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Reminiscence movie review: remembering it for you retail

Fri, Aug 20, 2021
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A cautionary tale about getting mired in the past is itself hamstrung by what has come before: overplayed noir tropes and underbaked sci-fi ideas. The fab cast at least elevates this to the mediocre.

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documentaries for understanding how we got President Trump, and for ensuring we never get him or his like again

Thu, Mar 04, 2021
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A free first peek at zeitgeisty film roundups to come…

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Bad Education movie review: school for scandal

Wed, Apr 29, 2020
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A laugh-until-you-cry dramedy burlesque, brilliantly structured and horrifically compelling, about the endless grift that passes for an economy in America. Hugh Jackman is at the peak of his powers.

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Missing Link movie review: unevolved throwback

Sat, Apr 06, 2019
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A quite literally cartoonishly awful protagonist, a plot that makes no sense, lowbrow humor, and terrible gender dynamics add up to an unpleasant retro mess.

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The Front Runner movie review: when politics turned tabloid (LFF 2018)

Tue, Nov 06, 2018
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Snappy Sorkin-esque banter, 80s nostalgia, and Hugh Jackman in a bad wig yet still hot as hell. But also an enraging, ironic look at how a reality-TV resume ended up becoming a legit qualification for the American presidency.

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curated: Hugh Jackman doing ADR for ‘Logan’

Tue, Mar 07, 2017
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How the movie sausage gets made.

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Logan movie review: wounded Wolverine, dangerous beast

Mon, Feb 27, 2017
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The X-Men series — the entire superhero genre — has never seen a film like Logan before: raw, rageful, tormented, human. Best of the series yet.

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Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Tue, Mar 29, 2016
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Yet another celebration of an overconfident mediocre white man as charming, heroic, and worthy of emulation. It’s inspirational!

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Pan movie review: a disaster of fantastically epic proportions

Wed, Oct 14, 2015
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An embarrassingly empty pastiche of numerous beloved action blockbusters, all frenetic action and soulless mishmashes of fantasy imagery.

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Chappie movie review: robot icks

Thu, Mar 05, 2015
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A morally muddled mess that is convoluted in plot and appallingly simplistic in its themes. I am a sad geek today.

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