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Review of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 05 Feb 2020

It’s frustrating, though, to see a movie so tight and entertaining in its action and so gangly in exposition…

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Review of Gemini Man (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 09 Oct 2019

Gemini Man is a demo reel for some fancy new movie technology, an EPCOT attraction dressed up as an action flick…

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Review of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 27 Jun 2019

Throw in the earnest sweetness of Peter and MJ’s growing friendship, and Far From Home leaves us on as strong of a high as the low that its…

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Review of Men in Black: International (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 12 Jun 2019

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth’s chemistry and rookie/vet dynamic is almost enough to make you forget about the missed opportunity and…

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Review of Dark Phoenix (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 04 Jun 2019

It’s the worst of the bunch, a continuation of the franchise’s swan dive into joyless mediocrity, while managing to destroy any affection…

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Review of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 22 Apr 2019

The most shocking thing about Avengers: Endgame is that there are several moments within this colossal movie that feel like a Marvel miracle…

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Review of Hellboy (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 10 Apr 2019

While its nightmare visuals are stellar, the real villain of the movie is its rotten writing, which turns Hellboy into hanging action sequences…

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Review of Shazam! (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 23 Mar 2019

Shazam’s tale of orphans and wizardry is not perfect — Sivana is a stylish but ultimately forgettable menace — but it’s pretty close…

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Review of Captain Marvel (2019)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 05 Mar 2019

I was hoping for something higher, further, faster, and more…

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Review of Aquaman (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 11 Dec 2018

Aquaman’s greatest strength is its visual style…

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Review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 28 Nov 2018

With its risky visual storytelling and tender script, Into the Spider-Verse earns the greatest honor that one can bestow on a Spider-Man movie…

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Review of Venom (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 04 Oct 2018

It's not clear what precisely we've done to deserve this iteration of Venom and the hilariously goofy movie in which he stars, but it's a mixed…

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Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 08 Aug 2018

Crazy Rich Asians excels for reasons that go beyond its strides in representation…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 26 Jun 2018

Yet that prickly view of fatherhood is what I kept coming back to as the fizz of the movie faded away…

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Review of Ocean's Eight (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 04 Jun 2018

Ocean’s 8, at its most endearing, is a slick, glamorous romp that makes you yearn for three more hours with its impossibly charismatic crew…

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Review of Deadpool 2 (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 13 May 2018

A superhero movie so tightly made and brilliantly entertaining that even Deadpool himself would have trouble finding fault with it…

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Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 23 Apr 2018

Infinity War boasts the most breathtaking, audacious moment in superhero movie history, one that rocketed through my brain and tore apart everything…

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Review of Black Panther (2018)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 15 Feb 2018

Coogler and his talented cast and team tell a story that dazzles, one that dares its audience to dream of a world unrestrained by our own stifling…

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Review of Call Me by Your Name (2017)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 28 Nov 2017

It's the rare movie that dares to show us what unconditional love is, not just from romantic interests, but also from the people who love us…

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Review of Justice League (2017)

By Alex Abad-Santos (75) for Vox (725) on 15 Nov 2017

Justice League suffers from a mediocre, mismatched script that undercuts its characters. But Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller make it work for them…

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