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The Angry Birds Movie 2 movie review: seeing red seeing Red

Wed, Aug 14, 2019
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Painfully stupid faux-woke slapstick that wants to have its idiot male hero and its nods to feminism at the same time. Kids are listening, they are absorbing this garbage, and they deserve better. (now with a brief review of short “Hair Love”)

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Booksmart movie review: these kids today, with their academic overachievement and their niceness…

Wed, May 22, 2019
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A rare treat: a perfect film. Smart, funny, wise, sparkling with wit both visually and in its snappy dialogue. A self-assured directorial debut from Olivia Wilde, confident and effortless. Pure joy.

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Colossal movie review: becoming the monster

Wed, May 03, 2017
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Wonderfully strange and weird and funny and dark and bitter. A deliciously geek-flavored metaphor for how damaged people heedlessly spread around their damage.

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The Angry Birds Movie movie review: what the shell?

Mon, May 16, 2016
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What the heck is this? Some sort of meninist political statement attempting to vindicate male anger? In a kids’ movie? Maybe men shouldn’t make movies…

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Tumbledown movie review: letting go of the past

Fri, Feb 05, 2016
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A portrait of grief that borrows the conventions of romantic comedies. There may not be a lot of passion here, but there is plenty of pleasant zing.

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Horrible Bosses 2 movie review: the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad sequel

Mon, Nov 24, 2014
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It’s not funny, only its villains speak truth, and its putative heroes are now the horrible bosses… though the movie doesn’t seem to realize that.

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We’re the Millers review: broken bad

Thu, Aug 22, 2013
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Reason No. 34,075 to legalize drugs: it would eliminate painfully unfunny comedies like this one. Comedy shouldn’t make you pity the comedians.

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Epic review: you can’t stop the rot

Wed, May 22, 2013
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Ironically, nothing feels organic here, and certainly nothing feels magical…

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Going the Distance (review)

Fri, Sep 03, 2010
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I slept with this movie, and now I’m sorry I did.

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