I'd never seen any of the Terminator films before this re-release a couple of months back; I honestly don't think I was ready.

My now-mature ears were actually able to make out everything Arnold said.

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Wonder Woman

Suuuuuch a vast improvement on the other DCU entries, but do you know what this movie needs?

This movie desperately needs a Stan Lee cameo.

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Power Rangers

The movie starts out as "The Dukes of Hazzard"-meets-"Crazy Taxi," and soon adds "The Breakfast Club" to that mix, before going all "Ultraman"-meets-"Transformers."

I'm hoping the inevitable sequel can squeeze in  "The Chipmunks," "The Walking Dead" and "Peppa Pig." 

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A Flying Jatt

It's true: on the basis of its special effects--using the same technology as your local TV weather report--this movie can't compete with Marvel Studios.

As far as sheer FUN, though--and song & dance number Cap & Thor had best never attempt--this is the winning super hero film.



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Jai GangaaJal

Sure, she's gorgeous, but Abha Mathur is no-nonsense: she is tougher than any man under her command (or above her rank); she doesn't engage in singing & dancing; she isn't mooning over any man; and she does not--even once--stand in front of any damned wind machine.

Such a role is rare even here in the U.S., and I'm sure Priyanka Chopra's leading tough-guy madam-sir role owes a lot to her success as a TV star in Quantico.


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Deadpool

Deadpool is funny, Deadpool is violent, Deadpool is an effects movie.

Two of the most special effects: Deadpool's eyes, and Ryan Renolds' keyster.


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Wazir

I was going to call this movie's genre "revenge porn," but I am told by the Wiki page that what I should say is "crime thriller."  

As such, there are many of the expected stunts and FX, but the one special effect that had me absolutely staring the whole time was Amitabh Bachchan's hairline.



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Fantastic Four

Okay, I couldn't NOT go see it, and I'm sure my lowered expectations from the wretched reviews helped, but -- I liked it.

Ah, c'mon: it is CERTAINLY better than the previous versions (just admit it)!

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Ant-Man

I knew little about Ant-Man going in, but this might be my second-favorite Marvel Studios movie.

Which does not necessarily mean I would want to sit through it a second time.



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Blackhat

What starts out as a huge ensemble cast is before long cut down to one romantic duo.

Couldn't they have saved a few bucks by just starting out with a two-person cast?

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Badlapur

If someone killed your wife & kid, you'd go a little nuts.

Maybe not this nuts.



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Kick

Sad psychiatrist meets adrenaline junkie.

What happens next has all the acting subtlety of a Disneyland stage show.


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Holiday: A Soldier is Never Off Duty

The over-the-top culminating fight scene nearly made me wish I hadn't sat through the rest of the movie.

And vice-versa, probably.


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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Easily the best of the "Avengers" movies.

I almost hate to see them spoil it by making any more, you know what I mean?

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Krrish 3

One of the more memorable super villains here has an amazingly-long, luridly-flexible tongue.

You'd think that would make him one of the GOOD guys.


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Skyfall

Enough Bonds-y goodness to keep the franchise going for years, and soooo much wall-to-wall action that there is absolutely no room for a bathroom break within its 142-minute runtime.

I really feel sorry for the folks who have to clean these theaters between showings.

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Looper

Jo-Go Levitt played a young Bruce Willis, and as good as the makeup job actually was, I still found it rather jarring.

My initial thought was, "why don't they make their appearances meet in the middle?," which is of course ridiculous; Levitt is an actor, willing to do absolutely whatever it takes for a role, while Willis is a movie star, willing to make people do absolutely whatever it takes for him.



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End of Watch

The conceit of having a police officer film his days is interesting enough, but the device is not followed consistently, and there is no payoff at the end.

Got to wonder if the script was not seen as "interesting enough" WITHOUT this unexpertly-utilized trick.



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Raiders of the Lost Ark

The bad news regarding this re-release is that it would seem they did nothing to clean up the old print.

The good news is how much it reminded me of the Disneyland ride.




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Hit & Run

This is like a Fast & Furious movie for people who like to take a nice-sized nap between race sequences.

Writer/co-director Dax Shepard fills this movie with many of his more well-known friends -- all of whom he now owes unspeakably-large favors.



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