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Tag Archives: review
“The Avengers”: one step forward, two steps back
Last week, living in Europe brought with it another benefit to list alongside universal health care (for now, at least) and affordable wines: I got to see Marvel’s The Avengers a good week before American moviegoers were afforded that opportunity. This … Continue reading
Posted in Film analysis, Superhero stuff
Tagged Hulk, iron man, Joss Whedon, Marvel, review, superheroes, The Avengers, Thor
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Deconstructing the Star Wars Prequels
Red Letter Media’s epic seven-part video essay on Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace has been making the internet rounds for quite a while now, and seemed like a bizarro one-off tour de force that somehow combined genuine film criticism … Continue reading
Posted in Internet videos
Tagged Attack of the Clones, funny, George Lucas, Red Letter Media, review, Star Wars, video, video essay
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Body of Lies
The latest high-profile entry in the dead-on-its-feet post-9/11 thriller genre, Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies is certainly not the worst of its kind, but it somehow did end up one of the more embarrassing commercial failures – in spite of … Continue reading
Posted in Film analysis
Tagged 9/11, Body of Lies, Leonardo DiCaprio, review, Ridley Scott, war on terror
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