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It’s a sequel to the first movies, but also a sequel to the prequel to the first mov– I don’t care, it’s good!

As Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) goes back in time from 2023 to 1973, Bryan Singer takes the audience back in time from 2014 to 2003 — a time when comic book movies were strange, unique affairs that were always successful and … Continue reading

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Spoilers in the title

Going back to the beginning of this generation of comic book movies, they’ve always done a good job of sticking to the source material, at least vaguely. The era’s grand-daddy, the Raimi/Maguire Spider-Man series, covered Spiderman No More, Venom’s first … Continue reading

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The Godzilla trailers lied, you will be cheated and you will feel like you’ve been cheated

Godzilla’s trailers are excellent. The feature is completely unrelated. The film, which was supposed to be about nuclear physicist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) and Godzilla, is actually about Navy Lieutenant Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and the Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Objects, weird … Continue reading

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60 years of Godzilla

1954- Godzilla. Less than 10 years after Japan lost two cities to nuclear attacks, Toho produces a major motion picture about a giant monster born of nuclear radiation terrorizing the island nation. While he immediately got friendlier in more kid-oriented … Continue reading

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Neighbors is funny and you should go see it

With sterling performances and writing, Neighbors immediately becomes the most solid experience in theaters right now. The film sets the Radner family (Seth Rogen, who also produces, and Rose Byrne), freshly moved into a house they’ve spent every dime on, … Continue reading

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