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    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and the Irreplaceable Artistry of Tom Cruise

    by Jack Edgar June 10, 2022
    by Jack Edgar June 10, 2022

    Warning: this review contains unabashed adoration for Tom Cruise.  So leave your shit at the door, no one wants any part of it. Cowards couch their praise of Cruise behind opening statements like, “We all…

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    ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ and the Return of Nicolas Cage

    by Jack Edgar April 27, 2022
    by Jack Edgar April 27, 2022

    A year ago, Nicolas Cage starred in a small, buzzy movie called Pig.  When I wrote about it, I described his performance as somber and moving — an excellent Cage performance that put him back…

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    ‘The Northman’: A Fierce, Awe-Inspiring Spectacle

    by Sean Coates April 20, 2022
    by Sean Coates April 20, 2022

    Regular MovieBabble readers must be growing tired of every review from yours truly opening with a sermon-esque pontification bemoaning the state of contemporary studio cinema, desperately trying to find some light at the end of…

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    ‘Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago’: Stallone’s New Director’s Cut Is Not the Superior Version, but Makes for an Interesting Companion Piece

    by Chris van Dijk November 21, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk November 21, 2021

    If you want to see how far a movie franchise can change in tone, watch the original Rocky and then its third sequel, Rocky IV. You can see the evolution (or devolution, if you prefer)…

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    James Bond Drives a Fancy Car and Shoots People in ‘No Time to Die’

    by Chris van Dijk October 12, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk October 12, 2021

    Here it is. After so many delays, James Bond has finally returned to the big screen. This was going to be Daniel Craig’s swan song for the character, the man who once famously said he…

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    ‘Escape from Mogadishu’: The Latest from South Korea’s Biggest Action Director

    by James Y. Lee August 7, 2021
    by James Y. Lee August 7, 2021

    Calling Ryoo Seung-wan one of the most successful South Korean directors of his time is not an incredibly far stretch — even when comparing him to his more acclaimed contemporaries — thanks to just how…

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    ‘F9’: To Boldly Go Where No ‘Fast & Furious’ Film Has Gone Before

    by Blake Ison June 17, 2021
    by Blake Ison June 17, 2021

    The Fast & Furious franchise is an ever-evolving set of films that has fascinated and possibly baffled audiences for the past two decades. Once upon a time, the franchise was about street racing, pink slips,…

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    ‘Mortal Kombat’ Is Far From a Flawless Victory, But a Little Win for Video Game Adaptations

    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021
    by Sean Coates April 22, 2021

    As far as I am concerned, there are three certainties in life; death, taxes, and film adaptations of video game franchises always being bitterly disappointing or just plain bad. Over the years, so many great…

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    Bob Odenkirk Gives ‘Nobody’ a Lot of Personality

    by Sean Coates March 26, 2021
    by Sean Coates March 26, 2021

    One of the most fascinatingly odd Hollywood trends of the past decade has been the remolding of the action genre. With superheroes and comic book characters becoming the popular action stars for the new generation,…

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    ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’: An Outlandish Battle for the Ages

    by Blake Ison March 24, 2021
    by Blake Ison March 24, 2021

    From director Adam Wingard, Godzilla vs. Kong is the next epic installment in the Warner Bros. MonsterVerse that has been crafted over the past seven years. Kicking it off with Godzilla in 2014 and following…

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    ‘Occupation: Rainfall’ – When It Rains, It Unfortunately Falls

    by Blake Ison February 20, 2021
    by Blake Ison February 20, 2021

    Occupation: Rainfall comes to us from the mind of writer/director Luke Sparke and is the sequel to Sparke’s previous film, Occupation. Picking up two years after aliens have landed on Earth, a group of Aussie…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’

    by Spencer Henderson February 3, 2021
    by Spencer Henderson February 3, 2021

    It shouldn’t take long for audiences to realize they are viewing the birth of a cult classic when they watch Sion Sono’s latest film Prisoners of the Ghostland, which sees him pairing with Nicolas Cage.…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Riders of Justice’

    by Liam Trump February 2, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 2, 2021

    Revenge is the basis for many films. This type of story is usually brought to life through small scale action scenes and brute characters. Almost every one of these films goes through the motions of…

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    ‘Greenland’: A New Disaster Movie In 2020. What Could Go Wrong?

    by George Clark November 22, 2020
    by George Clark November 22, 2020

    Greenland is Gerard Butler’s latest attempt at starring in a disaster movie, following the flop that is 2017’s Geostorm. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring the aforementioned Gerard Butler along with Morena Baccarin and Roger…

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    Mel Gibson Is a Gun-Toting Santa Claus in ‘Fatman’

    by Chris van Dijk November 16, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk November 16, 2020

    Fatman is an R-rated action movie starring Mel Gibson as Santa Claus… I can already feel many people shaking their heads. But, if you’re more like me, you might think this has the potential to…

