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Made for the now, this sequel smartly updates the lore, but Terminator: Dark Fate succumbs to action overload - both in quantity and scale.

But what about Taco? Terminator: Dark Fate’s worst moments happen during the action. Either the ceaseless digital effects tire, the explosions become routine, or the countless beatings sustained by …

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Ocean Documentary Captivating underwater footage from Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, explores the awesome variety of marine life from Fiji to the Bahamas in …

The Heat is On Step back for a moment. Ignore Tim Buron’s Batman. Let the shenanigans of Batman & Robin live on their own. Batman crashes through the roof …

Not Really the Last Last Action Hero’s message is a modest one: What movie action doesn’t work in real life. Where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character Jack Slater painlessly smashes windows …

Jungle Thumpin’ Draped in a muggy jungle against an unknown adversary, Predator’s strength lies in taking the experiences of Vietnam and exposing them for the PTSD-enduring nightmare they are. …

Clunking and Sputtering Metal Providng a nostalgia stew of the Terminator series, Genisys plunges through franchise lore with wanton recklessness. How cool it should be to watch old Arnold …

No Fate Part of Terminator 2’s lasting appreciation and success is in its subversion. It’s a killer-robot-from-the-future movie, slapped with the title of a direct-to-video exploitation flick. The synth …

The Genisys of a Debacle Terminator Genisys has nukes. Shame it doesn’t use them on itself. An embarrassment to once a proud and intelligent sci-fi series, Genisys has few …

Zombiefied Maggie Vogel (Abigail Breslin) is sick. Zombie-ism sick. She is one of many bitten and infected, sentenced to death in eight weeks when the virus takes over her …

Please, don’t be back Sarah Connor has never been this weak. Doughy eyed, smitten like a teen, and uncharacteristically attached to her “Pop.” She’s sexualized. She’s endlessly protected. She’s …

The Cost Cutting Edition Nostalgia is finite and Expendables 3 has run out. This one is down to fumes. Expendables 3 is too far, conceptually, from the original point. …