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Michael Burgin

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Dune: Part Two (2024) 92% 9.4/10 EDIT “Cinematic escape velocity, instantly achieved. Next stop, Arrakis.” – Paste Magazine Feb 28, 2024 Full Review Argylle (2024) 33% 4.5/10 EDIT “The wheels of absurdity are so routinely flying off the narrative that it’s hard to enjoy what’s left of the ride.” – Paste Magazine Feb 5, 2024 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) 82% 6.7/10 EDIT “Worlds are squandered, details are overlooked and, yes, there’s a CGI swarm. For better or worse, and much like the MCU at large, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has a lot going on.” – Paste Magazine May 1, 2023 Full Review Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 46% 6.0/10 EDIT “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania feels less like it’s a small part of a bigger plan and more as if it’s being forced to work against its own interests to serve a grand design.” – Paste Magazine Feb 17, 2023 Full Review Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) 84% 8.1/10 EDIT “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever feels like the surest step taken in the MCU since Thanos was reduced to ash.” – Paste Magazine Nov 11, 2022 Full Review Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) 63% 6.4/10 EDIT “A movie significantly more flawed than its franchise predecessor yet more fun than anything we’ve seen in Phase 4 thus far.” – Paste Magazine Jul 10, 2022 Full Review Eternals (2021) 47% 4.7/10 EDIT “Eternals is unlikely to leave audiences wanting more (or remembering much), though it may well whet the appetite for the day when the Fantastic Four and X-Men finally arrive.” – Paste Magazine Nov 1, 2021 Full Review Black Widow (2021) 79% 6.0/10 EDIT “Especially as relates to its genre-specific weaknesses, Black Widow is all too familiar.” – Paste Magazine Jul 6, 2021 Full Review Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) 71% 5/10 EDIT “Zack Snyder's Justice League feels like just another name for a Special Edition Blu-ray that contains all the scenes.” – Paste Magazine Mar 23, 2021 Full Review Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) 57% EDIT “Wonder Woman 1984 has many of the same strengths and weaknesses as its predecessor. Fortunately, the exact mix and proportion of those strengths and weaknesses has shifted for the better.” – Paste Magazine Dec 25, 2020 Full Review Tenet (2020) 70% 8/10 EDIT “Though personal growth and emotional depth are hardly necessary ingredients in a spy thriller... with so much else about Nolan's script a mental exercise made real, some emotional stakes would be helpful to bring it alive.” – Paste Magazine Sep 4, 2020 Full Review The Old Guard (2020) 80% 7.1/10 EDIT “The Old Guard may be comfort food, but during this particular year, and thanks in large part to this particular cast and crew-it will hit the spot for many.” – Paste Magazine Jul 16, 2020 Full Review Knives Out (2019) 97% 8.8/10 EDIT “[Rian] Johnson has constructed a tightly plotted, superbly acted "escape room" for both his characters and the audience to explore and puzzle over. Most will find the two hours and 10 minutes it takes to solve well worth the price of admission.” – Paste Magazine Nov 25, 2019 Full Review Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 91% 8.0/10 EDIT “If you're looking for evidence that Marvel at the movies will be just fine without Thanos, the MCU's [Marvel's Cinematic Universe] take on Mysterio in particular is worth noting and worth celebrating.” – Paste Magazine Jul 8, 2019 Full Review Avengers: Endgame (2019) 94% 9.3/10 EDIT “Avengers: Endgame represents a remarkable achievement.” – Paste Magazine Apr 29, 2019 Full Review Penguins (2019) 92% 7.1/10 EDIT “Ultimately, what Penguins lacks in vibranium frisbees or live-action blue genies, it more than makes up for in ... well ... penguins.” – Paste Magazine Apr 18, 2019 Full Review The Adventures of Tintin (2011) 75% 9.1/10 EDIT “Tintin should go down as one of the first of the modern 3D films that does it right.” – Paste Magazine Feb 26, 2019 Full Review Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 97% EDIT “Directors Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey, writer-director Rodney Rothman, and writer Phil Lord have made a film that lives up to all the adjectives one associates with Marvel's iconic wallcrawler. Amazing. Spectacular. Superior.” – Paste Magazine Jan 4, 2019 Full Review Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) 36% EDIT “Because of these problems-as well as a multitude of other, even more mundane scripting issues-Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald elicits the wrong type of wonder.” – Paste Magazine Jan 4, 2019 Full Review Incredibles 2 (2018) 93% 9.1/10 EDIT “Whether you enjoy The Incredibles 2 as much as the original will likely depend on your opinion of the latter, but regardless, you'll be happy both exist. And in today's sequel-saturated environment, that is practically a superheroic achievement in itself.” – Paste Magazine Jun 15, 2018 Full Review Hotel Artemis (2018) 57% 5.8/10 EDIT “The result is less misstep than near-miss, a casualty of a script that doesn't quite recognize who (or what) should be the star of the show.” – Paste Magazine Jun 11, 2018 Full Review Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 85% 9.3/10 EDIT “Avengers: Infinity War is epic in a way that has been often aspired to but never fully grasped when it comes to the translation from comic book panel to the Big Screen.” – Paste Magazine Apr 25, 2018 Full Review Paddington 2 (2017) 99% 8.4/10 EDIT “Paddington 2 reminds us how difficult it can be to pull off a sweetly tempered, gently moving children's movie by doing exactly that, and doing it so well.” – Paste Magazine Jan 11, 2018 Full Review Coco (2017) 97% 8.3/10 EDIT “The film represents a full embrace of a culture and its people, as well as a celebration of family, both present and past. As such, it's difficult to imagine healthier holiday fare.” – Paste Magazine Nov 27, 2017 Full Review Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 93% 8.7/10 EDIT “Waititi seems to delight in exploring the interplay between Hemsworth's physical and comic presence. It yields a version of Thor that might annoy some comic book purists (but certainly didn't this one), but it's an undeniable asset for the franchise.” – Paste Magazine Nov 3, 2017 Full Review
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