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The Suicide Squad movie review: primrose psychopaths

Tue, Aug 03, 2021
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Spanks the 2016 film and sends it off to the corner to think about what it did. This one is the definite article: Gory, grim, bleakly funny. Full of feverish, anarchic energy and exhausting cynicism.

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Brightburn movie review: villainy, celebrated

Wed, Jun 19, 2019
61 comments

Superman, but he’s evil. That’s the whole movie. This is a depiction of violent entitled sociopathy that may think it’s critiquing toxic masculinity yet is indistinguishable from a celebration of it.

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

Thu, Apr 27, 2017
154 comments

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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The Belko Experiment movie review: team-killing exercise

Mon, Apr 10, 2017
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A one-note scenario that never ups the ante on itself, and never even bothers to use its extreme situation to send up office politics or corporate policies.

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Guardians of the Galaxy trailer: this is what everyone is so excited about?

Wed, Feb 19, 2014
24 comments

Everyone’s been talking about this. There was even a 15-second teaser to get us worked up for the main event. Which is still just an ad for a movie.

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how is Downton Abbey like The Muppet Show?

Sat, Apr 13, 2013
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Hilarious.

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trailer break: ‘Super’

Thu, Mar 17, 2011
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Could it be? A superhero comedy with some real bite? There hasn’t been one of those in years.

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