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Criterion: The Getaway (**1/2) slow and uneasy

Mar 20, 2020

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in 2.5 Stars, Action, CPE, Criterion, Movie Reviews

Ultimately, I think this film only serves as a time capsule for what qualified for popular action in 1972. If I had a parallel for today, one could place something in the Fast and Furious franchise for its equivalent. Not sure we’ll ever see any of the FF movies on Criterion. This one shouldn’t be…

Criterion: The Out-of-Towners (***1/2) wears out its welcome

Mar 19, 2020

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, 5 Stars, Action, CPE, Criterion, Movie Reviews

The combination of Hiller, Lemmon, Miller and Jones no doubt is what makes this a Criterion selection. I can’t argue with this. As a film, it may not be a classic, but it is worth exploring.

Criterion: Chaplin's The Circus (****1/2) is a high wire act

Mar 19, 2020

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coolpapae

in 4.5 Stars, Action, Comedy, CPE, Criterion, Movie Reviews

Chaplin is definitely going to be on my list for future watches. I had avoided him to now because through local television, I grew up on Harold Lloyd. I figured if you’ve seen one, you’d seen them all. I really do need to see them all.

Bloodshot (*1/2) is a good premise hampered

Mar 14, 2020

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coolpapae

in 1.5 Stars, Action, CPE, Movie Reviews

See this movie…if you’re looking to get away from the crowds for an hour; it’s a sure bet to see in the theater this weekend.

The Hunt (***) – Two deplorables walk into a mine…

Mar 12, 2020

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coolpapae

in 3 Stars, Action, CPE, Horror, Movie Reviews

The Hunt is the type of film that sets itself up as a clash of ideologies. Deep down, it’s just an excuse to go through a bunch of silly characters until the final two alphas fight over toasted cheese.

Netflix Spenser Confidential (**1/2) not exactly the hard way

Mar 7, 2020

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coolpapae

in 2.5 Stars, Action, Comedy, CPE, Movie Reviews, Netflix

There is talent on both sides of the lens in Spenser Confidential. It’s kind of a shame there isn’t more evidence of the potential on screen.

The Host (English dubbed) (***1/2) on the verge

Feb 23, 2020

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coolpapae

in 3.5 Stars, Action, Foreign Films I Don’t Hate, Horror, Movie Reviews

We’re never entirely scared, sometimes on the verge of laughing. Sometimes though, it is quite moving. Not sure these are selling points for a classic, but it is definitely not a waste of one’s evening.

Birds of Prey… (****): On their knees for no one

Feb 7, 2020

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coolpapae

in 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, Action, Comedy, CPE, CPE and Em, Movie Reviews

“…Yan and Hodson strike a nice balance between feminine wile and Deadpool comic brutality. The film might seem derivative, were it not for Robbie’s complete absorption into the humor and brutal comic lunacy of Gotham without Batman looming. ”