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Pacific Rim: Uprising movie review: robot smash

Mon, Mar 26, 2018
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Enormously likable characters make this feel like a big friendly rambunctious dog that you can’t help but get a kick out of, but it fundamentally misunderstands the appeal of its predecessor movie.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 23

Fri, Mar 23, 2018
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Teenaged girls dying, teenaged girls fighting monsters…

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Fri, Mar 23, 2018
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Girls travel in space and fight monsters; women fight their own demons.

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Kong: Skull Island movie review: ape-ocalypse now

Mon, Mar 06, 2017
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Boiled down to its bonkers essence, Skull Island is a Vietnam war movie with monsters, a retro analog vibe, and a dash of both Moby-Dick and The X-Files.

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