More cops-and-robbers than science fiction in ‘Purple Monster’
Leave it to Republic Pictures to stage an invasion from Mars on the cheap. That basically is the premise of “The Purple Monster Strikes” (1945, […]
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‘Jupiter’ fails to ascend on any level
By Bob Bloom “Jupiter Ascending” is embarrassingly bad. It’s a mediocre work from the brother-sister tandem of Andy and Lana Wachowski. The film is unfocused; […]
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