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Holiday flick too tame for a B movie
From Jurassic World to Minions to Straight Outta Compton, Universal Pictures has been very nice this year, and it looks like the studio just found a small franchise in its stocking. Krampus follows an unhappy extended family celebrating Christmas together. The main character, a young boy named … Continue reading
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Tagged #b movie, #black friday, #christmas carol, #krampus, #most wonderful time of the year
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Creed could have been excellent, isn’t
Hailed as the best movie of the year, Creed is exactly the kind of overlong, deliriously predictable feature that comes away with its accolades for all the wrong reasons. The movie follows Donnie Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the illegitimate son of Apollo … Continue reading
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Tagged #creed, #fruitvale station, #hippity hop, #michael b jordan, #rocky, #ryan coogler, #sylvester Stallone, #tessa thompson
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Good Dinosaur one of Pixar’s worst
Pixar draws emotions. They bring us high and they bring us low. Inside Out brought critics high. The Good Dinosaur brings them low. Set in an alternate timeline when the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs missed, The Good Dinosaur follows Arlo (Raymond Ochoa), an apatosaurus born … Continue reading
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Tagged #dinosaurs, #Disney, #inside out, #jefferery Wright, #pete's dragon, #pixar, #the good dinosaur
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Room fantastic — and the sequel is, too!
The generous billboards for Room won’t tell you one very important thing — it’s actually a double feature. Based on the 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue, which is itself based on several real-world extended kidnapping cases, Room reveals itself through the eyes of Jack … Continue reading
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Tagged #A24 films, #brie larson, #enemy, #ex machina, #jacob tremblay, #rape, #room, #sean bridgers, #short term 12, #the spectacular now, #the witch
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It’s a good thing they split Mockingjay up
The last movie in the Hunger Games series is fantastic — as long as you’re not hoping for an epic blockbuster. The movie picks up with Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) rescued from the Capitol, but with his mind in tatters after a thorough … Continue reading
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