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

Thu, Aug 02, 2018
11 comments

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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Mission: Impossible – Fallout movie review: here we go again

Tue, Jul 24, 2018
10 comments

Masterful. I had so much fun with this, often laughing out loud in relief when the tension of a breathless action scene finally broke. So why am I feeling a bit meh about it?

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Justice League movie review: grab ’em by the fanboy

Fri, Nov 17, 2017
76 comments

The cinematic equivalent of Trump and Brexit as awfulness brought upon ourselves. Incoherent and cheap-looking. There are no heroes, and everything is broken.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie review: sucker punch

Mon, Mar 28, 2016
316 comments

Like a movie from the world of Watchmen: cold, cruel, borderline incoherent in its testosterone-fueled rage, misogynist, paternalistic… fascist, even.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie review: Cold War, lukewarm

Fri, Aug 14, 2015
23 comments

Guy Ritchie’s spy-themed GQ fashion shoot. Pure popcorn nonsense, sleek and chic and vaguely funny, but instantly forgettable.

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Man of Steel review: man of feel

Fri, Jun 14, 2013
112 comments

Towers with ambition, swelled by sweeping philosophies about power and presence on scales both planetary and personal, beautifully balanced by a wellspring of wry tragedy.

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Cinema du Sanity: the Man of Steel issue

Wed, Jun 12, 2013
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Why American conservatives love Superman (apparently they don’t realize he’s an illegal immigrant); the Henry Cavill workout; and more.

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The Cold Light of Day (review)

Mon, Sep 03, 2012
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Brought to you by the Madrid Film Tax Credit Production Office and the Society for the Promotion of Henry Cavill as the Next Big Thing!

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Mad Men-inspired McDonalds uniforms (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Jul 13, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Cold Light of Day getting the Hollywood cold shoulder (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Apr 01, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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