I was a (happily surprised) big fan of M3gan (2022) when I caught up with it, a superbly staged science-fiction / horror cautionary tale regarding the dangers of AI (Artificial Intelligence).  This story has stayed with me and I have […]

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While fantasy films often cause me intellectual discomfort, I can be brought around if they are done well.  This one is. George Miller’s fable explores the “three wishes” scenario we all know.  A scholar (Tilda Swinton) in Istanbul releases a […]

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Pretty much the whole gang has returned for the third Sonic the Hedgehog entry in this ongoing franchise — which I applaud for maintaining consistency — but the result is also pretty much the same, despite a noticeable deepening of the […]

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I am a sucker for shark films but fully realize that the vast majority of them are not of good quality.  Neither is Thrash, which exploits a premise that I have long thought had real promise for such a predatory tale. […]

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One should always keep in mind that movies “based on a true story” can and often do distort the facts of the stories they tell to make points, support an agenda or merely be more entertaining.  It is a weakness […]

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