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Capsule Reviews: Personal Shopper; Hounds of Love; Okja; What Happened to Monday; Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Posted on 15 Dec 201714 Mar 2018 by Lackey
Capsule Reviews: December 2017, Part 2

Capsule reviews of Okja, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and more

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged action movies, Australian movies, Episode VIII, French movies, horror movies, Hounds of Love, independent movies, Okja, Personal Shopper, psychological thrillers, science fiction, Star Wars, The Last Jedi, What Happened to Monday1 Comment

Capsule Reviews: November 2017

Posted on 1 Dec 201710 Jan 2018 by Lackey
Capsule Reviews: November 2017

This month: Justice League, Baby Driver, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and more

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged action movies, Baby Driver, Bitch, crime dramas, horror movies, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, independent movies, Justice League, Swedish movies, The Square, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Zack SnyderLeave a comment

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted on 28 Jan 201613 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The novelty of combining classic romance fiction with horror elements can only carry the film so far.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Burr Steers, Charles Dance, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Matt Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, romance, zombies1 Comment

Sicario

Posted on 1 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from SICARIO.

Sicario isn't just a crime drama. It's a meditation on how to preserve morality in an environment where morality doesn't exist.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Benicio del Toro, crime dramas, Denis Villenueve, Emily Blunt, independent movies, Josh Brolin, Sicario, thrillers1 Comment

Self/less

Posted on 22 Jul 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Ryan Reynolds stars in SELF/LESS.

It may lack ambition and fail to follow up on its more intriguing premises, but as an action-thriller it's entertaining and boosted by fine performances.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Ben Kingsley, Ryan Reynolds, science fiction, Self/less, Tarsem Singh1 Comment

The Guest

Posted on 19 Jan 20157 Nov 2016 by Lackey
The Guest

A fresh, exciting action thriller with a retro vibe

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Adam Wingard, AJ Bowen, Dan Stevens, independent movies, Simon Barrett, The Guest, thrillersLeave a comment

Snowpiercer

Posted on 22 Sep 201418 Oct 2016 by Lackey
John Hurt, Chris Evans and Jamie Bell star in SNOWPIERCER.

If there's any justice in the universe, history will remember Snowpiercer as its generation's equivalent of The Matrix.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Chris Evans, dystopia, independent movies, John Hurt, Joon-ho Bong, science fiction, Snowpiercer, South Korean movies, Tilda SwintonLeave a comment

Oldboy

Posted on 26 Aug 201418 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Josh Brolin stars in OLDBOY

The bad news is that Oldboy is a typical pointless American remake. The good news is that it's a decent one--not remarkable, but at least entertaining, particularly if you can keep yourself from constantly comparing it to the original. Which, let's face facts here, you're not going to be able to do.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, crime dramas, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Oldboy, revenge, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee3 Comments

Attack the Block

Posted on 19 May 20144 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, and Franz Drameh in ATTACK THE BLOCK.

Clever dialogue, well-drawn characters and a vivid setting help create an action-horror-comedy that works

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Attack the Block, British movies, horror movies, independent movies, Joe Cornish, John Boyega, monster movies, Nick Frost, teen horror1 Comment

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