Money Monster (2016)
“It always sounds so simple and yet so moronic.” For all intents and purposes, Money Monster positions itself as a movie of the here and the now. Big stars matched by big […]
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The Top 50 Films of 2015
Now that the 2015 calendar is long since in the rearview, I’ve been able to catch up on the rest of my extensive must-see list for the year. Granted, although […]
London Has Fallen (2016)
“Vengeance has always been profound and absolute.” London Has Fallen is at once a stupid, silly, self-serious action adventure wearing a Kevlar-plated heart of gold. And it’s also another entry into the […]
Point Break (2015)
“We’re going to liberate it.” Ah, Point Break. To be wild and free. Young and reckless. Sulky and stupid. Any combination of angsty associated adjectives suit it well. However, “remake” is not […]
Victoria (2015)
“Show me what you’ve got.” 134 minutes in length. One continuous shot. Three attempts to get it right. Traveling through the clubs and streets and rooftops of Berlin, zooming around […]
Sicario (2015)
“Nothing will make sense to your American ears.” We live in a time, or perhaps just a version of a single plane of existence, surrounded by war. No matter how […]
Black Mass (2015)
“It’s not what you do, it’s when and where you do it, and who you do it to or with.” When will film distributors learn to stop selling us scenes […]
The Transporter Refueled (2015)
“You’re going to make me late, and I hate being late.” Could there be a decent Transporter movie? Yeah, I honestly think so. But when something tries so damn hard […]
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
“The history of man is defined by war.” It sure as hell is hard to have fun during an action movie when the film itself is shackled to the deepest […]
Spy (2015)
“I would accept that with an open mouth.” Spy is a brilliantly stupid movie, weaving together a story of Peter Sellers type farcical exaggeration and equal parts action driven set pieces. […]
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