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Blue Beetle 2023
A fresh superhero origin which has real stakes and yet doesn’t get let them get in the way of a sense of fun. There are shades of Spider-Man: Homecoming in this movie, which makes sense as this version of the character was heavily inspired Spider-Man, but what really sells the character and the film is its acknowledgment of real word struggles and it’s grounding in the Latino culture.
Xolo Maridueña delivers a great central performance, as do newcomers Belissa Escobedo…
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Strays 2023
The rude dog premise didn’t interest me all that much but it was written by the creator of Netflix’s true crime parody American Vandal and directed by Josh Greenbaum who’s last movie was the phenomenal Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.
The jokes are often pretty solid, it’s got some funny sequences, and, this might have been amplified by current state of mind, but it’s often quite sweet.
Not revolutionary by any stretch, but it knows exactly what…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017
This is the blockbuster everyone has claimed to want for years. It’s Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. It’s Lord and Miller’s Solo. It’s a genuine talent creating something fresh, nuanced, and exciting from well trodden and thoroughly muddied material. Rian Johnson delivered Star Wars it’s Creed. A revitalising piece of art from a franchise thats focus had been to create content for too long.
Of course we know what happened next. Certain fans balked at the colouring outside the lines of their…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
Wow what a ride! Epic in scale, yet emotionally intimate, and relatable to anyone who has been told that they do not belong.
The animation is incredible, yet another leap forward from the ground breaking first film with dizzying array of styles all seamlessly coming together.
I only have two quibbles, and I would bet good money that they were studio decisions and very much felt shoehorned in. First was a scene in which we briefly have to endure a…
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