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Silence is golden in outstanding creature feature ‘A Quiet Place’
9/10 I think I’d enjoy living in the world of A Quiet Place. Anybody who snores, snorts or eats popcorn one kernel at a time while chewing with her mouth open like a fucking animal has been brutally killed. In … Continue reading
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Tagged #emily blunt, #john krasinski, A Quiet Place, silent, south by southwest
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‘Ready Player One’ is pure blockbuster magic
9/10 Ready Player One is a blue-blooded blockbuster, a brass bonanza of nostalgia, special effects and action. In 2045, overpopulation has turned Earth’s major cities into desperate slums. Most of the population regularly escapes to the OASIS, a massive multiplayer … Continue reading
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Tagged #bridge of spies, #lincoln, #mark rylance, #mcu, #steven spielberg, #the shining, doing it right, Gamergate, Mechagodzilla, Olivia Cooke, Pure Imagination, Ready Player One, The Overlook Hotel, toxic fandom, Transformers, Tye Sheridan, weaponized intertextuality, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Soderbergh scintillates with cell phones in ‘Unsane’
8/10 Steven Soderbergh’s quietly released Unsane already lost almost 100 screens from its March 23 release to its second weekend to Easter releases, and it will continue to drop out of theaters precipitously with an exciting April schedule on the … Continue reading
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Tagged #steven soderbergh, cell phone camera, Claire Foy, crazy woman, iPhone 7, Joshua Leonard, Tangerine, Unsane
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‘Uprising’ doesn’t live up to original, its own potential
4/10 Pacific Rim: Uprising is a three hour epic adventure that’s been stuffed into a 111 minute box. Ten years after his father sacrificed himself in the Battle of the Breach, Jake Pentecost (John Boyega, who also produces) has grown … Continue reading
Razor-sharp script, shots race across screen in Sundance favorite
9/10 With Hollywood seemingly unable to produce more than a few movies a year without obvious gaffs, Thoroughbreds is a refreshing spurt of disciplined, technically perfect filmmaking and the birth of a new star in writer/director Cory Finley. In a … Continue reading
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