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    San Diego Asian Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Paper Tigers’

    by Liam Trump November 1, 2020
    by Liam Trump November 1, 2020

    Action films centering around martial arts have been having a resurgence as of late. Movies such as The Raid: Redemption, Ip Man, and The Man from Nowhere have all found a decent amount of success…

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    Is ‘Love and Monsters’ One of the Biggest Surprises of 2020?

    by George Clark October 22, 2020
    by George Clark October 22, 2020

    Welcome to a world where monsters are real and the world is in despair. The second feature film by Michael Matthews is set in a world seven years after an apocalyptic event wiped out 95%…

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    ‘Tenet’ Ushers in a New Era of “Spy-Fi”

    by Blake Ison August 27, 2020
    by Blake Ison August 27, 2020

    As the uncertainty of 2020 continues, there is one thing that we can be certain of, and that’s that we have another Christopher Nolan hit on our hands. A film that has seemingly united the…

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    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’

    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 25, 2020

    A renowned philosopher and swordsman of the early Edo period, the life of Miyamoto Musashi has been told onscreen countless times since the late 1920s. Most notably in Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy, where the legendary…

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    ‘Samurai Marathon’ Sprints Past the History that Inspired It Towards Something Greater

    by Chris Wager August 1, 2020
    by Chris Wager August 1, 2020

    Samurai Marathon desires to be placed among the ranks of impressive historical Japanese films that have come before it. The filmmakers were inspired by history and took a small moment of Japanese history and wrapped…

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    ‘VFW’ Honors Both Veterans and Genre Lovers

    by Chris van Dijk March 14, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk March 14, 2020

    It might sound ridiculous to some, but so be it: VFW was one of my most anticipated films of the year. It started with the premise: a siege-style thriller with a group of aging veterans…

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    ‘The Call of the Wild’ Forges Its Own Path in the Current Wave of Remakes

    by Kali Tuttle February 25, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle February 25, 2020

    I wasn’t planning on seeing The Call of the Wild (2020) this year. Harrison Ford seemed out of place and the CG dog seemed like an abomination. Plus, I’d seen behind-the-scenes shots of Harrison Ford petting a…

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    ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Runs on Empty

    by Hunter Goddard February 18, 2020
    by Hunter Goddard February 18, 2020

    Capitalizing off the CGI technology available to it during this age of digital filmmaking, Jeff Fowler’s Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) could have been a dream come true for younger fans of Sega as well as…

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    ‘Disturbing the Peace’ is So Bad, It Makes Me Re-examine My Life Choices

    by Chris van Dijk January 27, 2020
    by Chris van Dijk January 27, 2020

    When I saw Disturbing the Peace on a list of upcoming movies, I thought it was going to be an adaptation of Richard Yates’ titular novel. The ending of the novel was particularly haunting. I always…

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    ‘The Gentlemen’ is a Disposable, Yet Welcome Return to Guy Ritchie’s Comfort Zone

    by Sean Coates January 25, 2020
    by Sean Coates January 25, 2020

    Guy Ritchie has had quite an interesting career. Making a name for himself in the late 90s and early 00s with the critical and financial success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, movie-goers were…

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    ‘Bad Boys for Life’ is the Rare Delayed Sequel that Actually Works

    by Nick Kush January 23, 2020
    by Nick Kush January 23, 2020

    Bad Boys 2 may be the best bad movie ever made. Not in the same sense as ironic classics The Room and Plan 9 from Outer Space, which offer nothing but laughs at pure incompetence and…

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    ‘1917’ Has Absolutely No Staying Power

    by Nick Kush December 17, 2019
    by Nick Kush December 17, 2019

    We should bar every critic from calling 1917 a “cinematic achievement”, a “technical achievement”, or any derivation of the two. It’s an overused phrase in film discourse as it is, but 1917 has only made…

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    I Tried to Find Good Things in ‘Charlie’s Angels’

    by Kali Tuttle November 18, 2019
    by Kali Tuttle November 18, 2019

    I had no intention of seeing Charlie’s Angels. I’ve never seen a full episode of the original TV show nor have I seen any of the movies. It’s not the type of movie that appeals to me.…

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    The Madness of Crispin Glover Cannot Save ‘Lucky Day’

    by Chris van Dijk October 27, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk October 27, 2019

    Here’s the premise: a psychotic hitman goes on an ultra-violent odyssey to avenge his brother’s death. Does this sound intriguing to you? Not really? Well, that’s because I forgot to mention that this hitman is…

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    ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ is a Very Flawed Yet Satisfying Finale to the ‘Rambo’ Series

    by Chris van Dijk September 24, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk September 24, 2019

    John Rambo has been a prime example of the muscle-bound eighties action hero for many years, even though the roots of the character were literary and his first on-screen outing had none of the typical…

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