Daily Archives: June 16, 2023

Netflixable? “Extraction 2,” More Mayhem, More Hemsworth

There’s a properly extravagant and epic-length long-take showacase moment in the first act of “Extraction 2,” a 21 minutes/no edits first-person-shooter video game-style plunge through a prison break that takes the viewer and our hero Rake (Chris Hemsworth) from tunnels … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Flash” runs laps around “Elemental” — a $60 million opening (4 day) weekend

Warners’ long-awaited “The Flash” made its debut to paying customers last night and rounded up a robust if not world beating $9 million or so in “preview” Thursday ticket sales. Reviews, including mine, have been on the fence, but audiences … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”

It’s not everything you could have hoped for, but for a fan, the final Indiana Jones movie tips the scale as “not bad, not bad at all.” A film with exhillerating action beats, well-cast villains, fan service in the form … Continue reading

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