Category: Movie Reviews
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Madame Web
3 outta 5 Madame Web, the latest attempt by Sony pictures to spin-off multiple Spider-Man supporting characters into their own franchise is ok. Its not terrible or terrific. It has nifty moments, lots of pointless bits and is a tad too long even at under 2 hours. This is basically a supernatural vision of the…
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Suncoast
4 outta 5 Suncoast is a coming-of-age film that is very heartfelt and has solid moments from dependable actors. However, it doesn’t add anything particularly new to the genre. Someone on the brink of demise making characters realize inner truths was done better in recent coming-of-age films like Me, Earl and the Dying Girl or…
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Argylle
4 outta 5 Argylle, from director Matthew Vaughn of Kingsman fame, is very much tonally and stylistically like that film. Although, this is like an under-18 rating version with less graphic violence and little profanity. The plot is fun if intentionally very dopey with goofy and unbelievable twists. It is also very amusing with some…
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Role Play
2 outta 5 Role Play is a film that seems like it should be funnier than the premise/title/trailer leads one to believe. Even the tagline, Every Couple Has Their Secrets and the premise seem like a lower budget version of True Lies which handles the action and comedy much more deftly. There are still funny…
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Rebel Moon: Part 1 – A Child of Fire
3 outta 5 Director Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Part 1 – A Child of Fire is a dystopian sci-fi opera that feels about as Zack Snyder-y as one could imagine. As Snyder has had the idea for years, and once pitched it as a Star Wars movie to Lucasfilm, there is a lot of Star…
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Best of 2023 Films
Honourable Mentions: Godzilla Minus One, Dream Scenario, Flash, Cocaine Bear, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe, Asteroid City, Air, M3GAN, Next Goal Wins, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Evil Dead Rise, Sisu 10. The Creator Director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) creates a compelling narrative about humanity versus AI, and how the…
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The Boy and the Heron
5 outta 5 The Boy and the Heron is a fantastical, contemplative, and wonderful animated film from one of the masters of Japanese anime, Hayao Miyazaki. It has stupendous visual flair as characters descend into a magical world. Even with all the trippy images, there’s a dramatic story about love and dealing with loss. Also,…
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Merry Little Batman
4 outta 5 While Batman and Christmas may not seem like a pairing that goes together, there are a bunch of Batma/Christmas stories. Probably the most well-known is the Christmas set Batman Returns, but there’s also the ‘90s Batman animated episode Christmas with the Joker, the Christmas issue of Long Halloween, a badass one-shot issue…
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The Killer
4 outta 5 The Killer, the latest film by auteur director David Fincher, really likes to show the, oftentimes mundane, process of an assassin for hire. Which means a lot of checking into airports under a false alias, ditching evidence in garbage disposals and glowering. This is broken up by incredibly quick and nasty bursts…
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Next Goal Wins
4 outta 5 Next Goal Wins is funny, absurd, quippy and, in places, unexpectedly heartfelt. It comes in a well-worn sports movie framework as a terrible team gets a new coach and becomes less terrible so it doesn’t exactly redfine the genre. But it is solid, and the cast of eccentric characters keep things lively,…
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