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Tag: skyscraper

Posted inFilm Reviews

The Rock Is Wasted: ‘Skyscraper’ Is a Boring, Lifeless Slog

by Bob Grimm July 19th, 2018December 16th, 2020

I’m all for giving Dwayne Johnson a chance to truly act and emote. I think he can do more than just run around and raise that eyebrow. (In fact, I loved him in Pain and Gain.) So … asking him to be solemn and humorless in a movie about a crazy skyscraper catching fire, Towering […]

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