As a father, Ralph Fiennes’ “I just want five minutes to my goddamn self” weariness deeply resonated. Having been primed to expect “a twist”, I found the ultimate reveal a little underwhelming. But the way the crisp precision of ritual is mirrored in the shot construction and editing is impressive.
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A Complete Unknown 2024
A better than average musical biopic elevated by Chalomet’s committed performance. Seems to have Some Things To Say, but I’m still thinking about what, exactly, and how effectively it says them.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023
On first watch, the edges of the plot are a little shaggy and there's some questions about character movements and their geographic locations in space relative to one another which get obscured by the trippy visuals and whacky supporting characters. The strength and the weakness of the Quantum Realm as a setting is that it doesn't make much sense. But the movie definitely gets a charge out of the juxtaposition between the cooly efficient, born to conquer Kang and the…
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Captain America: Brave New World 2025
While not as bad as some of the reviews would suggest, this is definitely in the lower tier of MCU films. It is undone in part by being more of a sequel to one of the least MCU entries than a Captain America movie, and in part by being chopped up and put back together to the point that the seams are very obviously showing.
I can appreciate tying up narrative loose ends as much as — if not more…
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