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Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ nobody’s baby
3/10 When a movie is advertised as “from the imagination of Tim Burton,” you tend to go into it expecting a real blue-blooded Tim Burton passion project, one that he really took ownership of and fought hard to get the … Continue reading
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Tagged #alice in wonderland, #Disney, #michael keaton, #the lion king, #tim burton, Aladdin, bad, charlie and the chocolate factory, Collin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Derek Frey, Dumbo, Ehren Kruger, Eva Green, it's a goddamn goldmine, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Nico Parker, over-produced, The Ring, Transformers, ugly, under-directed
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‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ is a blast to watch and a blast to think about
9/10 Spider-Man: Homecoming is not the best Spider-Man movie, that’s still Spider-Man 2 and it’s always going to be Spider-Man 2. Homecoming may be the new favorite, however. After a thrilling debut in Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker (Tom … Continue reading
The Möbius strip: ‘Hidden Figures’ repeats easily as a whole batch of new releases flops
Hidden Figures reigned again over Martin Luther King Day weekend, with Golden Globe champion and Oscar favorite La La Land storming up the charts behind it. Of the new releases, it was cheap-looking STX horror flick The Bye Bye Man that performed way over industry … Continue reading
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Tagged #batman returns, #Ben Affleck, #china, #china all the time, #deadpool, #donald trump, #i love china, #johnny depp, #lucasfilm, #m. night shyamalan, #mark hamill, #martin scorsese, #michael keaton, #return of the jedi, #star wars, #superman, Arianna Grande, Beauty and the Beast, Carrie Fisher, China hates Star Wars, Christopher Reeve, EuropaCorp, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fifty Shades Darker, For your consideration Deadpool, Hidden Figures, Jackie, John Legend, La La Land, Lion, Live by Night, Luc Besson, Martin Luther King Day, Monster Trucks, Neruda, No Country for Old Men, Pablo Larrain, passengers, Patriot's Day, rogue one, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Silence, Sing, Sleepless, The Bye Bye Man, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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I’m only doing this because of the Oscar noms: The Danish Girl
It’s the most cynical thing in the world. Former Oscar winners? Check. Based on a true story set in the early 1900s? Check. Gay* person that dies? Check. The Danish Girl was set up to be one of the most insufferably … Continue reading
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Tagged #Alicia Vikander, #birdman, #brokeback mountain, #carol, #dallas buyers club, #eddie redmayne, #ex machina, #gay people that die, #homophobia, #jared leto, #jupiter ascending, #lana wachowski, #michael keaton, #milk, #oscar noms, #oscars, #pronouns, #robbed, #sexism, #the academy, #the danish girl, #the wachowskis, #tom hooper, #trans people that die, #would you fuck me, Theory of Everything
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Spotlight a masterpiece, the year’s most authentic movie
Spotlight brings its world to more complex, nuanced life than any movie in recent memory. This movie is deeply personally affecting, in ways that go far beyond the fact that it’s all true. The film is about the Boston Globe’s 2002 Pulitzer-Prize winning … Continue reading
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Tagged #boston globe, #catholic church, #liev schrieber, #mark ruffalo, #michael keaton, #pedophilia, #rachel mcadams, #spotlight
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