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Warcraft: The Beginning (aka Warcraft) movie review: guest review by a white male teenage nerd from 1987

Mon, Jun 06, 2016
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Like all Frazetta fantasy posters came to life all at once. A masterpiece of cinema that truly speaks to the interests of white male teenage nerds from 1987.

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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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question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?

Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…

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question of the day: Who was the most kickass female action film character of 2011?

Thu, Jan 05, 2012
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I gotta go with Bryony, the kickass elf Wrapping Operative Grade Three, in Arthur Christmas…

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie review: mission finally accomplished

Fri, Dec 16, 2011
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The most fun straight-up action movie in ages: while it touches on concerns about terrorism and rogue nukes, there’s nothing too heavy. But what makes it so special is how up-close and personal it is.

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Just Wright (review)

Thu, May 13, 2010
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A tepid, almost conflict-free romantic drama that takes no chances whatsoever. Still: Queen Latifah!

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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (review)

Fri, Nov 13, 2009
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I’m not sure how a story like the one that unfolds in *Precious* can be anything other than the harrowing, painful, heartbreaking, explicit work that it is.

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