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Tag: James McAvoy

‘It Chapter Two’ review — Once a loser, always a loser

HorrorKarl DelossantosSeptember 9, 20191
it chapter two
It Chapter Two finds the members of the "Loser Club" returning to their hometown to face Pennywise one last time 30-second review: Rather than adding onto and complementing the first movie, It Chapter Two feels bogged down by it. Director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman try to make the movie funnier, scarier, more intense,…
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‘Dark Phoenix’ movie review — The X-Men civil war

ActionKarl DelossantosJune 5, 20191
DARK PHOENIX
Dark Phoenix finds the X-Men fighting each other as they try to save Jean Grey — and the world — from herself 30-second review: There’s something off about nearly every element of Dark Phoenix. The dialogue is overly-written to the point that you can predict a line before it’s said, the performances are unmotivated, the story…
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‘Glass’ review — Wild, ambitious, and confounding

Movie ReviewsKarl DelossantosJanuary 21, 20191
Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy, and Bruce Willis in GLASS
Glass is a wildly ambitious conclusion to M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy that succeeds and fails in many ways.  Glass — the finale of M. Night Shyamalan’s surprise Unbreakable trilogy — is ambitious and wild. It works completely in some aspects and fails in others. But I’m glad that it exists. Shyamalan took the initiative and self-financed the film,…
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‘Split’ review — James McAvoy gives the performance of his career

HorrorKarl DelossantosJanuary 20, 2017
James McAvoy and Betty Buckley in Split
Split is an incredibly tense and well-made thriller that features fantastic performances by James McAvoy and Anya Taylor Joy. M. Night Shyamalan is back, for better or worst. The last Shyamalan movie I watched was 2008's The Happening, so you could understand my hesitance going into this movie. Although I heard mostly good things about his last…
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Atomic Blonde review — Charlize Theron is the action hero we need

ActionKarl DelossantosAugust 7, 2017
Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is a fun, 80s romp of an action movie with a performance announcing Charlize Theron as our next great action heroine There’s a scene about two-thirds of the way through Atomic Blonde that can only be summed up as “that scene.” It’s the scene that will stick with you at the end movie. At…
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