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Strange Days (1995)
“Okay. Ready? Boot it.” And so begins Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, which proceeds in the form of a dizzying and glitchy POV shot that plunges you head-first into a high-wire robbery sequence before dropping you off the top of a building. … Continue reading
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Roadracers (1994)
I can’t be the only one who assumed Desperado was Robert Rodriguez’s second movie following El Mariachi, making the existence of this giddy little made-for-TV movie a nice surprise. Conceived of and shot in the interim between his breakthrough movies, Roadracers was intended as a … Continue reading
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Spectre (2015)
As much as I loved Skyfall the film’s insistence on slowly undoing all of Casino Royale‘s franchise retooling – bringing Q and Moneypenny back into the game as well as a curmudgeon old white guy into the M role and re-injecting more of … Continue reading
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Pete’s Dragon (2016)
David Lowery hasn’t really been my bag in the past (meaning I didn’t think much to Aint Them Bodies Saints) but his emotionally wrought, golden heart sensibility proves to be a great fit for Disney. Pete’s Dragon is quiet and gentle and told … Continue reading
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
I don’t know when it became a part of my DNA but somewhere along the line the imagery of the Creature from the Black Lagoon became synonymous with the words “B-movie”, “creature feature” and any subsequent variation. If you said B-movie to … Continue reading
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Men in Black (1997)
Caught this on TV and ended up sitting through the whole thing, and I never watch movies on TV. I thought I saw this enough times in my childhood to last a lifetime but evidently not. From script to casting, this is … Continue reading
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The Invisible Man (1933)
James Whale is my man. This really wasn’t the film I was expecting for some reason. Didn’t expect the snowy town setting at all or the fact that the Invisible Man himself is basically the villain of his own movie. … Continue reading
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It Comes at Night (2017)
I loved Shults’s previous movie Krisha but this just did nothing for me. A “horror” movie totally embarrassed by the word horror. Luckily I like the cast and, yeah, it’s well made, just so not my bag. I hate this modern trend … Continue reading
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
What a blast. After two previously fizzled-out attempts at getting a Spidey franchise off the ground, it should come as no surprise to find this third attempt, finally under the Marvel Studios banner – that Homecoming in the title comes with a … Continue reading
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Django Unchained (2012)
That wobbly and kinda unnecessary last (fifth?) act keeps this from being a total slam-dunk for me. Kerry Washington’s Broomhilda is disappointingly under-developed too, making this the only QT movie with a relatively lifeless and undistinguished female lead (Reservoir Dogs excluded … Continue reading
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