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One Man’s Trash: Extinction

Adam Tyner — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:00:40 +0000

First, Netflix picked up Annihilation, and now it’s got Extinction. I’m starting to feel pretty good about next week’s pitch for my humanistic sci-fi opus, Obliteration. Dateline: the future! Specifically, some nameless and appropriately futuristic city. Peter (Michael Peña) is a workaholic, toiling away in a factory that makes… something, I guess? He’s tasked with...

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‘Now You See Me 2’ Review: Magic for (and by) Dummies

Philip Brown — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:00:32 +0000

It would be hard to defend ‘Now You See Me’ as a good movie. The ridiculous magic heist fantasy was far too silly and stupid (willfully and otherwise) for that. However, it was a fun movie often as amusing when it went wildly wrong as when it delivered genuine thrills and laughs. When I admit...

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‘The Night Before’ Review: A Very Bromantic Christmas

Philip Brown — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:00:01 +0000

The Seth Rogen movie machine has become so well-oiled that, at this point, all the guy really needs to do is pick a genre or concept and slip it into his formula. It only makes sense that he’d eventually make a Christmas movie. After all, that genre comes with the built-in warm ‘n fuzzies that...

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‘The Interview’ Review: Harmless But Hilarious

Philip Brown — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:00:14 +0000

It’s strange to watch ‘The Interview’ as though it’s some sort of massively important monument in the history of free speech. That’s what the film has become lately, yet it puts you in the wrong mindset to appreciate a movie that’s more concerned with fart and dick jokes than breaking any barriers through satire. I’m...

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Spike’s Idiot Box: Every Doc Has Its Day

Michael Spike Steinbacher — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:00:22 +0000

‘Doctor Who’ celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 23rd. Leading up to the occasion, the BBC has been airing tons of ‘Doctor Who’ episodes and specials in preparation for this television milestone. I’m a huge fan of ‘Who’, especially after its revival several years ago. I remember seeing old episodes on PBS when I was...

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‘Masters of Sex’ Pilot Recap: “We Call It Ulysses”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:00:23 +0000

From Showtime, the network that brings you ‘Masters of Horror’, comes the new anthology series ‘Masters of Sex’, in which notable directors will contribute standalone tales of softcore erotica each week… What, that’s not what the show’s about? I feel misled. Ah, wait, I get it now. ‘Masters of Sex’ is actually a period drama...

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Weekend Movies: An ‘Unexpected’ Lack of New Movies

Luke Hickman — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:45 +0000

No joke, aside from that little orc & hobbit movie, I could only find two new limited releases opening this weekend. The long-awaited prequel series to Peter Jackson’s Oscar-sweeping ‘Lord of the Rings‘ trilogy kicks off this weekend with ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘. J.R.R. Tolkien’s slim book is being stretched into three long films....

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