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2/10
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Meg 2: The Trench
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Brief moments of pleasure are buried at the bottom of an ocean of exposition, dumb plot twists, and incomprehensible underwater action.
Posted Aug 03, 2023
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7/10
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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It turns this very familiar concept into something fresh.
Posted Jul 27, 2023
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5/10
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Haunted Mansion
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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So possessed with recreating the ride’s details that it misses a bit of its spirit.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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8/10
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Intelligent non-IP-driven filmmaking on a scale we simply don’t see in movie theaters anymore.
Posted Jul 19, 2023
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7/10
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Barbie
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A fascinating movie, even if it is occasionally a little frustrating.
Posted Jul 19, 2023
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8/10
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Gives you your money’s worth in the gonzo visuals department.
Posted Jul 05, 2023
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5/10
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Elemental
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A watery romance.
Posted Jun 13, 2023
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5/10
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Flamin' Hot
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A very familiar recipe.
Posted Jun 08, 2023
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6/10
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The Flash
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Michael Keaton’s Batman return saves this movie.
Posted Jun 06, 2023
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8/10
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Expands Into the Spider-Verse’s already eye-popping animation in even more audacious directions.
Posted May 31, 2023
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10/10
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Past Lives
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A great movie, period.
Posted May 30, 2023
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3/10
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Fast X
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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For the first time in the franchise’s history, there isn’t a single sequence that outdoes what has come before.
Posted May 17, 2023
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8/10
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Completes Rocket’ transformation from a footnote to one of Marvel’ greatest characters.
Posted May 17, 2023
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8/10
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Air
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A biopic with real sole.
Posted Apr 05, 2023
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4/10
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Only a few moments build on top of the Super Mario mythology rather than simply regurgitating it.
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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7/10
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Captures not only the adventure of the role-playing game, but also the sense of camaraderie the game engenders.
Posted Mar 29, 2023
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6/10
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Tetris
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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The story of a game so square it is literally about squares.
Posted Mar 27, 2023
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9/10
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John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Any one of its many set pieces contains more action all by itself than most entire movies.
Posted Mar 20, 2023
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4/10
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Coasts on the residual good vibes and talented cast of its much-superior predecessor.
Posted Mar 15, 2023
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8/10
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Creed III
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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A heavyweight sequel from Michael B. Jordan.
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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5/10
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Scream VI
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Instead of making fun of the rules of other franchises, it might be time for Scream to start breaking some of its own.
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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6/10
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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Your reaction will probably be determined by what you want out of the movie.
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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6/10
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Knock at the Cabin
(2023)
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Matt Singer
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About as well-acted and intense as this kind of movie gets.
Posted Feb 01, 2023
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6/10
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M3GAN
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A g00d horror comedy.
Posted Jan 04, 2023
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5/10
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Babylon
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Chazelle is so enamored with his simulacrum of this forgotten world that he loses sight of the people in it.
Posted Dec 16, 2022
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7/10
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Avatar: The Way of Water
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Very much feels like a decade’s worth of accumulated ideas crammed into a single film.
Posted Dec 13, 2022
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8/10
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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As entertaining as the first Benoit Blanc mystery was, I think this one is slightly better.
Posted Nov 21, 2022
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10/10
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The Fabelmans
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Spielberg has learned a lot about how to make movies since 1952, but he has never lost sight of why.
Posted Nov 09, 2022
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6/10
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A messy sprawl of an ensemble piece.
Posted Nov 08, 2022
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6/10
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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The final title card alone makes it something of a minor triumph.
Posted Nov 01, 2022
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4/10
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Black Adam
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Black Adam was a long time coming. And it wasn’t really worth the wait.
Posted Oct 18, 2022
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5/10
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Amsterdam
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Even with a lot of outstanding components, something feels off about the final product.
Posted Oct 06, 2022
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4/10
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Hocus Pocus 2
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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They put more thought into the pharmacy product placement than the story.
Posted Sep 29, 2022
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3/10
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Don't Worry Darling
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A textbook case of a sophomore slump.
Posted Sep 22, 2022
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7/10
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The Woman King
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Davis’ performance, and the ferocious fight scenes, make The Woman King worth watching.
Posted Sep 16, 2022
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8/10
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Confess, Fletch
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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The bottom line here: This movie is funny.
Posted Sep 13, 2022
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3/10
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Pinocchio
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A wooden live-action remake.
Posted Sep 08, 2022
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8/10
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Nope
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Only someone with supreme confidence in his work would name his movie Nope.
Posted Jul 20, 2022
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6/10
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The Gray Man
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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As long as the action remains at a smaller scale, it’s satisfying.
Posted Jul 14, 2022
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6/10
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Thor: Love and Thunder
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Mighty uneven.
Posted Jul 07, 2022
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5/10
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Elvis
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A very conventional and very overstuffed biopic.
Posted Jun 23, 2022
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6/10
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Doesn’t quite achieve its full potential, but it’s got a bunch of big laughs.
Posted Jun 23, 2022
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7/10
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Lightyear
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Even if it never matches the magic of Toy Story, it does provide a satisfying 100 minutes at the movies.
Posted Jun 13, 2022
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3/10
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Jurassic World Dominion
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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This series’ sense of wonder and intellectual curiosity have long since gone extinct.
Posted Jun 08, 2022
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7/10
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Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Isn’t so much based on the old animated series as it is a relentless mockery of it, along with just about everything and everyone else in modern Hollywood.
Posted May 19, 2022
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8/10
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Top Gun: Maverick
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie that made me think “How did they do that?”
Posted May 12, 2022
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7/10
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A Sam Raimi movie through and through.
Posted May 03, 2022
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6/10
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Ambulance
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Even if Bay doesnt stick the landing, Ambulance is first act is clearly one of the best things hes ever done.
Posted Apr 06, 2022
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2/10
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Morbius
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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Are we sure this isnt some kind of elaborate April Fools Day prank?
Posted Apr 01, 2022
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8/10
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Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
(2022)
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Matt Singer
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A guided tour through a great artist’s brain.
Posted Mar 31, 2022
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