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Jennifer Lawrence’s movie about spies from Russia completely unwatchable
2/10 Red Sparrow started its existence in the public eye at a disadvantage, known primarily as a reminder of the Black Widow standalone movie that Marvel Studios will never get around to producing. Anyone who actually ventures into a screening … Continue reading
The most important movies of 2015
Annual top 10 lists are stupid, lame and wrong. They’re easy to write, boring to read and represent everything wrong with modern film criticism. At this site, we aspire to track the progress of movies over time, so instead of … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #50 shades of grey, #A24 films, #Age of Ultron, #Alicia Vikander, #avatar, #beasts of no nation, #china all the time, #chris pratt, #dakota johnson, #DC comics, #Disney, #domhnall gleeson, #el james, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #furious 7, #fury road, #glorious 70 mm, #green lantern, #i love china, #inside out, #it follows, #jamie dorman, #josh trank, #judgment day, #jurassic world, #lionsgate, #mad max, #marvel comics, #marvel studios, #metropolis, #michael b jordan, #minions, #mission: impossible, #mockingjay, #Netflix, #Oscar Isaac, #parks and recreation, #pirates of the caribbean, #pixar, #prattprattpratt, #quentin tarantino, #sam taylor-johnson, #spectre, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #terminator 2, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the hobbit, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the matrix, #the visit, #universal pictures, #venice film festival, #war room, #warner bros., Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel, The Avengers, Transformers
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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
Star Wars: The morning after
It was pretty much a given that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was going to take several box office records. This is just to round up the ones it took on opening weekend and give a little context for each one. Widest … Continue reading
The Möbius strip: Krampus surprises, awards start rolling in
As with last week, part two of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay took the crown with an unimpressive total — $18.9 million — but the real story is the surprising runner up, Krampus. The weekend’s only wide release was expected to settle for the no. 4 … Continue reading
Posted in The Möbius strip
Tagged #african american film critics association, #alamo drafthouse, #angelina jolie, #blacklivesmatter, #boston society of film critics, #british independent film awards, #burnt, #by the sea, #carl weathers, #carol, #charlie sheen, #cnn, #concussion, #creed, #edward scissorhands, #ex machina, #gotham independent film awards, #jennifer lawrence, #joy, #krampus, #leonardo dicaprio, #los angeles film critic association, #mad max: fury road, #mockingjay, #msnbc, #national board of review, #Netflix, #new york film critic's circle, #nightcrawler, #our brand is crisis, #pixar, #quinten tarantino, #sandra bullock, #spotlight, #star wars, #straight outta compton, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #the hateful eight, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the revenant, #tim burton, #washington dc area film critics association, #will smith, bradley cooper
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