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Jul 2022

Watcher (2022)::rating::3::rating::3::rating::3

W atcher wasn't constructed with COVID in mind, but it might as well have been. On one level, this is an atmospheric little thriller that lights a fuse and lets it…

May 2022

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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)::rating::3.5

T op Gun: Maverick shouldn't work as well as it does. After all, the original film has long become an 80s nostalgia piece--a cinematic keepsake of a different era: …

May 2022

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The Northman (2022)::rating::3.5

T he Northman puts me into a bit of a tangle. On the plus side, director Robert Eggers creates a relentlessly visceral revenge epic, set against a sweeping historical backdrop.…

Apr 2022

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Moonfall (2022)::rating::2.5

M oonfall dwells in a weird limbo of mediocrity. I wish the script could've been a notch smarter, or else ten times dumber. The special effects might've been sharpened up…

Jan 2022

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Being the Ricardos (2021)::rating::4

F ew TV stars, past or present, could breathe the same rarified air as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. As a power couple, they dominated the Nielsen ratings throughout the…

Jan 2022

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Don’t Look Up (2021)::rating::3

S ome satires are so precise in their humor, they feel like a ninja catching a gnat with chopsticks. On the other hand, the jokes in Don't Look Up are about…

Oct 2021

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Free Guy (2021)::rating::3

Let me start this review with the sting of brutal truth: Just about any movie that has anything to do with video games makes me want to bash myself…

Sep 2021

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Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)::rating::2

Plenty of movies have done this kind of thing better, I’ve can’t think of them right now. The combination of booze and bad movies makes Toddy a dull boy.

Sep 2021

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)::rating::3.5

It’s well-cast, sharply written, and blessed with a freewheeling attitude that keeps the film from wallowing in self-seriousness. Put another way: This may not feel like a Marvel movie, but it…

Sep 2021

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Val (2021)::rating::3.5

Val Kilmer exists as a walking, talking testament to how destructive a bad reputation can be. If you generate enough gossip or piss off the wrong people, that hearsay will…

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