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Tag Archives: JJ Abrams
I hate comic book movies (d’you think it shows?)
This movie sucks (and so do you) Whatever happened to scholarship, whatever happened to standards? Why are there no good, reliable movie critics these days? Where have you gone, Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris? We miss you Manny Farber and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, classic cinema, comic book movie, film, film review, movie, movie review, superhero movies
Tagged blockbusters, book excerpt, Cinema, film, film reviewers, I hate comic book movies, JJ Abrams, Joss Whedon, Mouth: Rants & Routines, movies, Rotten Tomatoes, superhero movies
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Stupid movies for stupid people
Three cheers for Mark Kermode. In a recent article on Britain’s Guardian newspaper site, he writes about the sorry state of contemporary cinema and, I think, lays the blame where it properly belongs: the average film-goer. The blockbuster mentality didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, film, film review, movie
Tagged "Another Year", "Jaws, "Star Wars", Alex Kurtzman, best and worst movies, blockbuster movies, contemporary cinema, George Lucas, Guardian newspaper, JJ Abrams, Mark Kermode, Michael Bay, new movies, Roberto Orci, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, Transformers, Tree of Life, Zack Snyder
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