Category: Movies
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“Tomb Raider” Movie Review
Last night I went to see the new Tomb Raider movie, directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. I went into the movie as a pretty big Tomb Raider fan already. For many years I’ve loved the Angelina Jolie movies, which hinged on Lara’s looks, crazy stunts that sometimes seem to defy the laws…
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The Strange World of “Annihilation”: Comparing the Book and Movie
Last week I whizzed through reading James VanderMeer’s sci-fi novel Annihilation, in preparation for its film adaptation by Alex Garland. I finished the book on Friday — it was only a six-hour audiobook, although it’s part of a longer series — and I saw the movie over the weekend. And it was weird, in a good…
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“The Shape of Water” Review: An Alien Fairytale
Last weekend I went to see Guillermo del Toro’s new film, The Shape of Water. I didn’t know what to expect going into it. Trailers made it look like a slightly spooky story — perhaps a conspiracy tale? — about a mysterious alien creature. That is the basis of the movie, but what the trailers failed to capture…