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A Different Drummer: Today’s action movies have too much action

August 7, 2016 by Steve Gibbs Leave a Comment

I saw “Jason Bourne” and “Star Trek Beyond” within a couple of days of each other. I came away all mixed up, dizzied by the audio-visuals and disappointed by one of the scripts. Watching these two action blockbusters back to back gave me a distasteful impression of the prevailing action-adventure trend. Too much action! I’m […]

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