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Property review: 300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire Warner Bros., 2014 300: Rise of an Empire late but bold enough to make impact The first movie in the possible pantheon of tales about the valiant Spartans who died at the Battle of Thermopylae … Continue reading

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Property review: Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War Marvel Studios, 2016 A civil war worth fighting No, this isn’t the “Late Unpleasantness,” but Captain America: Civil War is a bitter battle waged between brothers in arms. And it’s a fascinating look at that battle … Continue reading

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Property review: Super Mario Bros. Super Show & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

Mario impresses in cartoon form Super Mario Bros. Super Show Vol. 1 When you’re able to have a live-action show and you’re a household name throughout the world, you can afford to do whatever you want and take whatever licenses … Continue reading

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Property review: Batman Forever

Batman Forever Warner Bros., 1995 The point in which the Bat falters There comes a time in every Batman fan’s life where they must do the expected: rank the original quadrilogy of films. And, sure, everyone knows that any Batman … Continue reading

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Property review: Transformers (2007)

Transfomers Dreamworks Pictures, 2007 Transformers rolls out in uneven debut Let’s get one thing clear from the beginning: We at GI are not huge fans of the Transformers. Yes, we watched the original cartoon from the 1980s, and yes, we … Continue reading

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Property review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Marvel Studios, 2014   Winter Soldier strikes cool balance There is no such thing as not believing in the magic of superhero films. Marvel has proven that a ridiculous number of times over by this … Continue reading

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Property review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century Fox, 2014    X-cellent return to form Set aside any preconceived notions you may have had at the announcement of a new X-Men film. We’ll wait because we know just how hard that … Continue reading

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Property review: X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment, 2006   X-cruciatingly bad x-ecution   We get that the X-Men film properties reside in a different universe than the comic book version. And we have no problems suspending disbelief when asked. … Continue reading

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Property review: Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures, 2007 Webcrawler stumbles a third time Let’s get something straight from the beginning: Tobey Maguire, in no way, failed the Spider-Man franchise. There’s plenty of blame to go around outside of the cast of the once-juggernaut … Continue reading

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Property review: Batman Returns

Batman Returns Warner Bros., 1992 Batman returns with a little fanfare, but too many enemies Batman Returns is solid, no doubt about it. Sure, it has some stumbles and could use a little polishing in the finer points, but like … Continue reading

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