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‘Bad Boys for Life’ has all the feels of a ’90s buddy comedy and it might be the best of the trilogy
By Jonathan Shuping January 17, 2020 In the spring of 1995, producing behemoths Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop) tapped a little known music video director named Michael Bay to helm their latest action blockbuster, Bad Boys. It was a haymaker of a...
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‘Uncut Gems’ is 135 minutes of pure anxiety inducing chaos in the very best way possible
By Zach Goins December 25, 2019 Think of Adam Sandler. What comes to mind? A certain genre of low-brow comedy filled with plenty of shouting and fart jokes, right? As true as that may be, Uncut Gems will make you reconsider every preconceived notion of...
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‘Knives Out’ is an incredibly satisfying, edge-of-your-seat thriller that breathes new life into the murder mystery genre
By Zach Goins November 29, 2019 Heading into 2019, Knives Out was one of my most anticipated films of the year. After seeing what writer-director Rian Johnson was capable of doing with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, many were ready to go all in on...
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‘Frozen II’ is mildly entertaining, but lacks heart and purpose
By Zach Goins November 21, 2019 In 2013, Frozen took the world by storm. More specifically, “Let It Go” did. For nearly a full year, no one could get away from Anna, Elsa, and definitely not Olaf. The hype was justified, though. Disney had crafted...
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‘Gemini Man’ is an ambitious movie that falls flat with a shallow script
By Zach Goins October 11, 2019 Beware the “ambitious” movie: the hopeful blockbuster that makes some sort of technological breakthrough, yet by all other accounts is extremely mediocre. When the ambitious is paired with the right storyline and compelling characters, it can often reach tremendous...
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‘Joker’ is a terrifying and layered new spin on comic book movies
By Jonathan Shuping October 4, 2019 Move over, Pennywise. Joker may be the scariest movie of the year. This is the origin story of an ultimate villain; one that we never got with Heath Ledger’s Joker (though it works pretty well for that character, too)....
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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ brings North Carolina’s charm and heart to the big screen
By Zach Goins August 10, 2019 When Zack Gottsagen first met Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, he dreamt of becoming a movie star. Nilson and Schwartz, two friends volunteering at a camp for actors with disabilities, knew it was a long shot. After all, Hollywood...
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‘The Lion King’ is a stunning visual experience, but not much more
By Zach Goins July 11, 2019 Another week, another live-action Disney remake. Coming on the heels of a teaser for the studio’s Mulan remake and casting announcements for The Little Mermaid, Disney released The Lion King, its third live-action remake of 2019. When dealing with...
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is an adventurous conclusion for the MCU’s Phase 3
By Douglas Davidson June 28, 2019 Loss of any kind takes time to properly heal from and, while audiences didn’t get much time– barely three months after the release of Endgame— the characters in Spider-Man: Far From Home appear to have had close to a...
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For fans of Queen, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is an exhilarating experience
By Jonathan Shuping October 31, 2018 The opening 20th Century Fox fanfare plays out not with the standard horns but an electric guitar making it apparent from the very beginning that Bohemian Rhapsody is Bryan Singer’s love letter to rock ‘n’ roll. It’s not a...
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