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‘Aquaman’ gets big picture wrong, gets details wrong too
2/10 Last year, The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale love story about banging a frog person, won best picture, and I warned at the time to be ready for an influx of movies about sexy frog people. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Master director" James Wan, #guillermo del toro, #james wan, #justice league, #the hobbit, 300, amber heard, aquaman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Flashpoint, Jason Momoa, Nicole Kidman, patrick wilson, sexy frog people, The New York Times, The Shape of Water, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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Now is not 1964
3/10 The original Mary Poppins was a technical marvel, one that reinvigorated a dying genre and would be held unto this day as the crowning triumph of Disney productions. It was sold and resold and resold again on the strength of how … Continue reading
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Tagged #alice in wonderland, #avatar, #ben whishaw, #cinderella, #Disney, #emily blunt, Beauty and the Beast, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, PL Travers, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Grinch, Walt Disney
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Mule’ feels amateurish
1/10 After 37 movies in the director’s chair, not including ones he only produced or starred in, 88-year-old Clint Eastwood remains a cultural icon who commands the respect of his peers and viewership, but with every new movie he directs, … Continue reading
‘Spider-Verse’ a brilliant, beautiful collision of aesthetics, stories
8/10 Given Sony’s recent history of desperate moneygrubbing, both in general and with Spider-man in particular, I was more than happy to skip Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film’s premise makes it feel like a gimmick to kick-start the Spider-verse … Continue reading
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Tagged #Avengers, #ghostbusters, #liev schreiber, #sin city, #sony, #X-Men, 12 fps, Adam West, Bob Persichetti, Chris Pine, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nicolas Cage, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Shameik moore, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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‘Creed II’ continues to modernize, improve franchise
8/10 Flawless and intense, Creed II is one of the better boxing movies I’ve seen. Three years after the events of Creed, Donnie Johnson-Creed has won his way to a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. After earning … Continue reading