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Establishing an elaborate sci-fi premise is easier than sustaining one. In
Wayward Pines’ finale last season, when Matt Dillon’s stalwart federal agent
Ethan Burke blew himself up to save his family (and, sure, the rest of
humanity), those left behind faced a future (we’re in the year 4000 or so) wh…
over 7 years ago
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Marauders is like a sophomoric college essay: It’s full of interesting ideas
that get bungled in the execution. Interspersed with some well-done robbery set
pieces, the film as a whole strives for unearned depth, dropping an entire
thesis about the nature of legality and ethics into a straightforwar…
over 7 years ago
avclub.com
Antibirth feels like a movie retrofitted to justify its climax. Ending with an
enjoyably gonzo gross-out sequence that’s the love child of David Cronenberg and
Takashi Miike, it spends the prior 90 minutes meandering through a series of
vignettes and confused half-justifications for the eventual des…
over 7 years ago
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