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Tag: Action/Adventure

Ant-Man (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…fails to have enough fun with its one unique element: the sense of scale.”

Jurassic World (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…the mercenary natures of the picture and the park are largely indistinguishable.”

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Narratively inept, unconvincingly edited and nearly deficient of suspense…”

Jurassic Park (1993)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“As much as you can point to the T-rex attack as a master class in action filmmaking, this still leaves a mechanized aftertaste.”

Lucy (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“There’s never any tension or suspense to the movie, because whatever Lucy faces, we know her big brain will inexplicably be able to handle it.”

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…a tale of milk and blood.”

Mad Max (1979)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…essentially serves as the setup for the far superior Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.”

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…a nutty, B-movie masterpiece.”

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…mostly registers as yet another Marvel punchplosion.”

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…mostly this is another showcase for superior stunt work, including a highway chase involving a speeding tank.”

Recent Reviews

By the Time It Gets Dark (2016)

Drama Rated NR

“While always mesmerized, I admittedly got lost amidst the layers…”

Two Minutes Late (1952)

Drama Rated NR

“… aims to be a big-screen version of a lurid pulp crime novel.”

Xiao Wu (Pickpocket) (1997)

Drama Rated NR

“… a scrappy, neo-realist tale of societal scrounging that’s paused by poetic moments of slow cinema.”


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