A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan.
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 GUNN’S A-BLAZIN’ BUT HIS “SUPERMAN” JUST DOESN’T FLY

GUNN’S A-BLAZIN’ BUT HIS “SUPERMAN” JUST DOESN’T FLY

Filmmaker James Gunn may be a creative wunderkind and the man who made GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY into a multimillion-dollar franchise, but it’s shocking how so many of his ideas about the Man of [...]

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 THE HORROR INDIE “HOUSE OF ABRAHAM” IMPRESSES AND UNSETTLES

THE HORROR INDIE “HOUSE OF ABRAHAM” IMPRESSES AND UNSETTLES

I used to say that the most frightening part of writing Examiner horror movie reviews a decade ago was how so few films were genuinely scary. Despite a genre entry opening almost every weekend, [...]

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 “JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH” STRUGGLES MIGHTILY TO REINVIGORATE THE FRANCHISE

“JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH” STRUGGLES MIGHTILY TO REINVIGORATE THE FRANCHISE

The filmmakers behind the JURASSIC WORLD franchise give up the ghost in the first 10 minutes of this new sequel with the narrative telling us that dinosaurs are now passé in the modern world. It [...]

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 “M3GAN 2.0” IS FUNNY BUT NOT EXACTLY AN UPGRADE

“M3GAN 2.0” IS FUNNY BUT NOT EXACTLY AN UPGRADE

Why did the filmmakers make M3GAN a good guy for this sequel entitled M3GAN 2.0? Perhaps the filmmakers realized that a lot of the first film’s appeal had to do with the AI villain’s [...]

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 THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE ZOMBIE GENRE AFFECT “28 YEARS LATER”

THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE ZOMBIE GENRE AFFECT “28 YEARS LATER”

In the seminal 2002 horror film 28 DAYS LATER, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland turned the tired zombie film on its rotting head. The zombification of the population of England [...]

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 ANA IS DE ARMAS & DANGEROUS BUT “BALLERINA” BORES

ANA IS DE ARMAS & DANGEROUS BUT “BALLERINA” BORES

Remember in SUPERMAN (1978) when Lex Luthor described how “some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it’s a simple adventure story” whereas others can “read the ingredients on a [...]

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 DESPITE SOME VIVID SCARES, “BRING HER BACK” IS BALONEY

DESPITE SOME VIVID SCARES, “BRING HER BACK” IS BALONEY

Critics and audiences may be taken by the hooey that is BRING HER BACK, but it’s a poseur of a film, one that ignores its own internal logic and the logic of the real world, for that matter. It’s [...]

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 “M.I: THE FINAL RECKONING” BRINGS THE DRAMA, IF NOT ENOUGH HUMOR

“M.I: THE FINAL RECKONING” BRINGS THE DRAMA, IF NOT ENOUGH HUMOR

I’m on the record stating that for my money, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE is the best movie franchise because there isn’t a dog in the bunch (https://bit.ly/47gogF2). That cannot be said of [...]

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 IN “FIGHT OR FLIGHT” CRAZINESS IS FREE TO MOVE ABOUT THE CABIN

IN “FIGHT OR FLIGHT” CRAZINESS IS FREE TO MOVE ABOUT THE CABIN

FIGHT OR FLIGHT is a movie for audiences who thought BULLET TRAIN was too demure. Director James Madigan, who transitioned from heading up second units to helming the whole shebang, knows action [...]

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 DO YOURSELF “A SIMPLE FAVOR” – DON’T BOTHER WITH ITS SEQUEL

DO YOURSELF “A SIMPLE FAVOR” – DON’T BOTHER WITH ITS SEQUEL

The first rule for actors in a comedy? Don’t act like you’re in a comedy. That simple advice is lost on the cast in ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR. They run around, bellowing every utterance, [...]

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