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Michael Caine

My Generation documentary review: when London was swinging

Thu, May 31, 2018
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A brilliantly thrilling look back at the flowering of creativity and freethinking spirit of 1960s London, through the thoroughly charming perspective of Michael Caine.

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Going in Style movie review: pabulum and circuses

Fri, Apr 07, 2017
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Bland, tasteless entertainmentstuff intended to neither move nor offend, and succeeds as such. A sad pile of unfunny nothing that falls painfully flat.

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Youth movie rating: red light

Sun, Feb 28, 2016
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Overwrought nine-tenth-life crisis drama; not even a great cast can create sympathy for the artistic and existential turning points on arty display.

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The Last Witch Hunter movie review: burn it at the stake

Wed, Oct 21, 2015
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If this were Law & Order: Black Magic, which it almost seems like it wants to be, it’d be a helluva lot more interesting than it is.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service movie review: forgets its manners

Fri, Jan 30, 2015
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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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Interstellar movie review: trading worry for wonder

Fri, Oct 31, 2014
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Thrilling intellectually and viscerally, full of stirring notions of what humanity is capable of, and full of hope. A wonderfully refreshing sort of SF.

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2014 preview: only movies left underived

Wed, Jan 15, 2014
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Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.

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Paranoia trailer: it’s not paranoia if they tell you everything that’s going on

Tue, Aug 06, 2013
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The whole damn movie appears to be here in the trailer. So now you don’t need to see it.

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Gambit (review)

Thu, Nov 22, 2012
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I found myself oddly transfixed by how the stale the humor is…

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (review)

Mon, Feb 06, 2012
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Crams three times the hoo-hah of the first film into a 3D CGI theme-park ride, yet reduces itself to one-third the fun…

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