Category: Film
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Civil War Movie Review
It’s less a war movie and more a thriller movie examining the various people put in difficult situations. It’s not trying to be about how our current country became embroiled in a civil war, but more how a country like ours reacts to a civil war.
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Oppenheimer Review
Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t perfect. It’s a weird movie, and some of its choices make me wonder how this movie would work without those decisions. Perhaps it would be a better movie for it. But it wouldn’t be this movie, this unique experience inside Oppenheimer’s head and life and world. Whatever it gets from the Academy…
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Dune Movie Review
Overall, this was a huge disappointment for me. It was beautiful. But it was surprisingly empty spectacle, especially for a director who is capable of more.
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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse: It’s Fine
How do you square a movie with highs, but pretty breaking lows? How do you take in the beautiful animation, while also acknowledge this is a story that’s falling apart? Do the two cancel each other out? I’d square it away by calling it “fine.”
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Mission Impossible 7: Dead Reckoning Part One: How to Keep a Franchise Fresh
While Mission: Impossible has always advertised itself on being bigger and badder than the previous movies, what really makes the movies shine is the characters. This movie keeps it fresh through Hayley Atwell’s Grace, and the other characters that drive the twists and thrills of Dead Reckoning: Part One.
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The Force Awakens: Frantic Filmaking
What’s the Force Awakens about? It was about making people happy enough to watch the movie, and then recommend it to friends and see it again. It wasn’t about making a good movie. And a good movie isn’t what they made.
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Are Movies About to Implode?
I can’t predict the movie market for you. But what I can tell you is that things can’t go the way they’re going now. Or else movies will implode.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
You need to see this movie. It’s incredible. It’s Dreamworks at the best of their craft, juggling characters, emotion, tones, animation, and deconstruction. Puss in Boots has never been better.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
There are so many ways the second act and the theme could’ve been stronger. Two great movies have been followed up by an “ok” one at best.
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The Super Mario Bros Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie could have been worse, yes; but… it really could have been better. Did I have a lot of fun? Yes. Loads of fun. But will I remember it in the long run? I’m not sure I will.
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