After Earth (2013) ☆ 1/2

I’ve always enjoyed apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic adventures but After Earth has removed all the fun by staging the apocalypse that has forced mankind to evacuate the Earth some one thousand years before the beginning of the movie.  In the weird universe […]

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Mud (2013) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2

Storytelling is the essence of moviemaking, and yet many modern movies refuse, avoid or fail to put their running time to that purpose.  Summer action movies especially are designed to overwhelm audiences with eye-popping visuals, kinetic movement and stylish posing […]

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