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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Feb 2025

Total Recall (1990)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

T otal Recall marries some truly audacious sci-fi concepts to a traditional Arnold Schwarzenegger action epic. It's an unholy union, to say the least: A man's shaky grasp of his…

Feb 2025

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Blade Runner – Final Cut (1982)::rating::5

B lade Runner is a beautiful nightmare, bathed in flickering neon and dirty rainwater. Director Ridley Scott feasts upon our fears of the future, wherein humanity's technological reach has finally exceeded…

Nov 2022

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Don’t Worry Darling (2022)::rating::2.5

I n its best moments, Don't Worry Darling is a thoroughly engrossing misfire. A talented cast and crew gives everything they have, juggling like frantic circus performers doomed to drop…

Oct 2022

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War of the Worlds (2005)::rating::3.5

B urned-out buildings billow smoke into a sunless sky. Soot-stained victims, their faces frozen in shock, stagger into the streets and call out for loved ones. In the distance, screams…

Aug 2022

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Back to the Future (1985)::rating::5

G reat movies often have a way of finding us at just the right time in our lives. We discover them when we're meant to. I found Back to the Future…

Jul 2022

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Nope (2022)::rating::3.5

W ith Nope, writer-director Jordan Peele delivers a bizarre, fascinating hybrid movie: On one hand, this is a burly sci-fi spectacle, with obvious echoes of Close Encounters, War of the Worlds,…

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…

Mar 2022

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The Adam Project (2022)::rating::3

M odern filmmakers borrow so much from Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Robert Zemeckis, I'm beginning to wonder if they've worked out some kinda payment plan for the royalties. Either…

Feb 2022

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Infinite (2022)::rating::1

As is, Infinite is just loud, talky, and boring. Just like its titular logo, this movie seems to never end.

Dec 2021

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The Matrix Resurrections (2021)::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…

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