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Tag: Action/Adventure

RoboCop (1987)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“As the years pass, RoboCop seems more prescient than ever.”

Drug War (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…as nimble as a ballet dancer, even while dancing in muck.”

Lone Survivor (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“Such ritualistic fawning makes for a thin cinematic experience, irrespective of how you feel about the military.”

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Just when the movie seems to be at its most plodding, it perks up to envision an element of Tolkien’s tale in a way that words could never capture.”

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…a well-crafted and superbly acted sci-fi dystopia that resonates with much of what’s happening in our current age.”

Captain Phillips (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…lets its central character’s vulnerability live and breathe.”

Gravity (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…can’t be denied as a landmark visceral experience, even if there are some solid reasons to resist it.”

The Grandmaster (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“It takes more than intertitles and explanatory voiceovers to derail a master like Wong.”

Hombre (1967)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“…depicts the American West as a collision of codes.”

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“… suddenly we have the cinema – that glorious mutt art.”

Recent Reviews

Together (2025)

Horror Rated R

“… eventually goes off the deep end, but without doing the work.”

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Drama Rated R

“It’s McMurphy versus Ratched, but it might as well be Life versus Death.”

The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

Family Rated PG

“… limp jokes around the edges involve a Musk/Bezos billionaire figure and random cultural stereotypes.”


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