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The Falcon & the Winter Soldier&
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March 18, 2021

“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” flies steady but lacks heat

It remains to be seen if Marvel's latest TV spinoff can capture audiences' attention as well as its predecessor.
Outside the Wire&
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January 13, 2021

“Outside the Wire” is a droning, ideologically confused sci-fi thriller

The Netflix Action Movie Industrial Complex continues abated with a deeply mediocre military thriller that can't get a handle on its lukewarm critique of drones.
The Hurt Locker&
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November 21, 2020

“The Hurt Locker” told a starkly modern war story

Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar winning drama tossed aside the bombastic, jingoistic cliches of war pictures in favor of something more chilling.
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October 23, 2020

“Synchronic” sends Anthony Mackie through twisty, satisfying sci-fi thrills

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson continue their hot streak of inventive, idiosyncratic science fiction with a refreshingly heartfelt time-travel thriller.
Seberg&
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May 16, 2020

“Seberg” is a political thriller with no real point of view

Benedict Andrews' retelling of FBI's pursuit of the French New Wave star under the Hoover administration relies far too heavily on broad stokes.
Avengers Endgame&
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April 26, 2020

“Avengers: Endgame” is nothing short of a miracle

The culmination of Marvel's 11-year gameplan is a cinematic juggling act whose success is an unlikely achievement.
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April 18, 2020

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Saw the MCU Grow Up

It's not perfect, but the Russo brothers' conspiracy-thriller take on the MCU turned its eye inward to the more explicitly political.
She Hate Me“
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March 24, 2020

“She Hate Me” Has Spike Lee Shooting Blanks

Spike Lee's hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink - income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service - and none of it sticks.
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January 21, 2019

IO Review: Netflix Blandly Limps Through the Apocalypse

Netflix's latest sci-fi drama is as lifeless as the polluted future Earth of its setting.
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April 24, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War Review: Marvel’s Ambitious, Risky Magnum Opus

Marvel’s culmination of their decade-long cinematic experiment stays afloat by sheer virtue of goodwill and charisma, and provides more than enough surprises to keep the..