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X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie review: dark matter, done way too light

Wed, Jun 05, 2019
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A lazy treadmill of a sci-fi morality play that wastes a terrific cast. A numbingly dull game of mutant checkers that has no idea how to tell a woman’s story except filtered through the eyes of men.

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The Snowman movie review: winter blunderland

Tue, Oct 17, 2017
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A clichéd loose-cannon cop is on a case of murdered women in faux Norway. And it’s not even a decent procedural. Sexist, pointless, thoroughly awful.

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Alien: Covenant movie review: game over, man

Tue, May 09, 2017
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A rote disappointment. There is nothing shocking or even mildly unexpected here. But there is an ironic weakening of the power of the xenomorphs to terrify.

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X-Men: Apocalypse movie review: everyone knows the third movie is always the worst

Thu, May 19, 2016
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About precisely nothing other than pure pulp comic-book soap-opera rigmarole, overshadowed by clichés, implausibilities, and missed opportunities.

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my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)

Mon, Feb 29, 2016
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Now updated with all the winners…

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (LFF 2015)

Mon, Oct 19, 2015
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You’ve never seen such a compelling, entertaining movie about a genius jerk. As smart and as sleek as a Macbook Pro, and a compulsory bit of modern history.

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from Facebook: hangin’ with Fassbender and Winslet

Sun, Oct 18, 2015
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Slow West movie review: dark horseplay

Fri, Jun 26, 2015
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Michael Fassbender is never not worth watching, and his unique blend of cynical smarts and weary humor is perfectly suited to this bitterly funny road trip.

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