Archive for April 2018
16 posts from 07 to 29 April 2018.
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A morsel of cinematic candy lacking only a less artificial setting. The overt commercialisation of an “Anarchos Productions Ltd” is also ironic, the system can assimilate anything, neo-liberalism is really the Borg of political ideologies.
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The Thick of It transplanted to Soviet nomenklatura. Funny and horrifying.
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Old school film noir about corrupt cops in Los Angeles (as the name implies). A bit too clean for my taste. Nearly as good as Chinatown.
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The one with Luke Evans as the villain. 20 min to stupid car chase.
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A childish comic book adaptation. This one suffers from a lack of plot and too much Will Smith.
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Neo-Luddites vs Singularity-level AI. Who will win?
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Stylish take on the insanity POV genre. This film is a visual masterpiece. The range of camera trickery and editing skill is staggering.
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Some films show all their ideas on the title. This one does it on the synopsis.
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Joel Schumacher does a thriller that promises but fails to raise above mediocrity.
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A great film for our times. Paranoia leads to witch hunts which lead to wrecked communities. A great companion piece to Doubt.
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Standard John Woo film. Shit blows up while stuntpeople do increasingly crazy stuff.
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Someone watched the previous films and said “What if this was much more violent but still sold for kids?”. Doesn’t hold a candle to Jurassic Park 3.
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If being befuddled and lost while pretty colours parade around my eyes and Alice gets PG-naked several times was the point, this has achieved its purpose.
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Lots of exposition to make sure you remember the last one. No major retcons that I noticed.
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What the hell was this about? Did they get the cast together and then came up with a script on the spot? What’s the point of having a testicle-shivering amount of talent without a plot?
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Goddamn fantastic cast doing jack shit to elevate this to beyond young adult fantasy for kids. Teens saving their world, that turns out to be a Fallout Vault with more incompetent people. Martin Landau and Bill Murray have a lot of fun chewing the scenery.