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Monkey Man Is No John Wick. But It’s Invigorating, Politically Potent Action Cinema.
If you were hoping Monkey Man would be the next John Wick, well, star, co-writer, and director Dev Patel knows. And the movie makes it amusingly clear that he knows what you were hoping for. Early in the movie, his character, an unnamed young man who earns money fighting in underground bare-knuckle matches, walks into […]
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Is Epically, Enjoyably Stupid
Hollywood, it seems, has empires on the mind. Last week saw the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. This week brings Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. There’s no Star Wars movie on the release calendar, but the empire, it seems, is striking back. It’s not just empires, though, it’s primates. Next month, theaters will play […]