Month: July 2017
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Atomic Blonde
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Read more: Atomic BlondeConfusion and breasts. It’s not often that I’m completely confused by my feelings for a movie, but Atomic Blonde is one of those instances. My immediate reaction at the end of the movie was “I think I liked it? Maybe?” It definitely had elements I liked and there weren’t any obvious (at least to me)…
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Dunkirk
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Read more: DunkirkThe war-iest of war movies. We’ve all seen what Christopher Nolan is capable of and it’s almost always been fantastic. We’re at a point now where “Directed by Christopher Nolan” is all that needs to be said to peak interest in a new movie. In other words, the opposite of “Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.”…
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Read more: Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsOh, dear god. Imagine if Jupiter Ascending and John Carter had a baby. Then, imagine if they used that baby as the ball in a game of kickball. Finally, imagine the two star players of the game had all the chemistry, charisma, and playing skills of the goose poop scattered on the field. That is…
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War for the Planet of the Apes
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Read more: War for the Planet of the ApesWar for the Planet of the Apes. l’ll have to say that I looked forward to this movie with a fair amount of expectation. Why? Nothing else has really excited me this year since Get Out. Alien:Covenant was quite good, but the fanboy crying about it virtually ruined it for me. Free Fire was fun,…
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Wish Upon
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Read more: Wish UponKind of some obvious wishes did not get made. Sometimes, you have to be in the right mood to enjoy a movie, especially a bad one. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been listening to a podcast called My Dad Wrote a Porno and it is arguably the funniest thing I’ve heard in my…
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
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Read more: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (2014): It’s hard to figure out what demographic the film makers were aiming for. With a script that includes penis jokes, stripper jokes, poop jokes, and sex jokes, it is hardly appropriate for children. On the other hand, it is simply too brain dead for…
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
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Read more: Spider-Man: HomecomingNow we can argue about the best Spider-Man actor. Do you realize it’s been thirteen years since the last good Spider-Man film? Spider-Man 2 was the last good one and Andrew Garfield was not better than Tobey Maguire. Yeah, I said it. The Amazing Spider-Man was bland and Garfield’s portrayal was mediocre and not sympathetic.…
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Baby Driver
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Read more: Baby DriverWorst title ever? In the context of the film, the title makes perfect sense. The main character is named Baby, he’s a getaway driver for heists, and he’s really young. In the context of wanting to sell more movie tickets, it’s maybe the worst title ever. When I first saw it on the advanced screening…
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Into the Inferno
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Read more: Into the Inferno“There is not a single volcano in Indonesia that is not connected to a belief system.” -Herzog, Into the Inferno The Chicken Church If you were expecting a scientific, National Geographic type documentary on volcanoes, you apparently are not familiar with Werner Herzog. Here at Ruthless we don’t generally give gods much thought, but Werner…