Category: Action
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Godzilla vs. Kong (***1/2) is great when people aren’t there
So here we are, the main event. Where does this series go now?
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Nobody (***1/2) makes Odenkirk John Wick
Watching Bob Odenkirk live out his John Wick fantasy is a treat for any asshole who pictures himself something of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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Criminal (**1/2) Good, but sometimes horrible
It’s not often one goes to a Gary Oldman film and ends up preferring anyone else’s performance.
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Let’s talk about Zack Snyder’s Justice League (***1/2)
We’ve lost many of this cast that could have been good for a few more films at least. Where do we go from here when this film makes us want to go back?
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Monster Hunter (**) New Old Video Game Movie
One does not simply rent a movie titled Monster Hunter and expect Bill Shakespeare.
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Charley Varrick (**1/2) A simpler, more horrible time
Matthau’s line about this is better than any line in the film “I have seen it three times, and am of slightly better than average intelligence but I still don’t quite understand what’s going on. Is there a device we can use to explain to people what they’re seeing?”
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Greenland (***) is in search of an epic
Greenland is the kind of film that straddles the line between disaster movie and armchair psychology about those trying to survive it at all costs.
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Sea Fever (***1/2) is The Thing in the Sea
For those unfamiliar with Alien or, better John Carpenter’s The Thing, Sea Fever will be a surprise.
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