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Sharlto Copley

Gringo movie review: Mexican bland-off

Fri, Mar 09, 2018
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Woefully undeveloped characters, a thin yet convoluted plot, and a lack of humor in the black comedy. This is what it looks like when a hastily scribbled first draft goes straight into production.

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Free Fire movie review: guns a-boring

Mon, Apr 17, 2017
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A 90-minute shootout that never makes us care who lives and who dies. In attempting to send up a cinematic cliché, this only becomes a tedious example of same.

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Chappie movie review: robot icks

Thu, Mar 05, 2015
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A morally muddled mess that is convoluted in plot and appallingly simplistic in its themes. I am a sad geek today.

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Maleficent movie review: fatal enchantment… you know, for kids!

Wed, May 28, 2014
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Please leave your desire for a well-rounded story in the lockers provided, and keep your arms and legs inside the ride while it is in motion.

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Open Grave trailer: can’t not see this cuz Sharlto Copley

Fri, Nov 01, 2013
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I’m glad this looks interesting, because I’m gonna have to watch it no matter what.

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Elysium review: third world rock from the sun

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
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Neill Blomkamp cements his science-fiction credentials as a filmmaker with a genre vision the likes of which we haven’t seen since the socially conscious SF of the 1970s.

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Europa Report review: quest for fire (of knowledge)

Mon, Jul 29, 2013
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I didn’t think we were making movies like this anymore. Very near future. Hard science. Nothing fantastical. Space geekery galore, gorgeous and authentic.

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in a pressurized enviroment, they can hear you scream (Europa Report trailer)

Tue, May 21, 2013
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Yay! Sharlto Copley is back.

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watch it: “Armadyne: Taking Mankind Into The Future” (viral for Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’)

Mon, Jul 25, 2011
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After District 9, I will follow Neill Blomkamp anywhere…

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watch it: “How District 9 Should Have Ended”

Wed, Mar 23, 2011
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Via Sharlto Copley on Facebook. So you know it’s gotta be good.

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