Tag: Action
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Review Showdown: The Gray Man (Netflix) vs. The Terminal List (Prime Video)
Yes, I know one of them is a movie and the other is a TV show. Thematically, though, the two properties are similar enough to warrant comparison: both stories are centered on laconic special forces types who are on the run after being betrayed by their superiors; the leading man has to rely on a…
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Review: Prey (2022) (Hulu)
Don’t you just hate it when the protagonist of your movie does action stuff while simultaneously having a vagina? It’s the worst thing since botulism. I actively felt my T-levels lowering while watching Prey, as if I was eating a sandwich made of estrogen and white guilt. I want my action films to be like…
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Review: Resident Evil (Netflix)
Remember when I opened up about my collection of Lance Reddick body pillows? I saw that as a fun way of connecting with my audience (and removing the stigma from gettin’ snuggly with Lance). What was the harm? Resident Evil was the harm. See, if I’m going to be able to show my face at…
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Tier List: James Bond Movie Titles
S TIER Thunderball – I fucking love this title. Maybe because it makes me think of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” the background track to one of my favorite drinking games. It also sounds like a euphemism for Pikachu’s ballsack. Octopussy – Objectively speaking, the best title in cinematic history. A TIER From Russia with Love –…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 6
Let’s pick the fly out of the ointment first: this episode’s timeline was fucked in half. Last we saw of Reva, she was lying on the floor of an abandoned hangar on some shitty dust planet with a broken lightsaber[1] and only a busted hologram of Jimmy Smits to keep her company. As awesome as…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 5
Hayden’s back, baby! Woo! I hit the air with a solid fist pump when he showed up at the top of the episode for a (flashback) lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan.[1] Enjoyable, certainly, despite the less-than-fantastic CGI de-aging effects used on both characters. The show’s editing, usually nothing to write home about, really stood out with…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 4
No other way to say it: Obi-Wan Kenobi had an unfortunate dip in quality this week. Not that the sets or CGI looked bad; rather, Part 4 was less engaging than previous installments because so much of it felt like something we’ve seen before. The “rescue a character from an Imperial base” plot has been…
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Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Part 3
This installment wastes little to no time in introducing Vader to the mix. I gotta say, the guy’s morning routine looks rough. And what if he has to piss in the middle of the night? That said, it is pretty metal that he hangs out on the same planet where he got high-grounded and turned…
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Review: Love, Death & Robots (Season 3)
Mild spoilers below. Three Robots: Exit Strategies My overall feelings about LDR’s second season were lukewarm…so seeing the three ‘bots from the very first episode of the series return for more darkly humorous adventures was a good sign. A bit of the intrinsic humor of the situation naturally wears off in a second installment, but…