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Floundering On Repeat Viewings Note: The following essay contains spoilers. Our original theatrical review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters is safe, although different in conclusion. The Oxygen Destroyer …

Earning the Crown Dropping Gareth Edwards’ 2014 near arthouse take on giant monsters, the follow-up concentrates on national anxieties. This sequel engorges on desperate American feeling and dialogs. Godzilla’s …

Small Step, Big Cinema Protesters collect near the NASA launchpad that will eventually send Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon; a poet asks why money …

Hardcore Gamers Game Night is ridiculously smart, as much as it is ridiculous. This movie knows games. Throughout, in intense situations, characters inadvertently play variations on Operation, Guess Who, …

Kingly To answer the question of why promoters snatch Skull Island’s enlarged ape instead of the dinosaurs, it’s because Kong is capable of emotion. It is impossible to look …

This contemporary noir finale is shot in close, battling with words, not guns.

Zero Dark is smartly handled and sharply focused, keeping the lens where it belongs for the needs of character.

Super 8 is J.J. Abrams at his best, taking a concept well worn and familiar, wrapping it up in a beautifully photographed dressing, and making it his own.