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Mortal Kombat Checks All The Boxes And Not Much More

Mortal Kombat is definitely going to make gorehounds happy.

3 years ago

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Godzilla vs. Kong Is The Best MonsterVerse Movie

Godzilla vs. Kong delivers exactly what you want.

3 years ago

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Falcon And The Winter Soldier Proves Soldiers Without Captains Make For Killer TV

For every moment of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that honors the Marvel formula, there are two that ask viewers to open their minds a bit. The show’s premiere, aptly titled “A New World Order,” casts its eponymous heroes in a new light.

3 years ago

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Is The Director’s Best DC Film

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is everything you thought it was and more.

3 years ago

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Superman And Lois Delivers A Better Clark Kent Than Henry Cavill

Superman has always worked better as a lover than as a fighter. The character’s best, most resonant stories are quick to point this out, often skimping on the large-scale superheroics to make way for smaller, more intimate moments that beget better action.

3 years ago

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The Little Things Review: Oscar Winners Can’t Save This Tired Thriller

The Little Things – the new murder thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto – is a mish-mash of worn clichés and tired formulas.

3 years ago

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Outside The Wire Is Netflix’s Poor Attempt At Metal Gear Solid

Anthony Mackie stars in Outside the Wire, Netflix’s new sci-fi military action film.

3 years ago

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WandaVision Shows Marvel Has Trouble Getting Used To Smaller Storytelling

WandaVision is a striking but mixed experiment for Marvel.

3 years ago

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The 10 Best Movies Of 2020, According To Drew

Editor Drew Dietsch lists the ten best movies of 2020.

3 years ago

Monster Hunter Review: Milla Jovovich Is Still A Total Badass

Paul W.S. Anderson is the king of live-action video game movies. Not only has he made more than any other …

3 years ago

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Wonder Woman 1984 Review: The Successor To Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man

Wonder Woman 1984 recalls the best things about Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies.

3 years ago

Greenland Review: Gerard Butler Fronts The Best Disaster Movie In Years

If you go into Greenland, the latest world-threatening disaster opus fronted by Gerard Butler, expecting the over-the-top scene-chomping chaos in …

3 years ago

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The Mandalorian Season 2 Review: Too Much Star Wars, Not Enough Mando

The Mandalorian Season 2 has come to a close, and the show is at a crossroads.

3 years ago

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Reviewed: Chadwick Boseman’s Final Role Is Also His Best

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – the final performance by Chadwick Boseman – shows the immense talents of the actor we lost too soon.

3 years ago

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The Stand Review: Stephen King’s Pandemic Epic Gets Off To A Solid But Strange Start

The Stand on CBS All-Access is off to a strange but promising start.

3 years ago

The Expanse Season 5 Reviewed: Episode 1 Is A Soap Opera, But A Good One

Yes the first episode of The Expanse season 5 is basically an extended soap opera, but at least it’s a really good soap opera.

3 years ago

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Mank Review: Gary Oldman Anchors The Ultimate Tribute To Classic Movies

Mank is a passion project for David Fincher, but is it any good?

3 years ago

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Pixar’s Soul Reviewed: Their Best Movie In Years

Soul isn’t just a reminder of Pixar at the peak of the studio’s talents, it’s also one of the best films of the year.

3 years ago

Saved By the Bell Review: The New Bayside Tells A Story Focused On Inequality

A new Saved By the Bell reboot is now airing on NBC’s Peacock app. During the course of the show’s …

3 years ago

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Fatman Review: Mel Gibson Makes Santa Look Like Logan

Mel Gibson goes gruff instead of jolly in Fatman, the new movie available right now.

3 years ago

Freaky Review: Vince Vaughn Delivers Hilarious Comedy Hidden In Horror

This year, horror giants Blumhouse Productions have primarily focused on nostalgia for their scares. Already in 2020 Blumhouse turned the …

3 years ago

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The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Review: Disney Gives You A Greatest Hits Compilation

Disney goes for broke with The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special.

3 years ago

Jiu Jitsu Review: Nicolas Cage Fights Aliens With Martial Arts

Based on a comic book by director/co-writer Dimitri Logothetis, Jiu Jitsu plays like a riff on The Bourne Identity meets Predator, down to the memory loss and extraterrestrial heat vision.

3 years ago

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The Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere Review: A Big Reveal Creates A Risky Future

The Mandalorian is back and still great, but is it headed for troubled terrain?

3 years ago

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The Craft: Legacy Review – A Magical Cast Meets Modern Day Problems

Does The Craft: Legacy capture the same magic as the original?

3 years ago

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The Witches Review: Anne Hathaway Leads A Magical Mess

The Witches might be cursed.

3 years ago

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Borat 2 Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Is More Outrageous Than Ever

Does Borat 2 have the same comedic magic as the original?

3 years ago

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Review: Episode 1 Goes Full Star Wars And It Works

Star Trek: Discovery has finally become the show it wanted to be all along. Season 3 episode 1 begins by stripping away the last vestiges of Star Trek left

3 years ago

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Love and Monsters Review: The Monsters Make It Worth Your While

Does Love and Monsters deliver on its title? Read our review to find out!

3 years ago

Undeclared: Why Judd Apatow’s Other Cult TV Show Is Unfairly Overlooked

The idea for Undeclared simply came from Apatow asking what would happen to the Freaks and Geeks characters after the events of high school.

3 years ago