To watch the Alien prequels — Prometheus (2012) and now Alien: Covenant — is to marvel at the changes in astronaut-hiring practices that must […]
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English dude-bro Guy Ritchie, having made his mark on the Sherlock Holmes mythos, turns his attention now to a famous Brit […]
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In this week’s episode of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, entitled Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the ragtag group of space-rogues […]
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Stipulated: The Armenian genocide, in which some 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by the Ottoman government (we call it Turkey now) […]
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The most prominent theme in the Fast and the Furious movies isn’t family (they didn’t come up with that until a few […]
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What kind of lazy, lowest-common-denominator movie is Going in Style? The kind where the one F-word in the script is delivered […]
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Futuristic cyber-thriller Ghost in the Shell is loaded with advanced technology, but it’s in the service of a disappointingly basic plot with […]
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Trainspotting, a cult favorite since the moment it arrived 21 years ago, was Danny Boyle’s second movie and most of the […]
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The only way Disney’s live-action remake of its own Beauty and the Beast works is if you don’t compare it to the […]
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Kong: Skull Island is about people barging into a place they’ve never been before, dropping bombs to see how solid the […]
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Logan is the third standalone film for Hugh Jackman’s knife-fisted X-Men maverick Wolverine, completing the weary trilogy with something fans have […]
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There is a certain movie formula where an ordinary man must do something illegal and dangerous (usually to save a loved […]
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