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Why?
Why? Why has Misher Films remade Carrie? They can’t have thought it would make money — Sunday afternoon of opening weekend it still needs more than $10 million to break even, even though it’s October and Carrie is the only … Continue reading
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Machete Kills it, but only halfway
In Machete Kills, Robert Rodriguez has created a perfect B-Movie. Well, the first 45 minutes of one, at least. The movie starts with Machete (Danny Trejo) losing a missile to unidentified assailants. President Rathcock (Carlos Estévez) then asks him to … Continue reading
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Everything you have heard about Gravity is completely true
Gravity’s opening crawl is enough to tighten every sphincter in the audience, and for the next 90 minutes, there will be no relief. The movie follows mission specialist Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) through a disastrous spacewalk. While she’s servicing the Hubble … Continue reading
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Rush doesn’t back up the hype
Rush is very, well, rushed. Headlined by director Ron Howard, the movie tells the story of the 1976 Formula 1 racing season and the legendary rivalry between James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Lauda, the defending world … Continue reading
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Romantic comedy about how movie relationships are fake presents fake movie relationships as realistic
I have to imagine the first meeting on the set of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new movie, Don Jon, went something like this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33dL7MVdoY Gordon-Levitt writes, directs and stars as Jon Martello, a playboy who falls in love at first sight with … Continue reading
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