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2012
There’s a marked difference between Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay, though it’s sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly what makes the two directors different given the subjet matters of their movies. Both directors are famous for over-the-top action sequences, larger-than-life heroes, and generally punishing their audiences into abject submission. Bay’s directorial resume includes such cinematic bombast […]
Pain and Gain
Crime doesn’t pay. Director Michael Bay goes the distance to remind audiences of that necessary lesson because it also gives him the opportunity to glorify and glamorize every ugly facet of it. Sitting through Pain and Gain, an alleged black comedy that exposes the danger of American greed, I’m left to contend that the writers […]
The Village
These days, mentioning the name M. Night Shyamalan while in line at the cineplex is a good way to get a punch in the mouth. Over the last five years, the man named after an orbital phase has become synonymous with insulting, navel-gazing movies like The Last Air Bender, The Happening, and of course, the unforgivable Lady in […]
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