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Review of Conan the Barbarian (2011)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 03 Nov 2018

The creative team had a unified vision, the talent on screen was strong, and the creator's vision was honored…

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Review of The Legend of Hercules (2014)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 03 Nov 2018

Visually dull and flat out ugly, Hercules apes the stylization of Zack Snyder's 300 to a troubling degree…

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Review of Killing Gunther (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

There are few things more cinematically painful than watching a cast work really hard to make you laugh and fail with consistency…

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Review of Small Town Crime (2018)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Loaded to the brim with colorful and interesting characters that burst from the page…

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Review of Justice League (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

I felt the pained sense of a blockbuster built by a committee, none of whom really knew what to do with this film…

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Review of Acts of Vengeance (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

I tend to value earnestness, and enjoyed watching one of my favorite action filmmakers continue on with his work even after a personal tragedy…

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Review of Bodied (2018)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

At worst, Bodied will entertain audiences in unique and timely ways…

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Review of Shock Wave (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

All Shock Wave really has going for it is scope and spectacle, which you can get in any big dumb American blockbuster, and Lau's upright handsomeness…

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Review of A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

The great strength of A Prayer Before Dawn is its relentless physicality and lurking camera which never shies away from any of the filth of…

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Review of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Inarguably one of the greatest sequels ever made, Terminator 2 builds itself upon a few key ideas that upend the audience's expectations and…

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Review of Le Samouraï (1967)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Minimal and breathtaking, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai features an icy and smoldering lead performance from one of the most beautiful…

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Review of Wheelman (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

The vision for the film is clear, and as Wheelman's priorities and plans crystalize, the movie shifts gears into a full-throated action/chase…

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Review of Dollar for the Dead (1998)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

A clear homage to the works of Sergio Leone, right down to the nameless hero, squinty-eyed standoffs, and reverent score, the film this is…

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Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

With a style so simultaneously reverent of the past and boundary pushing today, the genius of craft behind Blade Runner 2049 truly is its greatest…

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Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Taiki Waititi inserted his skill set and unique perspective as a Maori, created a commercially viable and wildly consumable product, and made…

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Review of Saving Private Ryan (1998)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Not simply a 1990s classic or among the better prestige films of my generation, Saving Private Ryan is a stone cold masterpiece ranking among…

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Review of Blindspotting (2018)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

With the vibrancy and kineticism similar to the recent Dope, but a simmering righteous anger evoking a young Spike Lee, Blindspotting…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

A Quiet Place is a big screen movie through and through, designed for mass audiences to shriek and jump and laugh together…

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Review of Showdown in Manila (2016)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

It's certainly wonderful to see these stars show up and be treated with reverence, but the best way to honor them would have been to design…

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Review of The Seven-Ups (1973)

By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 02 Nov 2018

Fans of gritty 1970s New York City crime cinema (and who isn't, really…

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