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The director's cut of the 2017 movie Justice League was released for streaming last week, all four hours of it. I watched it over several evenings, grateful that Snyder chose to have labeled acts that made it easy to pause. I don't often bother with director cuts of movies I've already seen. Historically they usually … Continue reading Zack Snyder’s Justice League
First, I like this model where movies are released for streaming concurrently with the theater release. As someone who rarely goes to the theater anymore, and usually just waits for the movie to come out on streaming anyway, it's a very cool change. I know Warner Brothers is taking a lot of heat from people … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984
I saw it this weekend. I will say that it's an enjoyable and entertaining movie. But it's something of a logical mess. I'm not spoiling much by saying that time travel features in the story. Early in the movie, there's discussion about how lame movie treatments of time travel typically are. (Back to the Future … Continue reading Avengers: Endgame
Last night I did something I rarely do anymore, saw a movie in theater right when it was released: Captain Marvel. As Marvel movies go, it was typical: lots of action, special effects, heart warming moments, and laughs. Marvel / Disney really seems to have the formula for general entertainment down. You don't come out … Continue reading Captain Marvel
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