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Jun 2, 20231 min read
The Raid 2: Retaliation
This movie goes hard. There isn’t an action movie from the 2010’s that smashes, slashes, or crashes more spectacularly than this one. So...
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May 26, 20231 min read
Partial Reviews: Magic Mike
Boring. Surprisingly skewed so far up the male gaze’s ass that I wonder why it was marketed toward women. So boring. Felt like a male...
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May 5, 20231 min read
The Last Black Man in San Francisco: Identity in a Box
Two Black dudes squat in an old house in a gentrified neighborhood. Character posing is extraordinary, colors vibrant, frames often...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Multiverse-hopping mayhem, riotous comedy, inventive action; Everything Everywhere All At Once may not be a film for everyone, but for...
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Mar 23, 20221 min read
Spider-Man: No Way Home; No Meme Too Desperate
Too focused on landing memes to tell an effective story. Every other line of dialogue and character interaction seems to have been...
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Sep 17, 20211 min read
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
Well, it’s not boring. I was sucked into Allen Ginsberg’s (Daniel Radcliffe) obsessive emotional spiral around magnetic but dysfunctional...
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Sep 10, 20211 min read
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This movie kicks ass. It’s a visual feast with a soundtrack to match, the writing is tight as hell, the action tells a potent story, and...
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Aug 30, 20211 min read
101 Dalmatians (1961): Long Past Expiration
So, the film starts out with a dog wistfully watching passersby in an awful sequence where women’s bodies are compared to those of their...
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Aug 13, 20211 min read
The Little Mermaid 2: Why Did They Even?
Lazy and dumb on such an extreme level that I thought it was hilarious at times. Basically from the point where the villain is introduced...
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Aug 6, 20211 min read
The Little Mermaid: Not That Bad
Honestly, not as bad as my foggy childhood memories indicated. The film has a beautiful aesthetic, the villain is captivating, and the...
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Jul 23, 20212 min read
The Sisters Brothers: A Sibling Extravaganza
When I saw that there was a western movie starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as leads, I had to convince myself that I was still...
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Jul 16, 20211 min read
Hard Eight
Slow and contemplative, Hard Eight follows a couple of career gamblers through a series of revealing decisions. The cast is great,...
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Jul 11, 20211 min read
Bottle Rocket Hits Its Target
But the explosion is very muted. Owen and Luke Wilson play longtime friends and petty crooks who decide to perform a robbery. Their...
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Jul 4, 20211 min read
Raya and the Interminable Backstory
The film is gorgeous, with vibrant environments and outstanding character models. If you want to see cool-looking characters doing...
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Jun 18, 20211 min read
Mandy: What Did I Just Watch?
People like to see Nicolas Cage wilding out. So Cage indulges, every couple years, with a film where he does just that. Mandy is one of...
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
Dumbo (2019), Still Just As Dumb
Only half as scattered and aimless as the original, but it makes up for it by being as long and boring as it can manage. The film is just...
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May 21, 20211 min read
Ratatouille: What The Chef Threw Out
Ratatouille is incessantly stupid, and I hated just about every minute of it. The only thing I can find to recommend about the whole...
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May 14, 20211 min read
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
This film tells a charming and hilarious tale about found family, reputation, and societal judgment. It’s quite an adventure, has a few...
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May 7, 20211 min read
Like Father: A 98-Minute Commercial
I’ve heard this film described as a romantic comedy, which is strange, because the central relationship is between a young business exec...
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Apr 30, 20211 min read
Mayhem (2017)
This Steven Yeun-led action film is just under 90 minutes of flashy action and gore, and as long as you’re looking for nothing more, will...
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