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Dec 2021

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)::rating::2.5::rating::2.5::rating::2.5

I ronically, The Matrix Resurrections trades heavily on nostalgia for that pioneering first film, while also embodying many of the same flaws that doomed its sequels: For all the explosions and…

Dec 2021

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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)::rating::4.5

It captures everything great about the Spider-Man franchise thus far, while also deftly smoothing over a few glaring flaws.

Dec 2021

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Die Hard 2 (1990)::rating::3

If the first film was great, then this one rates as pretty good. As inevitable movies go, Die Hard 2 could’ve been a lot worse.

Dec 2021

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The Last Duel (2021)::rating::3.5

When The Last Duel tanked at the box office, director Ridley Scott threw a raving hissy fit. He blamed the film's financial failure on millennials with their iPhones and the Facebook…

Dec 2021

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Red Notice (2021)::rating::2

I t's ironic that Red Notice made history by using drones for cinematography, because I think those same robots had a hand in writing the screenplay. Every moment of this ridiculously expensive,…

Oct 2021

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Aliens (1986)::rating::4.5

Aliens pulls off a unique feat in cinema history: With this sequel, James Cameron delivers a brawny masterwork that completely reorients the franchise, without distracting from the landmark film…

Sep 2021

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The Bourne Legacy (2012)::rating::2.5

Where Matt Damon goes, Jason Bourne must follow. -- Ancient proverb, probably. There's not much wrong with The Bourne Legacy, aside from its very existence. When Matt Damon stepped away after The Bourne Ultimatum,…

Aug 2021

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Escape from L.A. (1996)::rating::3.5

If it were possible for certain films to have an odor, Escape from L.A. would definitely be on that list. As each grimy, soot-stained scene crept along, I could almost…

Aug 2021

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Mission Impossible III (2006)::rating::3.5

Mission Impossible III represents the rarest of cinematic anomalies: The third film of a franchise is generally where we hear the first groans and wheezes of a slow death. Remember…

Aug 2021

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The Suicide Squad (2021)::rating::3.5

The Suicide Squad serves as fresh proof that DC's cinematic endeavor lives its best life out on the dopey fringes. Films like Shazam!, Birds of Prey, and James Gunn's new-look…

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