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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A movie about an African-American boyfriend visiting his white girlfriend’s family home sounds like a hackneyed drama about race relations in […]
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Gore Verbinski has directed three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and The Lone Ranger, plus The Ring, Rango, and Mousehunt, as well […]
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Is a bad comedy truly a bad comedy when you find yourself laughing a lot? I don’t mean pleasure from a […]
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In a way, it’s a little ironic: While DC/Warner Bros. struggles to deliver a successful Batman film to a public that’s […]
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When last we saw John Wick, at the end of his out-of-nowhere 2014 cult hit, the grudgingly reactivated assassin had avenged, […]
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The Ring was my favorite of the remakes of Asian horror films in the early aughts. I’m on the record; I’m a […]
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