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Tag: 2 stars

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SUICIDE SQUAD

A curiously wasted opportunity from a studio just doesn’t have opportunities to waste

Posted on August 11, 2016September 28, 2019
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THE NEON DEMON

If youth is currency, what happens when we are bankrupt?

Posted on July 5, 2016September 28, 2019
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HIGH-RISE

Cram all of society into one narrow filing cabinet, and we shouldn’t be surprised when the cabinet breaks. The question is, do we want to watch that happen?

Posted on June 26, 2016September 29, 2019
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JOY

A cheap reminder of something real brings David O. Russell’s winning streak to a screeching halt.

Posted on January 7, 2016September 28, 2019
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TERMINATOR GENISYS

It’s amazing what how violently a train can wreck when you take away the tracks.

Posted on July 6, 2015July 13, 2015
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UNBROKEN

In the face of great feats of endurance, the question isn’t how our heroes find the strength to endure, but rather why?

Posted on December 27, 2014September 11, 2020
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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

As the boat pulls into the port, it is time that we look at the river run behind us.

Posted on December 21, 2014December 25, 2014
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THE EQUALIZER

Is there anything more disappointing in this world than a broken promise?

Posted on October 5, 2014October 31, 2014
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WISH I WAS HERE

That one movie that totally changed our lives has a spiritual sequel. But will that sequel speak to what our lives have totally changed into?

Posted on July 25, 2014July 31, 2014
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

Posted on May 5, 2014March 11, 2015
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THE LEGO MOVIE

It’s come to this. A generation of man-children need to be reminded how to play nice.

Posted on February 18, 2014February 23, 2014
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LONE SURVIVOR

What is it that makes this film feel so “twenty years ago”, and why is that not good enough any more?

Posted on February 2, 2014February 7, 2014

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