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65 24% | Red One (2024) - Rated 17 Dec 2024
"Mildly amusing and has the basic arc of a feel-good Christmas movie. Evans and The Rock are decent enough together. That said the final act was quite weak. Needed a denouement scene with Evans. Some magic elements are drastically underused and/or shoehorned."
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74 52% | Alien: Romulus (2024) - Rated 18 Oct 2024
"Much better than Prometheus and Covenant but left me feeling a bit flat. The movie frequently yells, "Hey you, Alien fanboy, remember this in that old movie? Here it is again, wee!" and I nod and smile. But it's a hollow smile because I'd love fresher takes. Yes I liked the pulse rifle scene, and the practical FX. The shit hitting the fan during the chestburster scene is cool! Not many of the characters do dumb things. But it's not quite enough. At least Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson are good."
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50 8% | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) - Rated 12 Oct 2024
"Initially seems like a valid sequel, but things deteriorate. Catherine O'Hara is good. Keaton lacks energy. Ryder cannot find herself. Ortega is just there. Theroux is not smarmy enough. The story is a complete mess--how, when the first was so simple? Bellucci and Defoe do nothing. The dead father wastes screen time. The ending is abysmal. Some parts are rushed. It is like they had a million ideas and instead of picking one, they threw everything in there. This soul train is empty and very late."
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75 59% | Speak No Evil (2024) - Rated 05 Oct 2024
"Pretty solid thriller. James McAvoy is amazing as usual. How he tests and pushes the family is amazing. Ben (Scoot McNairy) is such an annoyingly chickenshit take-no-action character that he makes me want to throw things. Which of course leaves Mackenzie Davis to save the day often, and she does an okay job of it, but still this movie has a lot of characters doing fucking dumb things."
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73 50% | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Rated 01 Oct 2024
"Funny and entertaining. Although I dislike the cameos in recent Marvel movies, here it works because they are from older films and the movie seems to be targeting 30+ year-old audiences. Also the multiverse stuff is beyond played out by now but here it is basically a parody. Lots of X-men references, which emphasizes that this movie is probably just as much a goodbye to The Wolverine / Hugh Jackman as it is a Deadpool movie."
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65 24% | Cuckoo (2024) - Rated 15 Sep 2024
"I'll give it points for a cool monster, who is creepy enough and interesting. The movie also seems to be a little surreal (audio is weird). The ending has some cool elements but is almost equally annoying because of what the main character does. The bizarre joke right at the finale sort of epitomizes the movie being slightly off target."
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60 16% | Longlegs (2024) - Rated 26 Aug 2024
"Interesting direction (lots of liminal spaces) and I thought Cage was good. But the ending is terrible for many reasons. It really doesn't do enough with the cool setup. Maika Monroe was quite strong though."
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73 50% | Twisters (2024) - Rated 17 Aug 2024
"Not as good as the 1996 version but still decent. It was nice to see them reverse the status quo with the leads and storm chasers. Also a decent evolution on the previous movie's ideas. Suffers more than the original in terms of realism. Music was bleh and also kinda lame that two of the guys simp for the heroine, but it could have been worse."
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81 85% | Twister (1996) - Rated 17 Aug 2024
"Pretty great storm chasing movie. It has the personality and some of the scene transitions are excellent. Hooks you with a bit of emotion and ends quite well. Underrated."
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81 85% | A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) - Rated 04 Aug 2024
"Better than one and two because it's more emotionally powerful (and less stupid). The protagonist also has one of the simplest wants in modern storytelling--to get pizza--and it works brilliantly. Has the audience asking, "Is the cat okay?" constantly, which is a good way to keep people invested. Decent pacing and a few competent jump scares, and some cool framing. Only wish Eric had more background lore."
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