Posts Tagged ‘Robert Downey Jr.’
Film Review – Brats
The term “Brat Pack” comes with a host of different meanings. For many movie fans, it represents a wave of actors in their early 20s who took Hollywood by storm in the 1980s. As the film industry transitioned out of the ‘70s, so did the…
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Top 15 Films of 2023 – Allen’s Picks
2023 was marked by two historic labor strikes from the writers (WGA) and actors guilds (SAG-AFTRA). The strikes put a halt on American film and television work for months, as the two unions battled with studios over wages, streaming compensation, health benefits, likeness rights, artificial…
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Film Review – Dolittle (2020)
Dolittle (2020) is the kind of middle-of-the-road film that is frustrating to write about. On one hand, it’s not remarkable enough to jump over the moon and sing its praises. On the other, it’s just competent enough to provide some level of entertainment. It’s the…
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Film Review – Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame (2019) is the most “superhero movie” superhero movie ever made. It’s a sprawling culmination of a decade’s worth of characters and storyline development. Throughout its three-hour runtime, it exhibits both the positive and negative aspects of the genre on a massive scale. Credit…
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Film Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Somehow Sony Pictures has conned us into being interested in the third reboot (not remake) of the Spider-Man superhero films. What began in 2002 with Tobey Maguire and is sandwiched with Andrew Garfield in 2012, we now have Tom Holland in 2017 taking over the…
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Film Review – Captain America: Civil War
It is hard to review a film like Captain America: Civil War, since it might be arguably the most critic-proof movie of the year. Critics are already heaping praise on it, and I’m not going waste your time posturing like I disagree. It is an incredibly…
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Film Review – Fantastic Four
Ugh. Especially in a world where even the most diehard fan feels superhero movie fatigue we don’t have time to waste on a lackluster project that plays loose with the source material and doesn’t even have the passion to limp across it’s own finish line.…
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Film Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon appears to be of two sides with Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). On one end, the writing and direction has a deeper focus on emotionality and character development. On the other, is the requirement placed by Marvel to provide a large-scale extravaganza while…
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