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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Sep 2023

Battle Royale (2000)::rating::3::rating::3::rating::3

I t's no surprise Quentin Tarantino named Battle Royale as his favorite movie released since 2000. Brazen, brilliant, and unabashedly frenetic, this film feels like a cinematic cousin to his own…

Sep 2023

The Archive The Podcast

Legend (1986)::rating::2.5

T wo battles rage throughout Ridley Scott's Legend: On one front, the forces of purity duke it out with the belching, gurgling minions of evil. Meanwhile, on a macro level, the…

Sep 2023

The Archive The Podcast

Bloodsport (1988)::rating::2.5

B loodsport stands as one of the most deliriously goofy action movies ever made, and yet every scene is soaked with a deadly seriousness. Such a combination is generally fatal,…

Aug 2023

The Archive The Podcast

Trollhunter (2010)::rating::3.5

T rollhunter is an agreeably daffy little film that lives at the junction of dark comedy, light horror, and high fantasy. It combines the jerky, found-footage feel of The Blair…

Aug 2023

Laughable The Podcast

Black Sheep (1996)::rating::1

I f you could program AI to deliver a half-assed sequel to Tommy Boy , it would look a lot like Black Sheep . …

Aug 2023

Greatest The Podcast

Jaws (1975)::rating::5

I have an informal list of around twenty five perfect movies, and Jaws maintains a permanent residence. Everything about it is a master class in cinema, from the cinematography,…

Jul 2023

The Archive The Podcast

Clue (1985)::rating::2.5

B y any metric, Clue is the Citizen Kane of movies derived from board games. Of course, to my knowledge, it’s also the only movie derived from a board game, at…

Jul 2023

The Archive The Podcast

The Iron Giant (1999)::rating::4

A s an obvious riff on E.T., The Iron Giant owes an enormous emotional and spiritual debt to Steven Spielberg. You also don't have to look hard for nods to steampunk,…

Jul 2023

The Archive The Podcast

The Negotiator (1998)::rating::3.5

T he Negotiator is a well-acted, well-staged action flick, but its greatest accomplishment is disguising just how preposterous it is. Ninety-nine times of a hundred, nothing about this plot works, and…

Jun 2023

The Archive The Podcast

Rambo III (1988)::rating::3

F or the space of this review, you and I will venture back to a different place and time--America, in the 1980s. At this point, pop culture was a fever…

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