This sounds weird but this one has the absolute perfect blend of teenager-ness and absolutely horrifying Voldemort plot. It moves at a brisk clip. It’s got graphically fascinating shots with some smart sound design. At this stage it really leans into some of the horror elements. The beginning of the rest of the franchise. The romances that define the book. Funny how little Ralph Fiennes plays into this one when the others lean on his scary performance. This one’s fantastic…
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
It picks up here. Yates taking the helm there’s some minor interest in changing the dynamic movement of this film. There’s still quite a bit of dullness scene to scene so it crosses time
And geography a little abruptly. It finds its footing perfectly with Umbridge as an antagonist. Man, she is one wicked witch. And Dumbledore is absent but so is Malfoy so it’s a sort of mixed bag. I think the Dumbeldore’s army storyline works out really strongly.…Translated from by
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Black Adam 2022
So this is what feels like to be on the outside looking in at a hype-fest comic book screening and thinking “Are we watching the same movie?” So blatantly dull and dreary that it crossed the line into tedium roughly five minutes in. What starts as a five minute catch up becomes the longest origin to an origin story ever. At one point someone says “the superhero industrial complex is lucrative” or some such and I almost audibly guffawed. Comic…
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A Mother's Embrace 2024
Pitch perfect cosmic horror. I feel like too many of the newer additions were focused a little too much on the monster. Instead I’ll appreciate the rotting house, the weird old people, the malicious proprietor, and the slimy tentacles creeping around in the background. I love seeing a new take on such a unique genre. Not once did I feel the crunch of the budget but rather the inspired decision making of the director. I am gleeful to have caught this thing. Huge fan. Sign me up.
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