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Year in Review: 2018 on Thomas J! (Part 2 of 2)

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In Part 2, we finish up the year (July thru December) in movie reviews, my seventh (technically sixth full-year) since first joining WordPress back in 2011. (Click here or just scroll your happy self to the bottom of this post if you missed Part 1!) The back half of 2018 found Thomas J putting up … Continue reading Year in Review: 2018 on Thomas J! (Part 2 of 2)

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Skyscraper

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Release: Friday, July 13, 2018 →Theater Written by: Rawson Marshall Thurber Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber  There's no ignoring the fact the star of Skyscraper, a veritable homage to one of cinema's greatest action reels, once donned a sacrificial lion's head as battle gear in a movie directed by Brett Ratner about the god Hercules. Earlier this summer, he … Continue reading Skyscraper

The Commuter

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Release: Friday, January 12, 2018 →Theater Written by: Byron Willinger; Philip de Blasi; Ryan Engle Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra The Commuter is the fourth time director Jaume Collet-Serra and Liam Neeson have teamed up to deliver you the questionable goods. Sure, it was Pierre Morel's Taken that discovered the fountain of ass-kicking youth within the 66-year-old actor, but it's Serra … Continue reading The Commuter

Atomic Blonde

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Release: Friday, July 28, 2017 →Theater Written by: Kurt Johnstad Directed by: David Leitch Perhaps the only thing you really need to know about Atomic Blonde is that it bears the insignia of one David Leitch, a certifiable jack-of-all-trades whose résumé includes numerous actor, producer and assistant director credits. His directorial experience unofficially includes a joint effort with Chad Stahelski … Continue reading Atomic Blonde

Decades Blogathon – The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

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Don’t forget to check out Michael’s stunning piece on The Outlaw Josey Wales, featured over on Three Rows Back! Thanks everyone!

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Featured Image -- 58371976 2It’s day four of the Decades Blogathon – 6 edition – hosted by myself and the awesome Tom from Digital Shortbread. The blogathon focuses on movies that were released in the sixth year of the decade. Tom and I will run a different entry each day (we’ll also reblog the other’s post); and this typically first class review of Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey Wales is written by Michael’s It Rains… You Get Wet.

Senator: “The war’s over. Our side won the war. Now we must busy ourselves winning the peace. And Fletcher, there’s an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils.”
Fletcher: “There’s another old saying, Senator: Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining.”

Words like “unexpected”, or at the very least, “unanticipated” could well have described actor Clint Eastwood’s sixth effort as a film director. Though the ‘western’ was what…

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Keanu

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Release: Friday, April 29, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Jordan Peele; Alex Rubens Directed by: Peter Atencio The Cat in the Hat. Garfield. Sylvester. Mewtwo. Mr. Bigglesworth. Shere Khan. These are but a few of the world's most famous felines. You can go ahead and add Keanu to this prestigious list, because he's the best thing about a full-length movie that's kinda-sorta-but-not-really-at-all … Continue reading Keanu

Deadpool

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Release: Friday, February 12, 2016 [Theater] Written by: Rhett Reese; Paul Wernick Directed by: Tim Miller I hope someone is going to pay for it, because that fourth wall is destroyed. And I know Ryan Reynolds ain't gonna put up the money, even if he is about to make millions upon millions with this future franchise. STOP! READERS! … Continue reading Deadpool