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Sep 2018

Boogie Nights (1997)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4

Alternately cheery and dreary, Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn de force shines a blacklight on the adult film industry, and its awkward transition into the era of VHS and HIV. Mark Wahlberg—sporting…

Sep 2018

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Iron Man 2 (2010)::rating::2.5

Aggressively middling sequel goes through the motions to such a degree that even Downey Jr. can’t save it. Miscast Mickey Rourke shoplifts Malkovich’s moose-and-squirrel accent from Rounders. And somebody somewhere…

Sep 2018

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Iron Man (2008)::rating::3.5

For all the world-building and king-making done here, Marvel’s Mayflower voyage into cinematic domination is really just a pretty good movie. And much of that is due to the strength…

Sep 2018

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Good Ol’ Freda (2013)::rating::3.5

Rock history is replete with well-intentioned superstars who chose to people their inner circle with blood-sucking sycophants. Elvis had his Memphis Mafia, a nasty little cadre of shitkickers who strip-mined Presley’s…

Sep 2018

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)::rating::4

Avengers: Infinity War functions as a kind of cinematic clothesline, with characters and subplots from the previous eighteen Marvel movies draped across it. The fact that everything hangs together so well…

Sep 2018

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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)::rating::0

Just about everything hits in Peter Jackson’s inaugural nerd derby: Sir Ian gives gravitas to Gandalf, few people can pull off mannered menace like Sir Christopher Lee, and Sean Bean…

Sep 2018

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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)::rating::0

It’s full D&D porn, as Big Bad Sauron brings his Orcs, Men, and mammoths to bear on Middle Earth. Jackson builds impeccable spectacle--the Battle of Pelennor Fields is relentlessly exciting, and…

Sep 2018

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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers::rating::0

Or, The Empire Strikes Back in mail armor. Peter Jackson delivers the middle act of Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga with damn near perfect pitch: The Hobbiton flab of the first film…

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