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Plane movie review: ‘Sully,’ but make it badass

Sun, Jan 29, 2023
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Entertainingly ridiculous? Or ridiculously entertaining? The slick of wild nonsense slapped over an uninspired undercoat is enjoyable enough while you’re onboard, and then it’s instantly forgettable.

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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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Greenland movie review: a human spin on the end of the world

Sun, Dec 27, 2020
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A same-old tale of apocalypse knows we’ve seen this all before, and so centers human drama over disaster porn. It has nothing new to say, but at least it says it well, with notes of horrific grace.

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Angel Has Fallen movie review: and it can’t get up

Wed, Aug 28, 2019
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A sad retread of The Fugitive. Dumb, pointless, confused, full of contempt for its audience, and laughably unable to convince us that Gerard Butler is an acceptable stand-in for Harrison Ford.

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Hunter Killer movie review: dead in the water

Sun, Oct 21, 2018
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The Hunt for Red October as made by a Michael Bay wannabe who can’t even rise to the level of giving-a-propagandistic-crap. Absurd geopolitics and laugh-out-loud clichés abound; tension and excitement do not.

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Geostorm movie review: weather bomb

Tue, Oct 24, 2017
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Almost hilariously terrible: absurd plot machinations, dubious politics, not a single character to care about. And it doesn’t even give good disaster porn.

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Gods of Egypt movie review: those whom the gods wish to punish, they force to watch this movie

Sat, May 28, 2016
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Hilariously, casting white Westerners as mortals and deities of the ancient Nile is the least offensive thing about this crime against goofball cinema.

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London Has Fallen movie review: agitprop security theater

Wed, Mar 02, 2016
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A Nuremberg rally for 21st-century America. Pure terror porn: racist, jingoistic, thoroughly obnoxious. Donald Trump voters will love it. *sob*

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 movie review: flying higher

Thu, Jun 26, 2014
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An absolute delight, even better than the first film; a gorgeously animated ode to sticking to your principles in the face of ultimate adversity.

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300: Rise of an Empire trailer: not directed by Zack Snyder…

Wed, Dec 18, 2013
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…though the trailer is hoping you won’t notice that.

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