Posts Tagged ‘The Purge’
Film Review – The Forever Purge
The entire Purge series has rested on one central idea: What would happen if, for a single night, all crime were made legal? The argument is that many people, if allowed to get away with murder, theft, vandalism, arson, etc., would gleefully participate to release their pent-up…
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Film Review – The Purge: Election Year
Man I wish these movies were better. This series is a repeating exercise in frustration. There is potential here for making a trenchant, biting, incisive commentary on American society. And there are germs of good ideas in The Purge series. But they are so underutilized…
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Film Review – The Purge: Anarchy
I re-watched last year’s The Purge on HBO recently and was immediately reminded of what drove me so crazy about it the first time around. Outside of the fact that it ultimately boiled down to a run-of-the-mill home invasion flick, therefore mostly excusing its admittedly…
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DVD Rundown 10-8-2013 – Video Podcast #280
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for October 8th, 2013. In this episode they discuss Much Ado About Nothing, After Earth, The Purge and I Married A Witch.
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Getaway – Video Podcast #275
In honor of its release, Spencer and Greg take a look at Getaway, its director Courtney Solomon and stars Ethan Hawke & Selena Gomez.
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Film Review – The Purge
The Purge is an ugly, vile, and miserable film that essentially argues that all humans are evil. It hides behind the guise of social satire, but doesn’t have anything insightful to say. Instead, whatever message it has gets bogged down by a ludicrous home invasion…
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