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Film Review: The Accountant

[Note: There are spoilers below. This is a film that has been out awhile, but caveat lector all the same.] In The Accountant, a film from 2016 that I just got around to seeing on my flight from LAX to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Napoleon

Napoleon was a bad movie, but it was a bad movie of a specific kind that is quite rare. It is probably a disadvantage when it comes to enjoying this film to come to it with a high degree of … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

I must admit that I was a bit surprised when I heard that this film was being released. Having enjoyed the first three books of the Hunger Games series (the main trilogy) and the four books that were made from … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Chevalier

Even by the low standard of historical films when it comes to historical accuracy, this film is pretty pathetic. The film’s existence, and certainly its design, owes more to the political requirements of the contemporary left than it does to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Batman

Starring Robert Pattinson as the third man in recent years, at least, to play the caped crusader, and Zoe Kravit as Selina Kyle (aka the Catwoman), this movie is a generally very good and very complicated picture of the titular … Continue reading

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