Tag: Samuel L. Jackson
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Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Kong: Skull Island is an engaging action adventure film with impressive CGI and is heavily influenced by Vietnam War movies.
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
For a film about a character that is supposed to be rooted in adventure, The Legend of Tarzan is surprisingly dull.
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Chi-Raq (2015)
Chi-Raq is an ambitious, but flawed, reimagining of a classic Greek tale and Spike Lee’s best work in years.
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Tarantino’s 8th film looks glorious in 70mm, and tells a western yarn full of mystery in a small cabin with a bunch of unsavory types snowed in by a blizzard.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Age of Ultron brings more action and character and story, but it’s all weighed down a bit too much by having to service so many characters.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
January to March is a dark period of the calendar for theatrical releases. Aside from the Oscar contenders that go wide after getting an earlier limited release, a lot of the movies released are dumped because the studio knows they’re not that good. It’s easy to be dubious or dismissive…
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