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Category: Action

From John Wick to Atomic Blonde, get your adrenaline rush with one of these action movies!

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ helps us grieve together | review

ActionKarl DelossantosNovember 8, 20221
Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2022 MARVEL.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever follows the nation as it navigates grief, politics, and new enemies after the death of King T'Challa. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is closer to a drama meditating on loss and grief than it is a comic book movie. Even when those elements come in, they're tied into the plot. The tone…
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In ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ war has never looked worse and never looked better | TIFF review

ActionMatthew Huff and Karl DelossantosSeptember 27, 2022
Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front. Courtesy of TIFF.

All Quiet on the Western Front, the second adaptation of the novel of the same name, follows a group of young soldiers that learn the hard way that war is hell

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‘Beast’ roars for your attention | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosAugust 18, 2022
Idris Elba as Nathan in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.
In Beast, a doctor and his two young daughters find themselves at the wrong end of a lion's taste for vengeance as they become trapped in the South African bush Over the running time of Beast, wildlife biologist and animal sanctuary protector Martin (Sharlto Copley) remarks a few times that what is happening isn't normal.…
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‘Prey’ gives The Predator new life | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosAugust 4, 20221
(L-R): Amber Midthunder as Naru and Dane DeLiegro as the Predator in 20th Century Studios' PREY, exclusively on Hulu. Photo by David Bukach. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

A young Native American woman in the 1700s hunts down a vicious other-worldly predator terrorizing her tribe’s land. Or is it hunting her?

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ leans into weirdness and queerness | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosJuly 7, 2022
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder. Courtesy of Disney.

In his fourth solo outing, Thor: Love and Thunder finds Thor and Valkyrie align with an unlikely new hero to take down a villain with a taste for revenge.

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ brings horror to the MCU | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosMay 3, 202217
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Doctor Strange has to go up against his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff in order to save a young girl and the fabric of the multiverse Don't worry, Sam Raimi fans. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fully goes horror—jump scares, body horror, a smattering of diabolical kills and all. It's a Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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‘The Northman’ goes south | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 25, 2022
Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman. Courtesy of Focus Features.

Years after witnessing his father’s murder, a Viking prince goes on a rampage across Scandinavia to avenge his death and save his mother.

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A movie like ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ has never existed before | SXSW review

ActionKarl DelossantosMarch 12, 2022
Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Courtesy of A24.

In Everything Everywhere All At Once, an unremarkable Chinese-American woman finds out that the fate of the multiverse lies in her hands.

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‘Children of Men’ is as relevant today as ever | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosFebruary 14, 2020
Children of Men movie review
Children of Men is a prescient look at a dystopia where no new children have been born in 18 years, leading to chaos in society Children of Men is perhaps the definitive movie of the first two decades of the 21st century as a prescient look at our potential future. Powered by JustWatch What’s stunning…
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‘Dune’ is a spectacle that gets lost in a sandstorm | TIFF movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosSeptember 12, 2021
House Atreides is tasked with controlling the mining operation on the dangerous desert planet of Dune, but what they don't know is political intrigue is afoot On the surface, Dune is ambitious and thrilling. However, it feels like a good movie that flirts with greatness but never quite gets there. Though it's stunningly made and…
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