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Let’s get one thing straight: Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn’t a film. It isn’t even entertainment. It’s a two-and-a-half-hour commercial for General…
Welcome to 24 City. Three generations of Chinese men and women want to tell you their story. Hold your judgments; hear them out. The oldest…
I’m confused. Did I just watch a long con, an existential meltdown, or a roarin’ twenties period piece? Rian Johnson, director of The Brothers Bloom,…
Terminator Salvation is not not half bad. For those of you confused by the double negative, that means… it’s half bad. Which is a shame,…
It’s the middle of the afternoon and I’m waiting in a theater sparsely populated with a dozen other strangers. Suddenly the lights dim, the curtains…
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The opening salvo in 2009’s summer movie season, and in the battle for our expendable income, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is both straightforward and efficient. The…