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While there are many instances where genuine arguments can be made that classic movies have been superseded by even better originals, claiming that Conan the Destroyer is superior to Conan the Barbarian doesn’t hold much water. The 1982 original delivered a rough and tumble fantasy epic that offer dirt, blood, bulging biceps, and mountainous amounts of swordplay, all anchored by the hulking Arnold Schwarzenegger doing a great job in every required department besides the one that requires actual acting. It netted upwards…

Netflix’s Fyre festival documentary was one of those out-of-the-blue hits that seemed to dominate conversation for months when it was released in 2019. A film about a woefully organised festival that spiralled out of control with alarming ferocity, it was the sort of thing you had to watch through the cracks in your fingers. But something tells me that Fyre festival is going to be superseded, because Netflix is about to release a series about Woodstock 99.Clusterf**k: Woodstock ’99, as it is aptly titled, is a three-part,…

Dir: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Julia Butters, Dhanush. 15, 120 minutes.Why have all of Anthony and Joe Russo’s post-Marvel movies felt so apologetic? Their work on two of the Captain America films, plus Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, helped shape a franchise so culturally pervasive that it’s become near-impossible to separate Robert Downey Jr from Iron Man or Chris Hemsworth from Thor. It seems the directors now feel like…