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Aspiring franchise-starter ‘Mile 22’ trips at the starting line
2/10 Mile 22 is from director/producer Peter Berg and star/producer Mark Wahlberg, the creative team that has dedicated itself recently to hyper-jingoistic movies like Lone Survivor and Patriots Day, and they aren’t all that bad. Deepwater Horizon in particular is … Continue reading
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Tagged #donald trump, #mark wahlberg, 300, 9/11, Band of Brothers, Deepwater Horizon, Dinesh D'SOuza, Donnie Wahlberg, Iko Uwais, Mile 22, Peter Berg, The Bourne Identity, The Raid
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Remaking ‘The Raid’ is a stupid, self-defeating idea and it’s never going to work
The American remake of 2011 cult classic Indonesian martial arts film The Raid: Redemption seems to finally be getting underway. All the paperwork was done way back in November 2011 — the movie didn’t even release in the U.S. until … Continue reading
The real-life Bourne legacy
The Bourne Identity is one of those movies that was so massively influential it gets taken for granted. On the eve of the franchise’s second attempt at rebooting, let’s look back at the movie that shifted action on its axis. Going … Continue reading
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Tagged #batman begins, #casino royale, #daredevil, #die another day, #mission: impossible, #quantom of solace, #star wars, #the matrix, Jason Bourne, Mission: Impossible II, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Green Zone, The Phantom Menace, The Raid, The World is Not Enough
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