Posts tagged self-reflexivity
Review: Twister (1996)
Review: Twister (1996)

Twister illustrates much of what has changed, improved, and been lost in the evolution of Hollywood blockbusters since 1996.

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Review: Jurassic World (2015)
Review: Jurassic World (2015)

Successes and blunders in this franchise revival.

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Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton Bergstromaction, action film, B-D- Wong, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, destruction, dinosaurs, disaster, genetics, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Katie McGrath, Lauren Lapkus, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, re-creation, self-reflexivity, sequel, sexism, theme park, Ty Simpkins, Vincent D'OnofrioComment
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sharp and bare, structurally and psychologically.

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