I guess Iâll be the bad guy OH BROTHER, no denying thereâs plenty to chew on here about mythmaking and fanaticism, progress and coexistence, having Noa be our proxy to reflect on this saga is a welcome perspective. The attempt to balance it all is plodding and distant though, stretching its runtime out to painful lengths, and I think Iâm just a lost cause on how self serious these movies are. Even the jokes canât pierce through the dour veilâŚ
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 2024
I will be first in line for a Guy Ritchie film until I die, but I havenât felt that edge from him in a while and at this point it just feels like wasted potential. He approaches basically his Inglourious Basterds with a nonchalance weâve seen before - theyâre slicing through Nazis like butter, blowing shit up with reckless abandon, and somehow always getting away with it. Itâs charming, but Iâd be hard pressed to note a sequence in here thatâŚ
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Abigail 2024
Itâs possible I just have a very short-lived appetite for the brand of horror that Radio Silence puts out, but this felt very conveyor belt to me compared to the witty, fully realized thrill ride of Ready or Not (they share a lot of similarities). Of course the premise is fun and makes for some pleasing moments of blood and guts, and the cast is easily the strongest element, but lots of jokes donât work and I just canât getâŚ
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Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver 2024
In the first one there was this scene where Tarak has to tame that horse bird thing and it made me cry. If it were up to me Zack Snyder would just make vibe movies about magical creatures and muscly men
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Sting 2024
You know what⌠on one hand this was the clunky/generic stuff I expected, but on the other hand the whole end is trying to do Alien/Aliens and it doesnât completely fail so I respect that. Not everyone will recognize your game, Sting (that name is a cool reference, too). None of the characters are all that likeable and it gets very tonally confused on its mission to B movie status, but at least thereâs something going on here (read: clearly inspired by moviesâŚ
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Challengers 2024
Hey we saw you from across the tennis court and really dig your vibe, do you want to engage in a biblical level throuple over multiple decades
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The First Omen 2024
For all the talk about Immaculate being shocking, The First Omen kind of just showed them up with the freaky shit! There are definitely signs of some studio-influenced editing tomfoolery, which was to be expected from an addition to a franchise like this and can hobble the narrative at times. Sad, but Arkasha Stevensonâs direction shines through with a heavy assist from Nell Tiger Freeâs star making performance. Real ones have known how great she is since Servant. Really gorgeousâŚ
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV 2024
Highly recommend, as we grew up watching these shows from a distance itâs an important feeling of discomfort to know about the abusive behavior that went on behind the scenes, but also that it could have happened to any one of us. As we continue to see the curtain pulled back on systems of power in Hollywood, it will always be timely to talk about how often kids, the most powerless of us, are left unprotected. Really sad stuff.
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The Idea of You 2024
Do you know how many 40 year old women are going to be at Coachella next year because of this
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