Having debuted on Broadway over 20 years ago and achieving monumental success, Wicked—a prequel to The Wizard Of Oz told from the witches’ perspective—has long been the subject of film adaptation rumors. Now, under Jon M. Chu’s direction and split into two parts, it has finally arrived in cinemas.
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Though G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra was considered by many to be a complete and utter write-off, it also had a cartoonish and flippant sensibility that resulted in a decent box office haul, making its sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, inevitable. The sequel, however, which finds new director Jon M. Chu and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick attempt to overhaul the series, loses that camp buffoonery and replaces it with an all-too serious military realism that’s sluggish and irritating. Continue reading “Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)”
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