Robert Rodriguez’s sophomore feature is gritty, sweaty and stained with blood. It’s also packed with good-looking people… yes, even Quentin Tarantino.
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The rapturous response to “Mortal Kombat II”’s red-band trailer is evidence that the original 1995 adaptation’s maximalist approach is how you bring such a game to the big screen.
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What happens when Hollywood’s alpha male of action cinema slips a little existentialism into his escapism? The results are somewhat confusing but strangely compelling.
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Riding the wave of horror remakes in the early 2000s, “Non-Stop” director Jaume Collet-Serra’s debut film is very much a time capsule of 2005 (See Paris Die!) and a timeless young-people-in-peril chiller.
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Before Keanu wreaked havoc on a mysterious, arcane underworld in the John Wick franchise, Wesley Snipes boldly walked a similar path as vampire hunter Blade.
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The stories of Alexandre Dumas make for reliably enjoyable cinema, and this 2002 adaptation is a lazy afternoon’s delight.
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Twenty years ago this fall, George Clooney made two movies that tanked at the box office but pointed the way towards the actor and filmmaker he’d become.
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