MJVmovieMan
Cinema Addict - 1839 Film Ratings
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007
Bio: I love movies. I currently write full-length reviews over at www.walkingtaco.com, a great site where I and several other writers review movies new and old. Check us out and leave us comments!
I use Criticker, an excellent quick-review site, to manage and keep track of all the films I see that I may not have a chance to review in full-length on my site.
I use Criticker, an excellent quick-review site, to manage and keep track of all the films I see that I may not have a chance to review in full-length on my site.
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| 60 31% | Shazam! (2019) - Apr 08, 2021
"I wanted to like this movie a lot more than I did."
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| 65 37% | The Old Guard (2020) - Apr 08, 2021
"It's watchable silliness, nothing more or less."
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| 58 28% | Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - Apr 08, 2021
"A campy 80s throwback could have been fun, but WW84 instead discards most of its time period setting (you would barely know this is 1984), and tries to be both silly and world-ending, and it never really succeeds at either, and it ends up just being way too darn long to end up with so darn little. Good performances from Gadot and Pedro Pascal."
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| 68 41% | The Irishman (2019) - Apr 08, 2021
"While I'll need another viewing, the elongated story doesn't sport the edge or intensity of Goodfellas, nor does it offer the same level of character development that Scorsese excels at. There's a lot going on, but not a lot of genuine reason to care. The acting is great, the special effects are wonky, and there's a truly satisfying film in here somewhere."
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| 79 77% | Extraction (2020) - Apr 08, 2021
"Wall-to-wall action, well-choreographed, and a bit too brutal for its own good. Less sadism and more Tyler Rake could certainly boost further installments, for what is otherwise a terrifically staged action film."
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| 70 46% | Coming to America (1988) - Apr 08, 2021 |
| 70 46% | Unhinged (2020) - Apr 08, 2021
"Russell Crowe does his damndest to elevate an otherwise TV-thriller, and he succeeds."
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| 55 25% | Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) - Apr 08, 2021
"I don't think this strained franchise is for me, as none of the installments have quite hit the mark. For the city-smashing battles, this is worth a look; but the storyline is in shambles, the characters nothing more than functional, and there's not anything other than some impressive special effects."
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| 65 37% | Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - Dec 21, 2019
"Star Wars: The Chase for Macguffins. Episode IX is fine except for the fact that there isn't much of a story. Questions are answered and resolution is here aplenty, but the 'story' is a frantic quest after quest for a trinket, a translation, or a new character that can help with something. The emotional weight of the original trilogy - a son trying to save his father's soul - is absent here. This is a watchable, albeit rushed, movie for sure, but it also renders this new trilogy as unnecessary."
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| 70 46% | Bumblebee (2018) - May 08, 2019 |
