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Netflixable? A TSA agent is blackmailed into letting somebody’s “Carry-On” slide by
The “talking villain” is played by Jason Bateman. So as you might guess, he damned near talks us all to death. The scenario is within the realm of possibilities, but juiced and dragged-out with so many eye-rolling “Hollywood” twists that … Continue reading
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Tagged action, jason-bateman, movie-review, neeson, netflix, taron-egerton, thriller, tsa
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Movie Review: Dumb action gets dumber, “Get Fast”
“Stupid is as stupid does,” and stupid’s entirely the point of “Get Fast,” a dumber-than-dumb action pic that sets out to prove how much movie you can make with pretty much no script at all. Catch-phrases and stock characters, a … Continue reading
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Tagged action, b-movie, crime, lou-diamond-phillips, movie-review
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Movie Review: Beckinsale’s a CIA agent blackmailed into killing her way to “Canary Black”
The main draw of a genre film is the promise of cinematic comfort food. A faintly Byzantine plot, some solid action beats delivered by genre veterans in front of and behind the camera and a few pithy turns of phrase … Continue reading
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Tagged action, amazon-movies, croatia, film, horror, kate-beckinsale, movies, ray-stevenson, slovenia
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Movie Review: Liam in Winter — “Absolution”
Any grace notes 70something Liam Neeson brings to his aging and about to become infirm man of action in “Absolution” are pretty much overwhelmed by cliches, loose ends and overreaches in a sloppily pieced-together screenplay. Character motivation and the hasty … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Kinnaman’s a cop who goes Deaf and Faces his most Perilous Case — “The Silent Hour”
I swear, there must be an “example” screenplay in every film school’s Screenwriting 201 textbook, one with “dirty cops” who must be overcome, outsmarted and above all else SUSPECTED in a thriller that hopes to deliver a second or third … Continue reading
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