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Mike Massie

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Mike Massie is one-half of The Massie Twins, identical twin film critics who have been professionally reviewing movies full time for over 13 years, appearing on TV, radio, online, and in print. They are members of the Phoenix Critics Circle and the Internet Film Critic Society and their work can be seen at www.GoneWithTheTwins.com. Their latest book "The Movies That Time Forgot" is available now at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

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Mercy (2026) 24% 3/10 EDIT “A fun idea with a thrilling premise, but the execution is ludicrous.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 21, 2026 Full Review All You Need Is Kill (2025) 82% 6/10 EDIT “It’s purposefully stylized, but it’s not the most straightforwardly pleasing animation.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 19, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% 5/10 EDIT “Though the brunt of this middle chapter wraps up all of its fresh tangents with a decent conclusion, it’s also quite apparent that the parting shots are just another tease for another sequel.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 50% 6/10 EDIT “Perhaps the most unique aspect of this production is its unlikely, optimistic perspective.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Planet of the Apes (2001) 42% 5/10 EDIT “Instead of ratcheting up to an indelible conclusion (which doesn’t provide solutions, like in the 1968 original), the focus shifts to large-scale battles with nonsensical duels.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) 50% 8/10 EDIT “In the world of Lubitsch’s love stories, contention can be quite alluring.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review The Punisher (1990) 24% 4/10 EDIT “The script is just generic enough that it’s difficult to care too much about the characters and their outcomes.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Pale Rider (1985) 94% 6/10 EDIT “The revenge formula is dependable, with obvious antagonists who require a special kind of cinematic justice.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review The Fireball (1950) 4/10 EDIT “It isn’t without its entertainment value, but it’s not unique enough or exciting enough to leave much of a mark, particularly as it falls into the realm of an inspirational sports drama.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Forbidden World (1982) 57% 5/10 EDIT “Since the performances are so mediocre, it’s difficult to get wrapped up in the thrills; the characters aren’t able to convey appropriate levels of fear or even concern.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) 74% 8/10 EDIT “The ways in which it plays out its basic concepts of personal reinvention and much-anticipated comeuppances are largely effective.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Constantine (2005) 46% 3/10 EDIT “Since the various goings-on are abnormal, puzzling, metaphysical, and embellished by dated computer graphics, it’s difficult to get too wrapped up in the plot.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Gun Shy (2000) 27% 6/10 EDIT “Though it focuses on character development and interactions, with a surprisingly capable script (it’s not often that a lead deals with irritable bowels), expertly delivered by Neeson and Platt, it doesn’t move very quickly.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Let's Make It Legal (1951) 5/10 EDIT “It’s routinely whimsical and approached with a decided insincerity, but a streak of realism does surface – alongside answers that are annoyingly withheld until characters are seemingly unpardonable.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review The Misfits (1961) 94% 4/10 EDIT “The film had potential, but in its efforts to unravel the complexities of the human condition of the era, it presents three men who are largely disagreeable, irresponsible, childish, irresolute, and angsty.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review We're Not Married (1952) 33% 4/10 EDIT “The comedy moments aren’t particularly funny, while the dramatic moments are a touch too severe.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review O. Henry's Full House (1952) 8/10 EDIT “Each tale is brief and to the point; this vignette arrangement is the perfect way for O. Henry’s works to come to life, revealing their poignant messages without being stretched thin for the sake of individual, feature-length designs.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Clash by Night (1952) 61% 4/10 EDIT “The film is ultimately too slow; brooding and drudging and transgressing occur at such an unhurried pace that by the time worthwhile tragedies do crop up, they’re plainly predictable.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Love Nest (1951) 3/10 EDIT “Most of the characters are unsympathetic or trivial or, worst of all, unbelievably farfetched for what is meant to be an airy romantic comedy.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) 67% 6/10 EDIT “For a B-picture, the underwater photography isn’t bad, while the violence is minimal but entertaining in its creative grisliness.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Pocahontas (1995) 59% 6/10 EDIT “After the successes of Disney’s previous animated features, this one has a tough time separating itself, despite the drastic shift in period and locations.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) 67% 2/10 EDIT “A handful of dances are nicely staged (chiefly an O’Connor bit with fountain statues of stone that come to life), while a couple of songs reasonably resonate, but the pacing is too slow and the story too simplistic for a truly memorable movie.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Let's Make Love (1960) 60% 3/10 EDIT “The majority of the comic routines fall flat, which is most unforgivable, though since the bulk of the romance is built upon a lie, this is one of those pictures in which the comedy components are necessary to overcome the enormousness of the deceit.” – Gone With The Twins Jan 3, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 3/10 EDIT “It’s one of the most ineffective and dishonest horror-comedy hybrids of recent memory.” – Gone With The Twins Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4/10 EDIT “It may eventually tie up all the loose ends, but it’s not satisfying during the convoluted, verbose process.” – Gone With The Twins Dec 21, 2025 Full Review
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