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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 17 Dec 2015

There are no midichlorians. There are no fart jokes. No sequences that blatantly scream I AM A VIDEO GAME CONCEPT! No Gunguns. And it's all wonderful…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 03 Dec 2015

It plays everything pretty safe, but through the direction of Ron Howard it still elevates itself to be a very enjoyable adventure epic with…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 29 Nov 2015

I felt like I'd gone 12 rounds with someone who recited bad poetry while hitting me with a wet sock…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 19 Nov 2015

Honestly, the most disappointing thing about the entire Hunger Games series is that I never got a single chance to pan any one of them for anything…

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Review of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 08 Nov 2015

Definitely only a movie for devoted genre fans and who can appreciate the charms of unapologetic B-grade fare…

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Review of Sicario (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 23 Sep 2015

Sicario is a big brooding beast of a movie. Like some sort of dark thing that lurks in a corner glaring at you but not moving to attack you. Yet…

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Review of Everest (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 19 Sep 2015

From the sound design to the spectacular cinematography, everything combines to create an uncanny sensation of being there…

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Review of Southpaw (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 22 Aug 2015

A boxing movie made me cry. There, I said it…

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Review of Trainwreck (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 06 Aug 2015

TRAINWRECK is a blisteringly funny rom-com that is only let down by the fact that it is not as subversive or as transgressive as it aspires to be…

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Review of Ant-Man (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 18 Jul 2015

The balance is just right: hanging a lantern on the silly stuff but not dwelling on it for too long, while making sure the plot feels high-stakes…

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Review of Magic Mike XXL (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 08 Jul 2015

It's not...quite...about empowering women, but there is certainly something surprising and interesting going on here…

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Review of Terminator Genisys (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 01 Jul 2015

There is a fine line between clever homage and lazy lip service…

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Review of Ted 2 (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 25 Jun 2015

All I know is I laughed myself silly. Judge me if you must…

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Review of Slow West (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 08 Jun 2015

The feature-film debut for UK director John Maclean, Slow West is a strange beast that looks like the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson teamed…

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Review of San Andreas (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 28 May 2015

I've seen some pretty good comedies lately that didn't make me laugh this hard…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 13 May 2015

This is how an action movie should be: gutsy, unapologetic, relentless, artful, well-written, full-throttle and, above all, spectacular…

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Review of Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 06 May 2015

Lesbi-honest (nope, I'm not even sorry for that), it doesn't quite reach the same lofty heights as the first one, but this sequel comes pretty close…

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Review of Unfriended (2014)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 02 May 2015

To be able to tell a story from entirely within the narrative limitations of a few windows on a computer screen is actually quite an achievement…

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Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 23 Apr 2015

Proves an action movie can have it all: smart without being convoluted, flashy without being shallow, fun without being hollow, and exciting…

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Review of X+Y (2014)

By Tim Martain (275) for The Mercury (275) on 11 Apr 2015

The emotion and humanity of the characters is so raw that at times it almost feels like a documentary…

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