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The Reviewinator: Glass (2019)
It seems almost fitting that the franchise that began with a train wreck also ends with one. It’s been 19 years since Unbreakable impressed audiences with its mysterious take on superheroes in the real world. And it wasn’t until Bruce … Continue reading
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Red Dead Redemption 2: The Most Beautiful Tragedy
Red Dead Redemption 2 is possibly the greatest video game of all time and certainly my absolute favourite. Red Dead Redemption was my absolute favourite for a long time, boasting gorgeous graphics, wide, open-world gameplay, and a super compelling narrative, yet Red Dead 2 exceeds the … Continue reading
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Tagged Old West, outlaws, Pinkertons, redemption, revisionist, revolver, Western
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The Reviewinator: Creed II (2018)
Ready to party like it’s 1985? You better be. After Ivan Drago went curiously unmentioned in the first Creed movie during discussions of Apollo’s death, devoting an entire sequel to the Dragos is welcome compensation. It seemed an inevitable match-up, … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Halloween (2018)
It seems every 10 years or so, the Halloween franchise ignores a great portion of its sequels. In 1988, Halloween 4 ignored III; in 1998, Halloween H20 ignored everything after II; and 2007 saw Rob Zombie’s abysmal attempt at a … Continue reading
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Castor’s Underrated Gems – Victory (1981)
John Huston was the classic example of a tour-de-force director who, in his later years, became a gun-for-hire. With films like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Fat City and The Man Who Would Be King, he was a burly, … Continue reading
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Tagged michael caine, sylvester stallone, victory
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The Reviewinator: Fear the Walking Dead (Season 4)
How did we get here? How did a show that never stood a chance against its far-superior but still-struggling-in-the-ratings predecessor make it to four seasons? Without a single likable character, not to mention the haphazard storytelling, most shows like this … Continue reading
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Castor’s Underrated Gems- The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Recently, the acid westerns Slow West and The Sisters Brothers have honored and deconstructed the oater genre but they weren’t the first examples of mixing a postmodern sensibility with a frontier setting. The master behind the epic yarn Little Big … Continue reading
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Tagged jack nicholson, marlon brando, missouri breaks
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Castor’s Underrated Gems- Volunteers (1985)
Tom Hanks. The man voted to be the most trustworthy man in America. If the World War III phone was by his bedside, the country could rest easy. Finding someone who actively dislikes Tom Hanks would be like finding a … Continue reading
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Tagged john candy, rita wilson, tom hanks, volunteers
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The Reviewinator: Extinction (2018)
(I don’t usually include spoilers in my reviews, but sometimes a movie comes along that’s SUCH a waste of my time that I feel spoilers must be revealed to save others from wasting theirs. This is your first warning.) Oh, … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Mission Impossible – Fallout (2018)
After six movies, one has to wonder what’s really so impossible about these missions. Then again, 56-year-old Tom Cruise has been at this since 1996, so maybe it’s less the missions and more the person doing them. The Mission: Impossible … Continue reading
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