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daily stream: undercover, without a clue

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

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2012’s 21 Jump Street leaves US Netflix very soon; on MGM in the UK.

Free Guy movie review: NPC ya later…

Fri, Aug 13, 2021

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Messy sci-fi comedy, cheerful on the surface but nihilistic underneath, is utterly clueless about all the things it is almost about: AI, gaming, and the bread-and-circuses power of immersive worlds.

Playmobil: The Movie movie review: a cheap ad disguised as a movie (barely)

Tue, Dec 03, 2019

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This plastic horror — horrifically, it’s a musical — is a head-smackingly dumb exercise in corporate filmmaking and mercenary marketing. So crass it makes me rethink my love of the toys themselves.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part movie review: everything is still (mostly) awesome

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

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Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie review: animation gets reanimated

Wed, Dec 12, 2018

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Has a verve rare in big-budget movies at the moment. Fun and fresh and legitimately engages with its source material on the levels of story, visuals, and mythology all at once. It feels like discovering storytelling anew.

curated: everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017

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This is ridiculous.

The Lego Batman Movie review: give a minifig

Tue, Feb 07, 2017

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A great Batman movie, a great superhero movie, and a gloriously bonkers expression of the sublime silliness of crime fighters in capes, and our love of them.

Moana movie review: the hero with a thousand faces finally has a female one

Tue, Nov 22, 2016

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A wonderful mythology of demons and demigods. A heroine who embodies the bold spirit of her people. Another sweet, funny, exciting triumph from Disney.