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Erstwhile ‘Gone Girl’ heiress ‘Woman in the Window’ never stood a chance
3/10 The Woman in the Window releases on Netflix May 14, 2021, almost a year to the day after its planned May 15, 2020 release date. The COVID-19 crisis both ruined its theatrical release and ruined the movie itself, which … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century Fox, Amy Adams, Disney, Gary Oldman, Gone Girl, Julianne Moore, Netflix, The Girl on the Train, The Woman in the WIndow
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Guy Ritchie must be stopped
2/10 Fourteen months into a lockdown that feels like it will never end even as it draws to a close, the world under coronavirus is still uncanny. Masks are still as mandatory as they ever were, work is still remote … Continue reading
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Tagged #the man from uncle, coronavirus, Guy Ritchie, Guy Ritchie must be stopped, Guy Ritchie Special, Heat, Jason Statham, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, knockoff Tarantino dialogue, Layer Cake, Matthew Vaughn, Snatch, Tarantino-Mann-Scorsese wannabe, Wrath of Man
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Dreamy ‘In the Earth’ kicks off the era of COVID reaction films
7/10 In the Earth is meant to be a better class of COVID-19 era horror, and it’s all right. It certainly has the pandemic on its mind, at least. In the throes of a global pandemic, park ranger Alma (Ellora … Continue reading
‘Mortal Kombat’ finally accepted as official first good video game movie
6/10 It’s been said too often by too many people that there has never been a good cinematic video game adaptation – too often and by too many people because that isn’t true. There are plenty of perfectly enjoyable video … Continue reading
‘Voyagers’ a lusty ode to lust itself, too concerned with source material
9/10 Voyagers is a spectacular exercise in film editing and set design, a wonderful tribute to the rage of puberty and a slightly overcommitted tribute to William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies, which ends up being its main downfall. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chaos Walking, Colin Farrell, Divergent, Fionn Whitehead, Hunger Games, Lionsgate, Neil Burger, Tye Sheridan, Voyagers
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