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Max Landis

Bright movie review: every little thing it does is the opposite of magic

Fri, Dec 22, 2017
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Trolls the viewer and condescends to genre fans. A smirking, tone-deaf parable about racism that is itself racist, including about its made-up orcs and elves.

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from Facebook: Dirk Gently goes to TV… via Max Landis

Sat, Jan 09, 2016
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Victor Frankenstein movie review: monster mush

Fri, Dec 04, 2015
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A riff on the Hollywood conventions of a story we know very well already, with little new to say. James McAvoy’s mad scientist is fun to watch, though.

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American Ultra movie review: Bourne to lose

Fri, Sep 04, 2015
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It’s one joke dragged out for 90 minutes, and while it’s not entirely unamusing, the comedy feels mired in the same stoner fog as its slacker protagonist.

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watch it: “The Death and Return of Superman”

Wed, Feb 15, 2012
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From Max Landis, feauturing Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg, and Mandy Moore. Geek fun!

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Chronicle (review)

Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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The superhero origin story we have become so very familiar with in its purest form, stripped of all the pulp and all the camp that has accreted around the genre.

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