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Pacific Rim Uprising
(2018)
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Darren Orf
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Although not as thematically challenging as sci-fi at its greatest, its cast propels the movie to greater heights than just a forgettable action film as it fully embraces what it does best-picking fights between giant robots and monsters.
Posted Mar 20, 2018
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Mute
(2017)
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Jordan Hoffman
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Mute is a punishing watch.
Posted Feb 23, 2018
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Black Panther
(2018)
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Jordan Hoffman
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The most visually arresting and memorable Marvel film to date.
Posted Feb 07, 2018
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Blade Runner 2049
(2017)
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Jordan Hoffman
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One of the best movies of the year.
Posted Sep 29, 2017
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
(2017)
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Jordan Hoffman
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Luc Besson returns to sci-fi with a CGI wonderland of characters, setting, and action.
Posted Jul 11, 2017
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017)
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Jordan Hoffman
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Peter Parker aka Spider-Man aka the wise-crackin', science-tinkerin', shy-around-girls neighborhood crime-fighter is back. Not just back-home.
Posted Jun 29, 2017
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The Mummy
(2017)
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Jordan Hoffman
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A corporate initiative masquerading as entertainment. They should have kept this under wraps.
Posted Jun 07, 2017
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Ghost in the Shell
(2017)
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Tim Grierson
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It's inevitable that this remake, like the Major herself, will be spooked by echoes of the past. But perhaps it's appropriate for a film about the fluidity of identity that this "Ghost in the Shell" is a very satisfying simulation of the original.
Posted Mar 30, 2017
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Passengers
(2016)
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Tim Grierson
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This star-powered sci-fi romantic drama puts forth a compelling premise and its style consciously calls to mind past classics, invoking films like "2001," "Solaris," and "Wall-E." But "Passengers" is a pale imitation.
Posted Dec 19, 2016
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Warcraft
(2016)
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Tim Grierson
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Masterpieces are difficult to pull off, but in their own way, absolute howlers are just as rare an achievement. Many talented people have come together to make "Warcraft," one of those perfect storms of terrible creative decisions and misjudged execution.
Posted Jun 08, 2016
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The Jungle Book
(2016)
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Tim Grierson
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This remake's technical miracles are so impressive that, oddly enough, they end up being almost negligible, lost in a sea of confused decisions.
Posted Apr 13, 2016
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Hardcore Henry
(2015)
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Tim Grierson
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Future film students may study "Hardcore Henry" to analyze its groundbreaking use of P.O.V. to add intensity and novelty to action movies. But hopefully they'll be able to say that better directors took the innovation and actually did something with it.
Posted Apr 04, 2016
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
(2016)
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Tim Grierson
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America's men and women in uniform deserve our support and respect. But "13 Hours" is a simplistic, childish depiction of conflict that guilts us into awe.
Posted Jan 13, 2016
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In the Heart of the Sea
(2015)
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Tim Grierson
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Much like "Rush," "In the Heart of the Sea" finds director Ron Howard pushing back at the notion that he specializes in feel-good sentiment. But like many of the film's whalers, "Sea" doesn't make it home alive.
Posted Dec 08, 2015
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Hitman: Agent 47
(2015)
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Tim Grierson
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"Hitman: Agent 47" plays like an action-movie placeholder, a dull late-August castoff that's just kinetic enough to avoid being outright terrible.
Posted Aug 19, 2015
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A LEGO Brickumentary
(2014)
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Tim Grierson
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This breezy info-dump documentary too often feels like just a feature-length LEGO commercial.
Posted Jul 30, 2015
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Pixels
(2015)
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Tim Grierson
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As bad as Sandler's movies have gotten, they've retained a demented strangeness that at least gave them a distinctive air of feverish oddity. "Pixels," by comparison, is just a blandly polished bore.
Posted Jul 22, 2015
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Ant-Man
(2015)
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Jordan Hoffman
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[A] lesser entry in the Marvel series, but hardly microscopic.
Posted Jul 08, 2015
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Jurassic World
(2015)
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Jordan Hoffman
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It's hard to believe that a movie about genetically altered super-dinosaurs could be boring.
Posted Jun 10, 2015
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Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015)
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Jordan Hoffman
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Every shot is (and I summon this word from deep within my inner 13-year-old boy) awesome.
Posted May 11, 2015
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
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Jordan Hoffman
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[N]ails the feeling of sitting and reading a stack of eight comics in one sitting
Posted Apr 22, 2015
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Jupiter Ascending
(2015)
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Jordan Hoffman
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Even the best pulp sci fi cover needs to have something to grab you past that first page
Posted Feb 04, 2015
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Interstellar
(2014)
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Jordan Hoffman
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So few blockbusters have an IQ over 50. It's important to celebrate this one, even if it comes up a little short.
Posted Oct 27, 2014
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