Tag: woody harrelson
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Review: Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage feels like two movies in one, and the problem is that one is thoroughly entertaining, and the other never really achieves liftoff. The half that doesn’t achieve liftoff is amusing, I suppose, but the issue with it is that it’s the central focus of the movie. The film is directed…
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Great Movies: The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
By Christian DiMartino I was not alive during Larry Flynt’s quote-on-quote “reign of terror” during the 70s and 80s, and I was barely alive for the theatrical release of Milos Forman’s The People Vs. Larry Flynt (the film was released a little over a month after I was born). Having said that, it no less…
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First Time Watch: Midway (2019)
By Christian DiMartino Something never smelled right to me about Midway. It was probably the fact that Roland Emmerich was at the helm. Here is a guy who has specialized at blowing s*%t up onscreen for the entirety of his career, from Independence Day to 2012 to… sigh, Independence Day 2. He is a filmmaker who craves destruction in his…
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Review: Now You See Me 2
1/2 By Christian DiMartino Now You See Me 2 is pretty much the same thing as Now You See Me, in that it’s light, breezy fun. Oh yeah, and it’s something of a guilty pleasure. When Now You See Me came out 3 years ago, it had a slow beginning at the box office, and then, like magic,…
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Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
By Christian DiMartino I never read Suzanne Collin’s wildly popular series The Hunger Games, but I will say that the movies are my cup of tea. Once Harry Potter came to an end, I knew that I needed another film series to invest my life in. Then this series fell into my hands. I like its dark,…