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Jungle Cruise movie review: raiders of the recent swashbucklers

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
14 comments

Wonderfully escapist, dripping with magnificently congenial charm thanks to the comic chemistry of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Plus it’s sure to enrage people who use “woke” as an insult. Yay!

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The Commuter movie review: on the wrong track

Mon, Jan 15, 2018
11 comments

A lazy, insulting xerox of better movies about Liam Neeson growling into cell phones at enigmatic villains. Devoid of tension and mystery, and rife with plotholes that derail the trip.

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The Shallows movie review: she’s gonna need a bigger surfboard

Fri, Aug 12, 2016
13 comments

Pure popcorn thrills. Whips up visceral suspense and maintains it till you’re breathless as it cements the arrival of “woman versus nature” as a subgenre.

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Run All Night movie review: bloody bromance breakup

Thu, Mar 12, 2015
3 comments

Too long and too same-old, and even Liam Neeson’s effortless tough-guy charm can only carry this familiar-feeling film so far.

| 3 Comments

Non-Stop review: your popcorn bucket doubles as a floatation device

Fri, Feb 28, 2014
12 comments

There’s a delicious cleverness to this very silly but very entertaining flick.

| 12 Comments

Orphan movie review: John + Kate plus hate

Fri, Jul 24, 2009
9 comments

Oh, how I wish this was a knowing parody, not an unwitting one. All the overbaked tropes of the genre are deployed: the “scary” music, the “menacing” camera angles, the telegraphing every boo.

| 9 Comments

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