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weekend watchlist: sweet, funny, frank pillow talk

Tue, Oct 11, 2022

Plus apocalyptic adolescence, exasperating planetary levels of bureaucracy, and more… (First published September 10th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

weekend watchlist: when the ghosts won’t shut up

Mon, Sep 12, 2022

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Plus sci-fi noir, sun-fueled madness, and more. (First published August 12th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

The Rhythm Section movie review: out of tune

Wed, Jan 29, 2020

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Poor Blake Lively does her de-glammed best in this poor Xerox of much better Turn The Urchin Into A Spy thrillers. But there isn’t a single human interaction in this hamfisted movie that rings true.

Captain Marvel movie review: superpowered female SJW invites manbaby nerds to suck it

Sun, Mar 10, 2019

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An indie ethos comes to the comic-book movie, upending the origin story and offering a female superhero who throws out the boys’ rule book, goes her own way, and stalks among us with easy confidence.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald movie review: the crimes of this movie, though…

Tue, Nov 20, 2018

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It certainly is MORE than the first movie: more incoherent, more confused about who its protagonist is, more crammed with contrivance and coincidence. Even the title is more nonsensical this time.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword movie review: well I didn’t vote for him

Mon, May 22, 2017

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Derivative, rote, devoid of heart and hope. Guy Ritchie has found no reason to retell Arthur’s story, or to render a mythic hero as a self-serving thug.