Tag: Dud
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A Sci-Fi Dud That Wasted a Stacked Cast Rejects Streaming Conformity- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] via TWC Some movies spend decades lodged in development hell for a very good reasons, and it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest the only reason The Giver managed to escape and make it onto the big screen was the determination and perseverance of star and producer Jeff Bridges. The actor had harbored designs of…
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A Tedious Superhero Dud Forgotten for a Reason Powers up on Netflix- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Thanks to the explosion in popularity of the genre that’s been raging for well over 20 years at this point, countless filmmakers have thrown their hats into the ring to try and put a fresh spin on the superhero story. Even though it boasted an array of proven talent on either side of the…
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A Sci-Fi Dud That Secretly Remade a Classic Wins Praise for Its Ambition- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] There certain movies that should never be remade, and it would be borderline sacrilege to even consider such a risky endeavor. On the other hand, you can go ahead and repurpose an all-time great as long as nobody notices until it’s too late, which proved to be the case with 1996’s infamous Barb Wire.…
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A Fantasy Dud That Cost Its Star an MCU Run Sizes up Streaming Success- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Every time Emily Blunt gets asked a question about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you can almost see her dying just a little bit more on the inside. If things had gone according to plan, the actress would have reported for duty in the superhero franchise over a decade ago, but the widely-panned Gulliver’s Travels…
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An Irredeemably Awful Comic Book Dud Goes for the Streaming Jugular- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Paul Bettany is without a doubt a hugely talented actor, and a mainstay of the world’s biggest franchise since the very beginning, but director Scott Stewart’s repeated attempts to transform the mild-mannered Englishman into a badass action hero hardly went according to plan, with Priest arguably the worst offender. Within the space of three…
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Nostalgia Fails to Convince That a Marvel Dud Is Worth Another Look- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Nostalgia can be a powerful tool when wielded correctly, but it hasn’t been enough to convince the skeptics that Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is worthy of being reappraised as an overlooked minor Marvel classic. Tim Story’s duology is so mid-2000s that it almost causes physical cringe on occasion, but the franchise…
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A Star-Studded Dud of a Techno Thriller Surveils the Streaming Charts- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] If the talent attached to a project was in any way indicative of its quality, then 2017 techno thriller The Circle would have comfortably stood a chance at being one of the year’s very best movies. Directed by James Ponsoldt, the filmmaker behind acclaimed independent features The Spectacular Now and The End of the…
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The Fantasy Dud That Ruined a Studio Fights Dark Forces on Streaming- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Box office bombs are a regular occurrence each and every year, but very few tank so catastrophically that they serve as the catalyst for the demise of an entire studios, with 2007’s The Golden Compass joining the infamous likes of Cutthroat Island, Heaven’s Gate, Titan: A.E., and Battlefield Earth as big budget flops that…
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Slumberland Review: Alice in Wonderland Meets Inception in Netflix Dud – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Jason Momoa leads a grieving young girl through her worst nightmare in a confusing kids movie that’s forgettable enough to feel like a dream. I’m going to let you in on a little secret of the trade: Film critics actually want to love everything they watch. The odds may not always be in our…
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A Horror Dud That Overdosed on Gore Digs up a Prime Spot on Netflix- Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] via DreamWorks Even the most ardent of horror fans would admit there’s a fine line between utilizing gore to enhance a story, and simply throwing buckets off the stuff into every scene for the sake of cinematic shock tactics. Nobody involved in the making of 2008’s The Ruins seemed to pay much heed, though,…
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2022 Emmys Review: Kenan Thompson Hosts a Hurried Dud of a Show – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] A few winners delivered big moments, but honoring what Oprah called “the most coveted television award on the planet” never felt so small. The clock, as Zedd and Alessia Cara like to say, was ticking. Jason Sudeikis noticed it — how could he not, when shortly after his cast and producers gathered on stage…