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Perfect Storm

In the Heart of the Sea movie review: here be monsters (and whales)

Wed, Dec 09, 2015
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Solid, old-school man-versus-nature adventure melodrama, with a simmering green awareness; rollicking, smart, breathtaking, and sobering.

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All Is Lost trailer: but where is the tiger?

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Hmm. Is there something in the zeitgeist that’s prompting movies about desolation and survival in harsh conditions?

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Ice Age: Continental Drift (review)

Mon, Jul 09, 2012
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It’s movies like this one that make me despair. Because it is going to make a bazillion bucks at the box office around the world, and there’s absolute nothing here that warrants such success.

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Poseidon (review)

Thu, May 11, 2006
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Who knew there was so much on a cruise ship that could explode so spectacularly? Plus: ohmigod, Josh Lucas!

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