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A lazy destination movie, a glorious throwback to the mid-00s
Anyone but You, writer/director/producer Will Gluck’s crappy modernization of “Much Ado About Nothing” that fervently insists the mid ‘00s never ended, we just got smartphones, was so successful during its first run that Sony pushed out a Feb. 9 re-release … Continue reading
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Tagged Anyone but You, Glen Powell, Much Ado About Nothing, Sony, Sydney Sweeney
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A sharp upgrade for ‘Equalizer’ series in third outing
8/10 In The Equalizer 3, Sony pays for Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s three-month Italian vacation. OK, that’s my joke – this movie is actually pretty good.
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Tagged Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Marcelo Zarvos, Robert Richardson, Sony, The Equalizer, The Equalizer 2, The Equalizer 3
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Analyzing the long, bizarre advertisement of ‘Gran Turismo’ as if it’s a real film
2/10 Gran Turismo is a screaming torrent of baffling filmmaking decisions that seem half-thought out at best, but more like they weren’t actual filmmaking decisions. It’s bizarre plot points that screech by, not cars – the cameramen seem almost to … Continue reading
Swinging slowly ‘Across the Spider-Verse’
7/10 After the breakout success of 2018’s multidimensional animated adventure Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, its sequel was lined up as one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2023, and boy does Sony know it. New York City- Gwen Stacy … Continue reading
‘Multiverse’ runs wild and mad as my love-hate for MCU deepens
8/10 The history of the MCU and the Disney empire generally is a history of the struggle between directors and what has effectively become a second studio system. Massive names like Jon Favreau, Edgar Wright, Gareth Edwards, Phil Lord and … Continue reading
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Tagged "creative differences", 20th Century Fox, Auteur Theory, Benedict Cumberbatch, Danny Elfman, Disney, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Elizabeth Olsen, Evil Dead II, horror, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sam Raimi, Scott Derrickson, Sony, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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