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Michael Pena
World Trade Center (2006)
Despite what you may have heard,
World Trade Center
isn't entirely apolitical, just understated in its commentary.
Shooter (2007)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
The annoyance of its Screenwriting 101 script is hard to overcome, but
The Lucky Ones
just about works in spite of itself, as an actor’s showcase.
Observe and Report (2009)
With admirably funkiness and bold flavor, Hill has made the anti-
Blart
...but at a time when we've seen seven mass shootings in a month, do we really need the comedy version of
Taxi Driver
?
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Neuron-rotting brain candy: an empty action exercise made up of empty calories. That'd be fine, if only it were sweet.
Tower Heist (2011)
Has the perfect 'generic brand' title to match its Teflon blandness.
End of Watch (2012)
The milieu
End of Watch
introduces as 'Once upon a time in South Central' may feel a bit old hat...
Gangster Squad (2013)
The sheer bulk of talent involved (top-tier technicians and designers included) turns out to be a case of water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink.
Turbo (2013)
Kids...will probably ho-hum their way through
Turbo
happily enough and forget it moments later. But they deserve better, too, than this lackluster, generic kiddie flick.
Fury (2014)
A throwback combat movie that offers tanks for the memories, along with vivid performances.
The Martian (2015)
Perhaps the purest ode to science mainstream cinema has ever produced, a love letter to NASA and STEM education.
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Chicken Poop for the Soul...
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
A good time at the movies... If the first film felt more carefully laid out, the sequel succeeds in stoking some Pixar-style emotion in its family dynamics...
Secret Headquarters (2022)
Basically a less creative and less idiosyncratic
Spy Kids
produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (that might tell you something).
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