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21 Grams (2003)::rating::3.5
F or all the acting, writing, and directing superpower behind it, 21 Grams will be forever distinguished by its nonlinear design.  Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (who shares story credit with Guillermo Arriaga) takes the scenes of his searing psychological drama and shuffles them like a deck of cards.  Alas, this gamble only yields a partial payoff:…
June 26, 20230Comments
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The Flash (2023)::rating::3
B y now, we’ve established that the standalone DCEU films are middling at best, and all-out sucky at worst.  Their world-building also can’t be trusted, as Zack Snyder raced through the Justice League setup like George Costanza with a Glamour magazine.  So, The Flash eschews all that, in favor of a chambong filled with fizzy, headache-inducing nostalgia.…
June 25, 20230Comments
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Fast X (2023)::rating::2
S ometime during the previous Fast movie, a revelation dawned on me:  These movies defy criticism. They flip a giddy middle finger to any intelligent analysis.  After all, that installment had Luda and Tyrese launching into space aboard a rocket-mounted Pinto.  The franchise didn't just jump the shark.  It soared above all the sharks on the…
June 11, 20230Comments
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Air (2023)::rating::3.5
T he world didn't need a bantamweight drama about the creation of a shoe, but here we are anyway.  Of course, the Air Jordan isn't just a shoe.  It's the shoe.  And Air wisely uses that iconic sneaker to leap into a larger and more ambitious story, on how Jordan and a few corporate warriors at Nike leveraged his…
May 26, 20230Comments

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