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Aquaman Review: A Fish Khal Drogo

Jason Gorber — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:00:15 +0000

James Wan’s Aquaman benefits greatly from lowered expectations. The very notion of this character getting a big-screen solo effort always seemed kind of silly. Entourage took the piss out of the watery superhero years ago, and the trailer did little more than spout exposition while throwing in Avatar-style eye candy. The whole things looked to...

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‘Magic Mike XXL’ Review: More Mike, Less Magic

Philip Brown — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:00:43 +0000

Well, here’s a new one: a movie about male strippers is now officially a franchise. Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Magic Mike‘ was a truly unexpected charmer when it popped up on screens with glistening abs and a throbbing heart in 2012. It did so well that a sequel got ordered up immediately. Sadly, just like spending a...

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Now Playing: Dog ‘Days’

Philip Brown — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:00:18 +0000

Whether you’ll get any enjoyment out of ‘3 Days to Kill’ will come down entirely to your tolerance for the brand of Eurotrash action that producer Luc Besson has cranked out for over a decade. Ever since he essentially gave up directing for reasons best known to himself (sure, he helms projects like ‘The Family’...

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The Trailer Park: The Super Bowl Spots

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:00:12 +0000

Arguably, the best part about the Super Bowl is the commercials. Every year, movie studios love to join the fun with half-minute sneak peeks at their upcoming releases. For this week’s selection of previews, we’ll look at one teaser spot and two official trailers. ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ So much for Michael Bay’s claim that...

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Now Playing: ‘Machete’ Slays Me

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:00:49 +0000

“Machete don’t tweet” is just one of the hilarious lines uttered by Danny Trejo’s iconic character, Machete Cortez, in this new fun-as-hell sequel from Robert Rodriguez. If you pay attention, you might notice that Rodriguez has actually made a ‘Star Wars’ film with Machete in it this time around, complete with machete lightsabers, versions of...

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It’s Got to Be a Comic Book First: Casting a ‘Preacher’ Movie

Steven Cohen — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:00:46 +0000

During my brief and utterly unsuccessful attempts to pitch scripts in Hollywood, one of the most common responses I heard from development execs and producers was, “Yeah, that’s a cool idea, but it’s got to be a comic book first!” While my feelings about the movie industry’s rather shameless pillaging of other mediums aren’t exactly...

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Now Playing: Fear and Loathing in Puerto Rico

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:17 +0000

Based on the trailer, you’d probably expect ‘The Rum Diary’ to be little more than ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas‘ with some new scenery and the drugs swapped out for alcohol. While there are definitely similarities between the two, ‘The Rum Diary’ is (somewhat) more driven by plot than random actions, which makes it...

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Now Playing: ‘Drive Angry’ Revs My Engine

Drew Taylor — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:00:34 +0000

If you opened up the New York Times on Friday (or clicked through it online), you might have noticed that there was no review for ‘Drive Angry’, the new Nicolas Cage 3D spectacular about a man who drives out of hell in his favorite charger, with revenge burning in his heart like diesel fuel. That’s...

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Weekend Movies: Nic Cage Drives Angry, Owen Wilson Gets a Hall Pass

Drew Taylor — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:00:32 +0000

Well, I really don’t like being so negative but… Here we are. This weekend gives us a couple of middling studio movies (which I haven’t seen yet, but one I will be reviewing soon). At least there’s some independent fare, including a last-minute theatrical run for one of the Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign...

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