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After two years to get the edit right, ‘New Mutants’ is a mess
2/10 After two years of post-production, you’d think The New Mutants would at least be organized. In The New Mutants, Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) awakens imprisoned in a facility for adolescent mutants who have killed people with their emerging powers. … Continue reading
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Tagged #20th Century Fox, #anya taylor-joy, #deadpool, #Disney, #game of thrones, #the fault in our stars, #the witch, #X-Men, 13 Reasons Why, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Bryan Singer, Charlie Heaton, coming of age, Halloween costume horror, Henry Zaga, Ian McKellen, Insidious, It, Jon Hamm, Josh Boone, Maisie Williams, Mean Girls, Stranger Things, The Breakfast Club, The Conjuring, The New Mutants
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Deadpool disappoints in part deux
3/10 A few months ago, I heard Deadpool 2 still didn’t have an official title, and production had used the placeholder Untitled Deadpool Sequel. I thought it was hilarious. By not titling the movie, they were opening the door to … Continue reading
40 years of ‘Star Wars’
Forty years ago today, 20th Century Fox dropped Star Wars off into the 32 theaters they could convince to screen it. It was a Wednesday. The studio was worried the movie would be swallowed by other summer releases, so they … Continue reading
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Tagged #20th Century Fox, #Disney, #george lucas, #jaws, #jurassic park, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #the empire strikes back, #the force awakens, Attack of the Clones, ET, Heir to the Empire, Revenge of the Sith, rogue one, The Last Jedi, The Other Side of Midnight, The Phantom Menace, You think God is in control here?
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Deadpool is everything you ever wanted
There were so many ways Deadpool could have gone wrong, but it doesn’t. It hits the spot and hits it hard. If you know what I mean. The plot, easily the film’s worst feature but also its least important, starts when Wade Wilson … Continue reading
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Tagged #20th Century Fox, #cancer, #cantaloupe, #david goyer, #deadpool, #ed skrein, #fifty shades of grey, #gina carano, #glory hole, #green lantern, #hi max!, #jed reeds, #leak, #morena baccarin, #paul wernick, #poop, #rhett reece, #ryan reynolds, #self-check, #test footage, #the dark knight, #the hangover, #tim miller, #wolverine, #X-Men, #x-men origins, The Avengers
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Joy sunk by baffling editing
Editing in movies is a defensive job — if it’s done well, you don’t notice, but if you do notice, it’s because something went wrong, and something went very badly wrong with Joy. The movie is a biopic — it’s not … Continue reading