours get tossed out and tossed away on the path to ridiculous gothic nonsense that takes itself far too seriously.

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The Bye Bye Man movie review: don’t think it, don’t say it, don’t see it

Mon, Jan 16, 2017
9 comments

One of the most inept films I’ve ever seen. Cheaply made, poorly directed, badly acted, oddly edited, and ultimately insultingly stupid.

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Life movie review: how not to be famous

Wed, Sep 30, 2015
6 comments

A smart, wistful exploration of art, ambition, and celebrity, with appealingly melancholic performances by Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan.

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Devil’s Knot movie review: well-worn tracks

Fri, May 09, 2014
12 comments

Atom Egoyan is all over the real-life case of American injustice surrounding the West Memphis Three. But sadly, I’m not sure why.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review: black and white and web all over

Fri, Apr 18, 2014
131 comments

Suffers badly by comparison with the cogent, witty Avengers flicks. This feels like a campy Saturday-morning cartoon left over from the 1970s.

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Chronicle (review)

Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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The superhero origin story we have become so very familiar with in its purest form, stripped of all the pulp and all the camp that has accreted around the genre.

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