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Guardians of the Galaxy

Captain Marvel movie review: superpowered female SJW invites manbaby nerds to suck it

Sun, Mar 10, 2019
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An indie ethos comes to the comic-book movie, upending the origin story and offering a female superhero who throws out the boys’ rule book, goes her own way, and stalks among us with easy confidence.

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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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Thor: Ragnarok movie review: it’s only the end of the world

Fri, Oct 27, 2017
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Breezy, jokey, crammed with clever sci-fi ideas; the funniest MCU flick yet. Director Taika Waititi brings a new geeky verve we didn’t realize the series needed.

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curated: everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017
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This is ridiculous.

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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword movie review: well I didn’t vote for him

Mon, May 22, 2017
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Derivative, rote, devoid of heart and hope. Guy Ritchie has found no reason to retell Arthur’s story, or to render a mythic hero as a self-serving thug.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 movie review: 2 same 2 spurious

Thu, Apr 27, 2017
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Thinks it’s edgy and transgressive, the punk little brother of all those other stodgy comic-book movies, but it isn’t. It’s just slightly more candy-colored.

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A Monster Calls movie review: the monster is within us all

Tue, Jan 03, 2017
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A fairy tale of the Grimm sort: no happy ending, no heroes or villains, just hard truths about life and human nature. Important, beautiful, heartbreaking.

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Suicide Squad movie review: sh*t squad

Fri, Aug 05, 2016
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Should be grim, bitter, and as horrifyingly alluring as Hannibal Lecter. But it’s nothing but a teen-friendly ad for toys, Ts, and other disposable merch.

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87th Academy Awards: the Oscar nominees (and winners) for 2015

Mon, Feb 23, 2015
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Now with winners indicated.

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Where Are the Women? Guardians of the Galaxy

Tue, Feb 10, 2015
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Kudos to the film for including more than one token women in its mix. Too bad the (male) CGI cyber-raccoon is more fully realized than any of them are. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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