At the multiplex, it can be the cruelest month.
But two new films make a case for the redemption of the release calendar’s perennial basement baby.
text at 2 a.m., but never take to dinner.
Kenneth Rexach/Lionsgate; Geoffrey Short/Universal Pictures
So yes, this is where films likeEscape Room 2andDirty Grandparightfully go to die.
Back in 2009, someonemade the mistake of kidnapping Liam Neeson’s daughterand kickstarted a gruesomely enjoyable silver-fox franchise.
Shesings Sia’s “Titanium"because she is, in fact, made of various metals!
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But with its blunt-force title are we just down to flashcard nouns now?
(One particular scene of hand-to-hand combat with a dogged mercenary is a marvel of grunting, concussed verite.
If any are blessed enough to get sequels, we wish them only Junes.
