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SATIRE: New Die Hard OK, not really necessary

Die Hard: Olympus has Fallen is a very mild movie, but it’s all just too much. In his astonishing sixth time around the block, John McClane (Gerard Butler), action movie garbage man, must save the president (Aaron Eckhart) from a Korean … Continue reading

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Oz, the sexist and terrible

Oz the Great and Powerful is so bad… so bad… The film keys on Oz (James Franco), a ladies’ man circus magician who aspires to “greatness” and is thrust into the fantastic, incredible, 100 percent CGI world of Oz. There, … Continue reading

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Jack slays giants, not audience

Has the dark nursery rhyme film fully cycled in less than a year? Jack the Giant Slayer marks the most recent in a string of just three movies that regurgitate fairy tales for an older audience. It follows the familiar … Continue reading

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