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  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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    With all the hype surrounding Civil War, I decided to revisit this, and found myself enjoying it much more than I remember liking it the first time around. Sure, Batroc with a Quebec accent still bugs me to no end, and I still think Scarlett Johansson is goddawful as the Black Widow, but the rest…

  • The Bourne Identity

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    I love the Bourne movies so damn much – well, the original trilogy at least – and so I’m hyped to the max for the Jason Bourne movie this summer (much more than anything else coming out this year, other than Rogue One). After seeing the trailer last week for the new film, it got…

  • Godzilla

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    Finally got around to finishing this – I say finish because I actually started watching it a year ago, and then just kinda stopped 15-20 minutes in, at the point where the family stuff is happening. I really get so bored with family stuff in big action/disaster flicks, just get on with the destruction already.…

  • Bridge of Spies

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    This movie is so infuriating. Don’t get me wrong, it’s really good, and I did enjoy watching it, but the portrayal of the US government in the dealings with the “spy” are so frustrating to see. We all expect this sort of thing to happen (turning a blind eye to legalities when it doesn’t suit the…

  • Deadpool

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    So I finally got around to watching this, and I think it’s my favorite super-hero movie (previously it was either the first Iron Man or The Dark Knight). I’m not even a fan of the character – although I’m quite familiar with him, I remember when he was created back in the 90s by Liefeld,…

  • Wolf Children

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    I don’t even know where to start when describing how much I loved this movie. As I mentioned the other day, I’m going through Mamoru Hosoda’s movies (I’d only previously seen Summer Wars), and this, well, this is just one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. I can’t say that the quality of…

  • Insidious: Chapter 2

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    When I started watching this, I realized that I couldn’t really remember what had happened in the first one, but I did remember liking it. This though, it just tries too hard to establish some sort of “world” for the franchise, focusing too much on powers and the otherworld, instead of on creepiness and scares.…

  • The Visit

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    I really do want Shyamalan to make a good movie again, and The Visit does have some nice creepy moments, but alas it still falls short overall. The biggest annoyance for me was the setup of found footage (the daughter is making a documentary about what’s happening) which just feels so cliché and uninteresting these…

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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    I’ve been on a Ghibli run of late – the only film left to watch that I haven’t seen yet is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – but I decided to side track and go through the films of Mamoru Hosoda. The only film of his I’ve seen is Summer Wars, which I really…

  • When Marnie Was There

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    So this is the last Ghibli film we’ve gotten, for now, and although on the surface it doesn’t feel as strong as The Wind Rises, I was completely drawn into its story and atmosphere, and enjoyed it just as much as From Up on Poppy Hill, if not more. The main character is one of…