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Armageddon (1998)

Michael Bay has survived every epithet in the Movie Critic’s Mean Word Handbook. We’ve called him a “hack” and a “bullshit artist.” We’ve called him “the Devil,” “the Antichrist,” and even honored him with the title “American Uwe Boll.” All … Continue reading

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Star Trek (2009)

I knew this would happen, if for no other reason than that this is the eleventh motion picture in the Star Trek franchise/canon. Good Trekies will know exactly what I mean by this broad, sweeping generalization. Ever since William Shatner … Continue reading

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Cloverfield (2008)

I feel remiss letting the one big budget, theatrically released daikaiju movie of 2008 pass by without comment. I have no illusions about the utility of these comments, however. Every fan on the Internet has already seen the film and … Continue reading

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