Posts Tagged ‘Pedro Pascal’
Film Review – Triple Frontier
In Wall Street (1987), Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko uttered the famous line, “Greed…is good.” What he failed to mention is that greed also comes with a price. That’s the hard lesson that befalls our protagonists in Triple Frontier (2019). This is the tale of five…
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Film Review – The Equalizer 2
Remakes of old TV shows have long been a kind of investment safety net for Hollywood. They get to take something with built in brand recognition, an already established outline of a concept or story, and often premade characters that they can simply recast. Whether…
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Film Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The idea behind the Kingsman franchise, partly, was to lampoon the spy thrillers of yesteryear, most notably the Bond films. We see a lot of the same kind of tropes: the stylish suits, the fancy gadgets, the quirky bad guys, etc. This also includes the…
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Film Review – The Great Wall
Arrows flying, 4 legged CGI monsters, gleaming well-polished primary colored armor, more arrows, horses, more CGI, still more arrows, beards, intense staring, Taiko drums, yet still more slow-motion arrows… Perhaps China’s most famous structure was built and used for various purposes over hundreds of years.…
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Film Review – Bloodsucking Bastards
Pretty much all I want to do in my life is play board games, read books, and watch horror movies. I intersperse these things with other activities such as eating, making stuff, and interacting with my family, but that’s what is most likely on my…
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