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Deadpool is everything you ever wanted

There were so many ways Deadpool could have gone wrong, but it doesn’t. It hits the spot and hits it hard. If you know what I mean. The plot, easily the film’s worst feature but also its least important, starts when Wade Wilson … Continue reading

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Coen brothers find Christ, communism in new period piece

Every great filmmaker eventually makes a movie about moviemaking, and that movie is always kind of weird. The Coen brothers are kind of weird anyway, so it follows that Hail, Caesar! would be a doubly weird movie. It’s not a doubly weird movie. … Continue reading

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I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: Carol

Any time a movie’s trailer reminds me of that satire Swedish arthouse film from (500) Days of Summer, it’s a bad sign, but Carol rises above the scandalous Oscar-bate nonsense it advertises itself as and becomes the most enjoyable romance of 2015. Based on … Continue reading

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a surprising delight, mostly because of the pride and the prejudice

There are a lot of ways it could have been better, but Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a blast to watch. Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 parody, the film is set in 19th century England in an alternate history where the … Continue reading

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Dirty Grandpa is a soul-crushing non-comedy, do not go see it

Don’t start. Whatever you think you have to say, I’ve heard it. Some movies aren’t meant to be thought too hard about. Some movies, you just have to sit back and laugh. Dirty Grandpa is just 100 minutes of raunchy filth, it … Continue reading

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