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Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw movie review: everything wrong with the world today

Thu, Aug 08, 2019
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A stew of “hilarious” toxic masculinity and nonstop violence as the solution to all problems. Sexist, stupid nonsense, tediously familiar and wholly predictable. Even the cartoonish action falls flat.

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Ocean’s Eight movie review: revenge of the women

Thu, Jun 14, 2018
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Breezy fun that sticks a shiv into Hollywood’s — and the larger culture’s — disdain for women. Wonderfully subtle comic performances from a great cast having a ball make for a perfectly suitable light diversion from the world right now.

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Unsane movie review: is she or isn’t she?

Wed, Mar 21, 2018
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As a piece of craft, this is a smack in the face to Hollywood’s bloated blockbusters. As a piece of pulp, it brings a sharp, smart feminist twist to familiar tropes of cinematic paranoia.

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Logan Lucky movie review: a waste of a heist

Fri, Aug 25, 2017
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Fun enough and diverting enough while you’re in the middle of it, but hints of something much richer and more satisfying dangle just out of its reach.

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Overdrive movie review: dumb and dubious

Tue, Aug 15, 2017
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More plot holes than plot, this overly convoluted, deeply stupid Fast and Furious wannabe is crammed with clichés and memorable only when it’s laughable.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 movie review: stupor hero

Mon, Apr 13, 2015
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Hard to believe, I know, but this is a real movie that real people have unashamedly put their names to. Because a sweet paycheck trumps human dignity.

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The Art of the Steal review: steal from the best

Wed, Mar 05, 2014
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One of the most fun heist movies ever, bursting with snappy humor and a twisty cleverness that knows that you know that you are getting conned, too…

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The Monuments Men review: saving private collections (and public art)

Thu, Feb 13, 2014
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As jaunty as Jean Dujardin’s beret, but in a sincere, old-fashioned kind of way. It could almost have been rediscovered from the 1940s…

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Runner Runner review: yawner yawner

Thu, Sep 26, 2013
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Dull and perfunctory, this is a crime thriller that sets itself up as a revenge story but can’t manage to drum up any excitement or suspense, and precious little revenge, either.

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2 Guns review: buddy cops, slight of hand

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Oddly took some advice not intended for movies: “Be specific but not memorable. Be funny but don’t make ’em laugh.”

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