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Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Bill Clark — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:18:00 +0000

The law of diminishing returns strikes big-time in Avengers: Age of Ultron, an overstuffed mess of one-note characters, gaudy, incomprehensible CGI, and really, really bad one-liners. It’s so unexpected that you almost forget how fresh The Avengers was three short years ago, and what a welcome reprieve it was from the… Continue reading

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Bill Clark — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:00:07 +0000

In a sea of sameness, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World emerges as a fine work of originality and energy. It merges everything that twenty-to-early-thirty-something men have ever loved in life: video games, crazy action, humor, and the pursuit of women. While the core story is hardly anything special, director Edgar… Continue reading

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Street Kings (2008)

Bill Clark — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:00:08 +0000

It’s going to take a mound of evidence to convince me that Street Kings isn’t a parody. The film is entertaining, yes, but that often comes with police dramas laced with over-the-top tough-guy dialogue, brute violence, and a penchant for implausible plot twists. We know that director David Ayer and… Continue reading

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Bill Clark — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:00:21 +0000

The original Fantastic Four had very little to offer, and this sequel has even less. That the first film was such a box office success came as a surprise to me at the time, but in hindsight 2005 was probably the apex of the comic book adaptation craze. The past… Continue reading

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