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Captain America: Actually, Quite Civil

Captain America: Civil War isn’t officially an Avengers movie, but I already wish they’d kept Joss Whedon to direct it. In many ways, Civil War is The Avengers: Age of Ultron Part 2. In the direct aftermath of that movie and the disaster in Sokovia, the New … Continue reading

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Green Room delivers the gory goods

As soon as I sat down to write this, my nose started dripping blood. It’s not witchcraft, I’ve been sick, but it’s really appropriate to be bleeding while writing about this movie. Green Room follows punk band the Ain’t Rights — Pat … Continue reading

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Sing Street a fun, lively jukebox musical, don’t expect even a little originality with the story

Steven James @StevenLeeJames Sing Street is an Irish coming-of- age jukebox musical that can be described in two words: fun and typical. In Dublin 1985, 15-year-old Conor “Cosmo” Lalor’s (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) parents force him to transfer from his expensive private school to the … Continue reading

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The Möbius Strip: Jungle Book easily repeats, Dredd 2!!!

Leopold Knopp Facing weak competition, Jungle Book easily repeated last weekend with $61.5 million. Main challenger The Huntsman: Winter’s War didn’t even top $20 million- Box Office Mojo The success of Disney’s Jungle Book — Jon Favreau’s eighth feature film — and its announced sequel puts even more … Continue reading

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Predictably, Huntsman is a colossal mess

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is partially a prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman and partially a sequel. The plot has a timeskip in it, and the narrator — Liam Neeson, somehow — says “that entire movie happened in this spot.” It’s half-and-half. … Continue reading

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