Still some films I’d like to catch up on, but these were the best of what I saw.
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“This movie is dripping in nostalgia. Easter eggs abound throughout the movie. And some aspects certainly feel nice and familiar. But this is definitely a double-edged sword."
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“The Power of the Dog is an adaptation of a novel by Thomas Savage and is being called Campion’s best work since her most notable film, The Piano, and rightly so.”
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“Plenty of other movies in the MCU have had to serve multiple purposes in the greater MCU, but Eternals is the first that truly seems to have suffered because of it.”
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“Last Night In Soho is artfully crafted, technically proficient, and as visually lush and inventive as just about anything that has come from Edgar Wright, but I did not connect with it like I had with literally every previous film he has done.”
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“There were doubts about Denis Villeneuve making a sequel to Blade Runner. Then there were more skeptics when Villeneuve announced he was going to tackle Dune as his next project. It is time to stop questioning this man what he is capable of.”
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“How far past qualifying for AARP does an evil entity stop being believable as an imposing, menacing force of nature and an unstoppable killing machine?”
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“This Rashomon-style film, based on actual events over 600 years ago, tells a compelling and thought-provoking story that resonates especially well today.”
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“No Time To Die is a stylish and well-polished Bond film, and none of the Daniel Craig films have been outright bad, but I’m hard pressed to call this a satisfying conclusion to Daniel Craig’s tenure as a grittier, flesh and blood Bond.”
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage is nothing more than empty calories when it comes to audience consumption. But there is a slapdash, beautiful disaster quality to this movie.
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To my eyes, Malignant felt like a huge misfire. To others, it is something to revel in. Your mileage is likely to vary depending on how you enjoy your schlock.
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“Marvel’s superpower with the MCU has been its ability to seamlessly blend their storytelling and brand with established genre fare or expanding to embrace more cultures; Shang-Chi, like Black Panther before it, accomplishes both.”
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“This sequel is leagues more entertaining than the David Ayer original from 2016. The mood is lighter without sacrificing any of the edge that an R-rating affords, but it doesn’t completely congeal into a cohesive whole.”
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“Fair or not, Black Widow as a character always felt like a second-class Avenger, and given the placement in the MCU, Black Widow as a movie sadly feels like an afterthought.”
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“Where do you go when you have exhausted practically every option of a car stunt on earth? Why, outer space of course.”
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“There have been few movies in recent memory that have granted me a glimpse to experience life outside of my own quite like In The Heights. And that glimpse has rarely been as glossy and exuberant.”
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“The third entry of the primary franchise in this shared universe of eight movies is not the worst of the eight, but it is a notable step down from the previous Conjuring movies.”
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“Those Who Wish Me Dead comes with a lot of promise, from the cast to the director to the premise, but it does not entirely deliver on that promise. Despite that, it is still a movie that can be enjoyed for what it is, as a solid action thriller.”
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“There was and is a lot riding on A Quiet Place Part II. As a sequel, as an intellectual property, and as the first trial balloon for bringing people back to the movie theater. By almost all metrics, it steps out into the unknown and succeeds in its mission.”
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Despite the fatalities and flawless victories, Mortal Kombat can’t justify being a passive observer of the movie when you can be an active player in the game.
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