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Fantastic Four (2005)

Posted on June 25, 2010 by David DeMoss
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I’ll be honest with you: I never gave a toss about the Fantastic Four. I know that’s heresy to a certain number of nerds and I don’t care. Their family comradeship, good natured bickering, and overriding message of wholesomeness never … Continue reading →

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Avatar (2009)

Posted on May 27, 2010 by David DeMoss
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James Cameron lost something sometime in the middle nineties. I don’t know what it was but I know where it went: into Terminator 2, the last good film to bear Jim’s name, the place where his wave crested. It had … Continue reading →

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Posted on March 20, 2004 by David DeMoss
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The next industry Uncle Tom who calls Alan Moore out for his righteous hatred of Hollywood need only look at this train wreck. Do that, and understand that the pain you feel is nothing compared to what it might be … Continue reading →

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Alien (1979)

Posted on December 28, 2003 by David DeMoss
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There are three films, more so than any other, that typify modern genre cinema. Ken Begg calls them “template” films, and while that’s a darn good phrase it falls short of describing the true end result of Hollywood’s slavish corpse … Continue reading →

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X2: X-Men United (2003)

Posted on December 4, 2003 by David DeMoss
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I went into this farce with no expectations.  In case you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a natural pessimist. So much of a pessimist I was prepared to write X2 off completely, like all the idiots I criticize … Continue reading →

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Fight Club (1999)

Posted on December 11, 2000 by David DeMoss
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Well, the first rule is, I’m not supposed to talk about it…and the second rule is, I’m not supposed to talk about it…and the third rule is…

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Independence Day (1996)

Posted on January 29, 1999 by David DeMoss
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Roger Ebert called this “an inheritor of the 1950s flying saucer genre”…though, for the life of me, I can only think of two films that match Independence Day‘s sheer destructive gluttony. The mid-90s will go down in history as a … Continue reading →

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