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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World movie review: dragon its feet to a blah finale

Fri, Feb 15, 2019
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The gorgeous and once glorious fantasy series comes to a flat conclusion, one in which the stakes feel way lower than they should and the spark that once animated and elevated the story is missing.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 movie review: flying higher

Thu, Jun 26, 2014
33 comments

An absolute delight, even better than the first film; a gorgeously animated ode to sticking to your principles in the face of ultimate adversity.

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The Art of the Steal review: steal from the best

Wed, Mar 05, 2014
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One of the most fun heist movies ever, bursting with snappy humor and a twisty cleverness that knows that you know that you are getting conned, too…

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which celebrities would survive which kind of apocalypse?

Mon, Jun 10, 2013
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Does Matthew McConaughey’s full-body drawl doom him in the fast-zombie uprising? Will Ryan Gosling survive global warming because he’s totally hot already?

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This Is The End review: supergood

Sun, Jun 09, 2013
18 comments

I died laughing… and I’ve found a new respect for a Hollywood posse whose work I mostly haven’t enjoyed before.

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Goon (review)

Tue, Jan 10, 2012
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So, Seann William Scott is sort of like Forrest Gump. No, I mean in this Goon movie.

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question of the day: What would be the ultimate awful summer movie?

Fri, Apr 08, 2011
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The blockbuster season is creeping up on us, and with it comes the specter of really really terrible movies. It’s as inevitable as sunburn, sand in your sneakers, and mosquito bites. My ultimate awful summer movie? I imagine it might look something like this…

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best and worst movie quotes of 2010

Tue, Apr 05, 2011
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Oh yeah, I’m late with this. I carefully gather them all year long and then I never get around to posting them. So here they are at long last. And for 2011, I’m just gonna post ’em as they come in. So there.

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on my radar: opening 08.11-13.10 in U.K. theaters

Tue, Aug 10, 2010
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What else can Disney plunder from its own history?

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new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Inception,’ ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ ‘The Concert’

Fri, Jul 16, 2010
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U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio will blow your mind… much as other thieves blow vaults. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Memento (2000): Christopher Nolan plays with the depths of the human mind and the limits to which narrative time can be stretched in both films. • Catch Me … more…

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