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The Suicide Squad movie review: primrose psychopaths

Tue, Aug 03, 2021
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Spanks the 2016 film and sends it off to the corner to think about what it did. This one is the definite article: Gory, grim, bleakly funny. Full of feverish, anarchic energy and exhausting cynicism.

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Creed II

Creed II movie review: a bout of familiarity

Fri, Nov 30, 2018
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Can’t quite manage to continue the first film’s smart, unsentimental examination of male emotion and men’s relationships. At best achieves a draw with a genre path that is already extremely well worn.

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Huevos: Little Rooster’s Egg-Cellent Adventure (Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos) movie review: a cock and balls story

Wed, Mar 16, 2016
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Bad chicken-and-egg puns and indoctrination into animal cruelty as just good fun for everyone involved (including the animals). You know, for kids.

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my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)

Mon, Feb 29, 2016
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Now updated with all the winners…

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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OFCS 2015 awards winners announced

Mon, Dec 14, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…

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Creed movie review: the boxing ring of truth

Fri, Nov 27, 2015
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Feels natural and organic, not forced by the dictates of movie franchises. A smart, engaging, unsentimental portrait of male friendship and male emotion.

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The Expendables 3 movie review: like you care what I think

Tue, Aug 12, 2014
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In the vast conspiracy of stupidity that has overtaken pop culture, the disparagement of this movie by a film critic becomes an endorsement of a sad sort.

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Homefront review: ridiculous yet predictable yet kinda fun

Mon, Dec 02, 2013
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Jason Statham teams up with another badass little girl… which makes him almost warm and charming as he kicks the crap out of villains.

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Escape Plan review: old-fogey action

Fri, Oct 18, 2013
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Nothing here is as clever as it is desperately trying to be, but Stallone and Schwarzenegger are game to give us a good time.

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