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The Fate of the Furious review

22 Saturday Apr 2017

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Action, cars, family

Hey!  He did kill Han, right?

by Thom Yee

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The Fate of the Furious images courtesy of Universal Pictures

If you had asked me all those years ago in 2001 as I waited for the lights of our theatre to dim and The Fast and the Furious to begin if I thought it would be a movie that could spawn more than six direct sequels, I probably would’ve asked right back, “Who are you?  Why are you talking to me?”  I was hostile like that.  And I usually didn’t talk to strangers.  But if you had, nevertheless, somehow convinced me to share my honest opinion of the movie and its potential to grow into the powerhouse, box-office-ruling franchise it’s become?  I’d probably say, “Pfft.  Yeah. And the American people will one day elect Donald Trump as their first Nazi President.”

But enough with the misdirection jokes. Continue reading →

Manchester by the Sea review

18 Saturday Feb 2017

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Drama, Emotion, family, Oscars

And then you die

by Thom Yee

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Manchester by the Sea images courtesy of Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios

“Life isn’t fair.” Odds are you’re going to hear that on at least a few occasions in your time on Earth, and if your life goes a certain way or if you too often find yourself in the company of a particular sort of person, it’s a saying that could echo and repeat and may even start to form a pattern around your entire existence. Really, the only people who like to say “life isn’t fair” are those who don’t care, especially not about your sh*t. Another saying that’s become nearly as popular is “It gets better”, and there’s a certain type of person you’re likely to hear that from too — someone who does care but who doesn’t have as firm a grasp on things as they’d like you to believe. And, if we’re being honest, they probably don’t care that much about your sh*t either. If they did, they’d realize how ignorant, manipulative, and galling saying “it gets better” can be. Continue reading →

Hunt for the Wilderpeople review

24 Saturday Sep 2016

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Comedy, Drama, family, New Zealand, Summer Movies You Missed

Ninjas! Direwolves! Child welfare!

by Thom Yee

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople images courtesy of The Orchard

Growing up is tough. Whether you grew up in a stable home with parents who loved you, as an orphan who was never lucky enough to find somewhere to belong, both your parents were shot in front of you in a senseless crime that sent you on a path of dark vengeance, or you’re like me and you never really did grow up (still the same self-serious weirdo you’ve always been), growing up is a tough thing even in the best of circumstances. That’s why there’s so many movies about it. There are moments locked away in all of our youths that have, consciously or unconsciously, become so personally meaningful or profound or scarring that they stay with us forever. Though you might not have known it at the time, those are the moments that helped to shape who you are and probably who you always will be. And they weren’t always positive experiences. Continue reading →

Furious 7

11 Saturday Apr 2015

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This time it ain’t just about being fast.  That’s why it’s not in the title.

by Thom Yee

Furious 7 images courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Furious 7 images courtesy of Universal Pictures.

I’ve spent the last two weeks of my life immersed… submerged… consumed… by The Fast and the Furious. Last week I watched (and reviewed) every movie in the series, back-to-back, reaching all the way back to the 2001 original, and that’s something I’ve never done before. Sure, a couple of years ago I did the same with Die Hard, but there were only four of those at the time, one of them is one of the greatest movies of all time, and most of them are better (in some cases considerably so) than most of the Fast and Furious movies. But this time… this time it would be six movies, six movies in a series that’s objectively not that great, and at least one of them is widely acknowledged to be terrible.

Six Fast and Furious movies in a row, all roads leading to Furious 7 and this review.

I can say, after all of that, that I’m now fully a fan of the series.

I would say, however, that I’m also now a worse person for having done all of that.

Continue reading →

Fast and Furious retrospecticus

04 Saturday Apr 2015

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Action, cars, family

by Thom Yee

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Seven movies is a lot.

That’s like four more than most series usually get.

That’s like thirteen to fourteen hours of movies.

That’s like Police Academy territory.

And really the only thing most people remember about Police Academy is that there were too many of them.

The difference with The Fast and the Furious is that the first three are mostly separate pieces — boots and reboots of a core concept that basically reads, “this is a movie about cars.”   Continue reading →

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