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Pirates of the Caribbean

Jungle Cruise movie review: raiders of the recent swashbucklers

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
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Wonderfully escapist, dripping with magnificently congenial charm thanks to the comic chemistry of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. Plus it’s sure to enrage people who use “woke” as an insult. Yay!

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (aka Dead Men Tell No Tales) movie review: yo ho no

Tue, May 23, 2017
44 comments

The franchise finally overstays its welcome with this cacophony of CGI spectacle, a contrived and confusing plot, and a newly cruel and stupid Jack Sparrow.

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Pan movie review: a disaster of fantastically epic proportions

Wed, Oct 14, 2015
25 comments

An embarrassingly empty pastiche of numerous beloved action blockbusters, all frenetic action and soulless mishmashes of fantasy imagery.

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Game of Thrones S04 E03: “Breaker of Chains” (WTF, Jaime?)

Mon, Apr 21, 2014
15 comments

From rude manners to someone who has been hospitable to rape and cannibalism: there is no crime that the fine people of Westeros will not commit with glee.

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The Lone Ranger review: weak whiskey

Thu, Aug 08, 2013
21 comments

Limp and lifeless, this overlong and undercooked would-be blockbuster cannot focus on either the hard-edged realities or the magical mysteries it toys with.

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The Lone Ranger (trailer)

Thu, Oct 04, 2012
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What with all the Pirates of the Caribbean folks involved here, I wasn’t expecting this to be so serious…

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question of the day: Would it be a good idea for Christian Bale to visit young Aurora shooting victims dressed as Batman?

Mon, Jul 23, 2012
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I’m not sure I can think of a worse idea than this. I can well imagine being retraumatized by seeing a big guy in black body armor and a mask coming at you, no matter who is wearing it…

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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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why Johnny Depp’s Tonto is not a Native American Jack Sparrow (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Apr 25, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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The Hunger Games is unleashing the sexists (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, Mar 24, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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