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loaded question: have apocalyptic movies lulled us into a false sense of security about climate change?

Mon, Feb 28, 2022
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What would human civilization look like after a billions-dead catastrophe? “End of the world” movies almost universally fail to confront that. Do we need to do better?

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Terminator: Dark Fate movie review: it’s back… and we don’t know why

Wed, Oct 30, 2019
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Fight the future. Change the future. Watch the future reset itself so that everything ends up much the same way anyway. Repeat. This time-travelling franchise is, ironically, stuck in the past.

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gendered abuse I have received

Thu, Mar 21, 2019
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Dude thinks calling me ugly somehow negates my review of Captain Marvel.

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Teen Titans Go! To the Movies movie review: the last action heroes (to get a movie)

Thu, Aug 02, 2018
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The superhero movie we need, and also the one we karmically deserve. A riot of hilariously zippy animation that gleefully shreds the clichés of the genre while also lovingly embracing its self-referential geek experience.

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Deadpool 2 movie review: kryptonite for superheroes

Fri, May 18, 2018
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This is the death of the comic-book movie. Or it should be. The savage, inhumane nihilism here says, Yup, comics haters are right: this is dangerous nonsense with no morality or redeeming qualities.

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The Mermaid (Mei ren yu) movie review: the biggest movie on the planet you haven’t heard of

Fri, Mar 11, 2016
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A wacky fantasy lark, half screwball comedy, half Looney Tunes. Chinese audiences have thrown half a billion dollars at it. Prepare for Hollywood imitators.

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from Facebook: I narrowly avoided a Reddit pile-on

Sat, Feb 13, 2016
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Deadpool movie review: origin story with a potty mouth

Tue, Feb 09, 2016
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Callous, crass, unpleasantly smug. Supposes it’s being edgy because its protagonist swears a lot, but it’s like a child saying bad words just to be naughty.

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