Posts tagged Will Smith
Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

The vulgar, entertaining spirit of Michael Bay is alive and well in this third sequel in the Bad Bays franchise.

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Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromBad Boys: Ride or Die, Adil & Bilall, Chris Bremner, Will Beal, George Gallo, Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Rhea Seehorn, Tiffany Haddish, Joe PantolianoComment
Predicting the 2022 Oscars
Predicting the 2022 Oscars

Aren offers his predictions for the 2022 Oscars, as well as his personal picks for each category.

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FeaturesAren BergstromBelfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Javier Bardem, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Being the Ricardos, Tick Tick Boom, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Lost Daughter, Parallel Mothers, Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Olivia Colman, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Ciaran Hinds, Troy Kotsur, Jesse Plemons, J. K. Simmons, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jessie Buckley, Ariana DeBose, Judi Dench, Kirsten Dunst, Aunjanue Ellis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Campion, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Steven Spielberg, The Worst Person in the World, Cruella, Cyrano, No Time to Die, Free Guy, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Coming 2 America, House of Guci, House of Gucci, Encanto, Ascension, Attica, Flee, Summer of Soul, Writing with Fire, The Hand of God, Lunana A Yak in the Classroom, Luca, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Raya and the Last Dragon
The First 45 Minutes of Independence Day (1996) Epitomize Its Brilliance
The First 45 Minutes of Independence Day (1996) Epitomize Its Brilliance

The opening of Roland Emmerich’s 1996 disaster extravaganza ranks among the most effective blockbuster openings of all time.

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Essays, Yesterday's CinemaAren BergstromIndependence Day, Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Collin, Randy Quaid, Vivica A. Fox, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Adam Baldwin, Brent SpinerComment
Review: Bad Boys For Life (2020)
Review: Bad Boys For Life (2020)

Bad Boys For Life jettisons the problematic politics of the franchise, but also loses the stylistic flare that made its predecessors so unique.

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Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromWill Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano, Adil & Bilall, Chris Bremner, Peter Craig, Joe Carnahan, George Gallo, Bad Boys, Bad Boys For Life, Michael Bay Comment