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The Beekeeper review — Dumbed-down Hollywood action product

January 17, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by David Ayer | Written by Kurt Wimmer | 105 min | ▲▲△△△ | Amazon Prime My father loved Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood movies. A big part of my cinematic upbringing were those 1970s American action pictures frequently baked-in with conservative politics. They suggested a tough man with a gun can solve any… Read More

Blacklight review — Neeson thriller is spectacularly lame

February 10, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Mark Williams | Written by Williams, Nick May, and Brandon Reavis | 108 min | ▲△△△△ Liam Neeson, so good in period epics like Silence and dramas like Ordinary Love, is best known these days for those interchangeable action pictures with titles like The Commuter, Cold Pursuit, and The Marksman. There's a precedence for… Read More