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DOA: Dead or Alive 2006
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Although many people would file DOA: Dead Or Alive under the genre of action, I'm almost positive it's a comedy.
In fact, I'd go so far as to call it a martial arts spoof, a hilarious parody of tournament fighting films produced by none other than Mortal Kombat director Paul WS Anderson.
Even the cheesecake feels like parody. The DOA games are known for their pandering, and while the cheesecake is not absent here — and while I did initially…
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Mortal Kombat 1995
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As kids we were all impressed that Mortal Kombat was so faithful to the source material, which wasn’t saying much given that the only other video game movie adaptations that existed up to that point were Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon, and Street Fighter. But watching it as an adult, it really requires nostalgia goggles to enjoy. (And the music is almost enough to do that.)
In hindsight, I shouldn’t be surprised it falters, since the film was directed by…
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Pokémon: The First Movie 1998
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Imagine being so confident your movie will result in a series of sequels that you name it “The First Movie.”
Pokemon: The First Movie starts things off with a surprisingly dark tone. The opening introduces us to Mewtwo, a genetically engineered Pokemon with telepathic abilities who, despite having only recently been "born," already has the intellect and language skills of an adult human.
Because of his intellect, he doesn't desire to be a mere pet like the other Pokemon; he…
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Last Night in Soho 2021
I went into this film knowing absolutely nothing about it other than that it's an Edgar Wright film, whose movies I quite like, and I had a viscerally negative reaction.
Afterwards I looked up interviews because I wanted to know what the hell he was thinking, and apparently the idea was a film that's a warning about nostalgia. Like, dude, all your films involve nostalgia. Why does the nostalgia only become bad when it's feminine nostalgia?
I didn't hate the…
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