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Tag: Action/Adventure

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…an enthralling portrait – at once intimate and epic – of two civilizations on the brink.”

The Killer (1989)

Action/Adventure Rated R

For all the bullets spent, The Killer spends just as much time ruminating on honor, friendship and even the allure of guns themselves.

Batman (1989)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Nicholson isn’t only offering a brilliant bit of self-parody here, he’s doing it in service to the character.”

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Say what you will about these movies, but in audio terms they’re things of beauty.”

Snowpiercer (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“I’m not sure where the line is between a good gonzo movie and a creative mess, but I know that Snowpiercer is on the right side of it.”

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…represents the deconstruction – and then the hurried, harried reconstruction – of Tom Cruise.”

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“There’s no personality to these movies, other than what the overqualified actors manage to squeeze out of their individual scenes.”

Godzilla (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Godzilla manages to give the beast the mythic mystique it deserves.”

Monsters (2010)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“If you want to make your giant monster movie more of a character study, more power to you, but then the pressure’s on to create some truly captivating characters.”

Godzilla (1998)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“The picture’s fatal flaw is its inability to give us any consistent sense of Godzilla’s size.”

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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