Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
“Some folks still wonder why you left.” 2012’s Jack Reacher may not be a very good film – in fact, I have trouble remembering even its most basic details – but it […]
Category Archives: Adventure
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
“This isn’t even the fun part.” Like so many YA fantasies being brought to the screen of late, Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children has too much scope to be understood in […]
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
“If you must blink, do it now.” From the onset, Kubo and the Two Strings uses the above quote to command our immediate attention, and by the time it’s through we’re left […]
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
“You’re very brave.” Here is one of 2016’s most beautifully captured films, itself an ode to the joys of fever pitch childhood summers and a testament to the power of […]
Sausage Party (2016)
“He’s flawed, as are we all.” Well, Sausage Party certainly is insanely ambitious, as well as deserving of a harsh reproach. It asks not if walls could talk, but if the food […]
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
“A big bag with a lot of holes in it.” It’s hard to say anything negative about Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The film’s quite funny, well-directed, full of entertaining performances. But for […]
Suicide Squad (2016)
“I’m known to be quite vexing.” Not long removed from my screening and I’m still struggling to digest the unpalatable artificiality that is Suicide Squad, one of the most poorly written […]
Nerve (2016)
“The only way out is to win.” One glance at Nerve’s poster, flush with two flawless faces drenched in color, could serve as evidence to surmise that this is a surface level […]
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
“Just another day in the fleet.” There really isn’t anything too spectacular about Star Trek Beyond. Not much inflated drama, undervalued stakes, segmented to the point it feels sporadic. The structure is […]
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
“Who are these girls?” Yeah, the title Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is up there with the worst of ’em. And yeah, it’s a pretty poorly crafted movie. Although, there is […]
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