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Kingsman: The Golden Circle movie review: deliver us from “edgy”

Mon, Sep 25, 2017
115 comments

Save us from male artists who think they are dangerously, uniquely innovative. This stew of toxic masculinity and CGI-cartoon violence is nothing but tediously mundane.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service movie review: forgets its manners

Fri, Jan 30, 2015
414 comments

I cannot recall a film that left me with such a sour taste in my mouth by its end. Does the movie deliberately defy itself with obnoxious intent?

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X-Men: Days of Future Past movie review: time for hope

Mon, May 19, 2014
44 comments

With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.

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X-Men: First Class (review)

Fri, May 27, 2011
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“Best. Comic Book Movie. Evah!” So my inner fangirl is screaming at the moment as she does a little happy Snoopy dance.

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April 16: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

Fri, Apr 16, 2010
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We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but all that street crime isn’t gonna fight itself, and you’ve got to pick up your cape and mask from the dry cleaners, too. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with a collection … more…

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Kick-Ass (review)

Wed, Apr 14, 2010
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Clearly, Dave Lizewski has never read *Watchmen,* or seen the movie…

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