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Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Thu Sep 20 2018, 03:47pm | 8 comments

All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out

All the Money in the World movie review: cashed out

Tue Jan 02 2018, 10:38pm | 3 comments

Daddy’s Home 2 movie review: the father away, the better

Daddy’s Home 2 movie review: the father away, the better

Tue Nov 28 2017, 05:58pm | 18 comments

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

Mon Jul 10 2017, 06:15pm | 8 comments

Patriots Day movie review: blurry portrait of a city

Patriots Day movie review: blurry portrait of a city

Mon Feb 27 2017, 05:33pm | 1 comment

curated: ‘The Bowling Green Massacre,’ directed by Peter Berg (starring Mark Wahlberg)

Mon Feb 06 2017, 12:01pm | 1 comment

Deepwater Horizon movie review: blood for oil

Deepwater Horizon movie review: blood for oil

Mon Sep 26 2016, 07:42pm | 17 comments

Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers

Daddy’s Home movie review: floundering fathers

Mon Dec 21 2015, 03:45pm | 11 comments

Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Ted 2 movie review: Hasbro-mance

Thu Jul 09 2015, 10:31pm | 9 comments

The Gambler movie review: to bet, or not to bet?

The Gambler movie review: to bet, or not to bet?

Thu Jan 22 2015, 08:40pm | 1 comment

what’s on iTunes, Amazon UK Instant Video, blinkbox, Netflix UK, BBC iPlayer (from Aug 18)

what’s on iTunes, Amazon UK Instant Video, blinkbox, Netflix UK, BBC iPlayer (from Aug 18)

Wed Aug 20 2014, 12:10am | 0 comments

what’s on iTunes, Amazon UK Instant Video, blinkbox, Curzon on Demand, Netflix UK, BBC iPlayer (from Jul 28)

what’s on iTunes, Amazon UK Instant Video, blinkbox, Curzon on Demand, Netflix UK, BBC iPlayer (from Jul 28)

Mon Jul 28 2014, 09:07pm | 0 comments

remedying Michael Bay’s failure to adequately ogle Mark Wahlberg in Transformers

remedying Michael Bay’s failure to adequately ogle Mark Wahlberg in Transformers

Mon Jun 30 2014, 06:48pm | 7 comments

Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism

Transformers: Age of Extinction movie review: Everyday Bayism

Mon Jun 30 2014, 04:36pm | 56 comments

Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer: do they *promise* this franchise is about to go extinct?

Transformers: Age of Extinction trailer: do they *promise* this franchise is about to go extinct?

Wed Mar 05 2014, 12:10pm | 3 comments

Lone Survivor review: never get involved in a land war in Asia

Lone Survivor review: never get involved in a land war in Asia

Mon Jan 06 2014, 08:14pm | 3 comments

films to stream: UK week of Dec 09

films to stream: UK week of Dec 09

Thu Dec 12 2013, 12:48am | 0 comments

your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)

your awards-season cheat sheet… or how to sound like an insider (even if you’re not)

Tue Nov 19 2013, 02:38pm | 6 comments

Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?

Lone Survivor trailer: war-movie Oscar bait?

Tue Nov 12 2013, 08:01am | 1 comment

films to stream: US week of Nov 05 2013

films to stream: US week of Nov 05 2013

Thu Nov 07 2013, 01:36am | 3 comments

things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri Aug 30 2013, 06:53pm | 28 comments

2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

Fri Aug 30 2013, 02:26pm | 2 comments

Pain and Gain review: American nightmare

Pain and Gain review: American nightmare

Tue Aug 27 2013, 08:00pm | 3 comments

2 Guns trailer: oops my partner in crime is a fed… and so am I

2 Guns trailer: oops my partner in crime is a fed… and so am I

Wed Jul 24 2013, 09:18am | 2 comments

Broken City (review)

Broken City (review)

Fri Jan 18 2013, 12:29am | 3 comments

question of the day: Who would you like to see on a celebrity newscast?

Fri Jan 11 2013, 08:50am | 0 comments

question of the day: What movie event of 2012 will have the biggest impact in years to come?

Wed Jan 09 2013, 11:08am | 0 comments

question of the day: If Mark Wahlberg can transform Transformers, what other actors could spice up other franchises?

Fri Nov 09 2012, 11:53am | 0 comments

Broken City (trailer)

Tue Oct 16 2012, 08:00am | 0 comments

Ted (review)

Wed Aug 01 2012, 07:09pm | 0 comments

Ted (redband trailer)

Mon May 28 2012, 10:45am | 0 comments

Contraband (review)

Thu Mar 15 2012, 05:49pm | 0 comments

Contraband (trailer)

Tue Jan 10 2012, 12:01pm | 0 comments

question of the day: Are there any nonreality celebrities you’d actually want to see in their own reality show?

Fri Sep 02 2011, 09:33am | 0 comments

because when you shine a line on cockroaches, they scurry back to their dark corners (possibly NSFW)

Fri Apr 15 2011, 02:11am | 0 comments

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are Oscar shoo-ins; everything else up for grabs: Oscar predictions

Sat Feb 26 2011, 04:41pm | 0 comments

female gazing at: Mark Wahlberg

female gazing at: Mark Wahlberg

Mon Feb 07 2011, 04:06pm | 2 comments

trailer break: ‘The Fighter’

Tue Nov 30 2010, 11:31am | 0 comments

Mark Wahlberg admits ‘The Happening’ was terrible; Billy Bob Thornton says Hollywood is terrible; a female Old Spice Man spoof; more: leftover links

Sun Nov 28 2010, 07:23pm | 0 comments

quick list: five great football movies that aren’t really about football

Tue Oct 19 2010, 03:03am | 0 comments

cinematic roots of: ‘The Town’

Thu Sep 30 2010, 12:02am | 0 comments

wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient

Tue Aug 10 2010, 02:10pm | 1 comment

cinematic roots of: ‘The Other Guys’

Sun Aug 08 2010, 11:58am | 0 comments

The Other Guys (review)

Fri Aug 06 2010, 12:39pm | 11 comments

wtf: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ done up funny

Wed Jul 14 2010, 03:41pm | 8 comments

April 9: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri Apr 09 2010, 06:50pm | 0 comments

Date Night (review)

Fri Apr 09 2010, 04:15pm | 9 comments

trailer break: ‘The Lovely Bones’

Wed Nov 25 2009, 10:55am | 1 comment

Max Payne (review)

Wed Nov 19 2008, 09:30pm | 12 comments

trailer break: ‘Max Payne’

Tue Sep 02 2008, 02:57pm | 3 comments

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