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Logan (2017) Movie Review

December 16, 2017 Steve Baqqi
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After the success of Deadpool, Fox Studios suddenly got the nerve to allow the superheroes in its stable to be placed in R-rated films. Wolverine was the next logical choice. Despite some hit or miss sequels and reboots, terrible prequels, and one decent stand-alone film, the X-Men film franchise, and Wolverine, in particular, have always been bankable. Always repressing unfathomable rage, a living weapon with unbreakable razor claws protruding from his fists, Wolverine is tailor-made for a violent R-rated action romp.  James Mangold directed the last successful standalone Wolverine film, aptly titled The Wolverine, and was given the creative reins for what could be Hugh Jackman’s final portrayal. Hugh Jackman has been faithfully reprising his role as Wolverine for seventeen years now and was ready to call it quits. Fan favorite, Patrick Stewart, was also brought back to play Professor X and the film is all the better for it. The result? A somber, neo-noir western that works as a perfect sendoff for both Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and their respective characters. Logan skillfully integrates visceral action with gut-wrenching emotionality and bleak fatalism.

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Tags Logan, 2017, Movie Review, Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds, Wolverine, X-men, James Mangold, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Professor Xavier, Fox Studios, Disney, Western, Neo Noir, Dystopian, Dysfunctional Family, Violence, Graphic Violence, Crime, Murder, Action, The Dark Knight
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Suburbicon (2017) Movie Review

November 13, 2017 Steve Baqqi
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What comes to mind when you think of the 1950s? The Cold War, Sputnik, McCarthyism, post-war prosperity? Cheerful suburban home life following white flight from America’s cities, white picket fences, housewives with towering hairdos, and friendly neighbors? Or maybe we have come to see through the facade of an all-inclusive, welcoming community; a fragile edifice pitched during a time when racism, segregation, and housing district redlining were still running rampant. Suburbicon attempts to tackle these romantic anachronisms of the mid-20th century to reveal the violent torrent of racism and paranoia that lurked underneath, threatening to explode into chaos and social upheaval. Unfortunately, the movie is a god-awful mess that fails to provide any of these topics proper examination.

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Tags Suburbicon, 2017, Cold War, Sputnik, Racism, Segregation, Paranoia, Crime, Murder, Thriller, Bad Movie, Gardner Lodge, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Coen Brothers, Julianne Moore, Movie Review, Oscar Isaac
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War Dogs (2016) Movie Review

September 15, 2016 Steve Baqqi

Todd Phillips knows how to make a comedy about man-children who are unwilling or unable to grow up. Old School, The Hangover, and Due Date are all testament to Phillip’s uncanny ability to explore this arrested development. In War Dogs, Phillips attempts to move on to more serious fare, yet he can’t seem to leave behind the comfort of his comedic roots. As a result, War Dogs is a half comedy, and half Lord of War ripoff fused together into something that is neither wholly compelling, nor all that horrible either.

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Tags War Dogs, 2016, Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Todd Phillips, Old School, The Hangover, Due Date, Lord of War, David Packouz, Efraim Diveroli, Arms Dealer, Gunrunning, Crime, Violence, Military, Pain and Gain, M*A*S*H, The Big Short, Military Industrial Complex, Pentagon
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The Infiltrator (2016) Movie Review

September 7, 2016 Steve Baqqi

Is there anything Bryan Cranston can’t do? I mean seriously, after appearing as everyone’s favorite meth kingpin, he’s been given a blank check to do whatever he wants. He’s generally starred in terrible dreck the past couple of years like Red Tails, John Carter, Rock of Ages, Total Recall, Godzilla, and Madagascar 3 but everyone gave these a pass; because come on! He is the one who knocks! Besides, he paid his dues for years with Malcolm in the Middle, and all it takes is just one Trumbo to remind us who we’re dealing with. Having said all that Cranston is one of the few good things about The Infiltrator, a boring, clichéd, undercover drug drama.

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Tags The Infiltrator, Bryan Cranston, 2016, Narcos, Sicario, Black Mass, 1980s, Pablo Escobar, Medellin Cartel, Undercover Cop Drama, Drug Thriller, Crime, Bob Muesella, Robert Mazur, Roberto Alcaino, Benjamin Bratt, Emir Abreu, John Leguizamo
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The Purge: Election Year (2016) Movie Review

July 24, 2016 Steve Baqqi

The Purge has always been an extremely in your face franchise. The first Purge, to paraphrase MovieBob, was a brilliant idea that was utterly wasted on a silly home invasion movie. It’s sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, (remember Yahtzee’s formula from Independence Day: Regurgence) took the basic idea and setting and turned it into a graphic, intense, revenge action flick. Frank Grillo starred as Sergeant Leo Barnes, part Urban Rambo part Charles Bronson- Death Wish style baby. It was a massive improvement over the original, and par for the course was extremely over the top with its themes and graphic violence. The third sequel, The Purge: Election Year, wisely follows in its predecessor's footsteps by continuing to focus on Leo Barnes and using the extremely tense current (2016) election year as its political backdrop.

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Tags The Purge: Election Year, 2016, The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, MovieBob, Independence Day: Resurgence, Graphic Violence, Intense Violence, Action, Frank Grillo, Sergeant Leo Barnes, Rambo, Charles Bronson, Death Wish, Sequel, Political Satire, New Founding Fathers of America, NFFA, Charlie Roan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Minister Edwidge Owens, Kyle Secor, Joe Dixon, Mykelti Williamson, James DeMonaco, Conspiracy, Hyper Violence, American Society, Crime, Murder
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