Category: Action
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Warfare: A War Movie With a Fear All Its Own
Warfare (2025) Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza After surprisingly loving Alex Garland’s Civil War last year, I knew that I had to check out his next movie, especially after hearing that Warfare’s depiction of the Iraq War was alarmingly immersive. That much was true and more, and I came out of Warfare pretty shell-shocked—suffice it to say it was a “no-music” car ride home. From the opening beats, Garland sets the camera alongside this platoon…
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Novocaine: A Walmart Deadpool in Everything But Charm
Novocaine (2025) Dan Berk and Robert Olsen Thanks to a perfectly timed showing at my Regal theater, I bought my ticket to Novocaine on my way home and was fully expecting to be in the theater by myself on a Monday afternoon. There was a grand total of two people (myself included) in the theater today, and though Novocaine has actually been doing okay financially, the product matched the crowd. I wasn’t ever…
