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Novocaine 2025
A one-joke movie that starts out clever but doesn’t know where to take its premise. There are fun action sequences, Jack Quaid is charming as always, and the dark and gory humor mostly lands, but it’s one of those movies that wastes a good premise by playing it too safe. The way to execute a concept like this is by coming up with a creative, boundary-pushing story that explores every possible way Nate’s condition can become hilariously hard to watch.…
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Black Bag 2025
Everything a spy movie should be. Absolutely loved this. I wish there was more thematic depth to dig at besides the simple marriage allegory but the style was more than enough to keep my eyes glued to the screen and my head spinning. I especially appreciate how we’re thrown in and left to piece together who’s who rather than getting exposition dumps; also, as convoluted and twisted as things can be, if you pay enough attention you could actually solve the mystery before the ending.
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The Wasp 2024
All the individual pieces are arguably great, but nothing fits together. Is it campy? The symbolism feels too obvious and too pretentious. Makes sense that it’s based on a play. The performances are very intense; sometimes what they’re saying doesn’t match up with how they’re saying it. I found myself emotionally invested in moments that seemed insignificant and laughing at others that seemed important. There’s some very uncomfortable moments and some laughable scenes. The Wasp is a strange, twisty, campy thriller that’s very reminiscent of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? but never commits to the camp enough to come across as more than a weirdly over-the-top movie.
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A Real Pain 2024
You used to feel everything.
In a year filled with hyper-stylized and/or gargantuan projects like Dune: Part Two, Megalopolis, Longlegs, The Substance, Challengers... Jesse Eisenberg chooses to do the opposite. A Real Pain is a modest, tightly written, emotionally intelligent dramedy. It avoids every trapping and pitfall to reach a genuine heart. Rather than falling into simple character arcs, clean resolutions, and easy answers, Eisenberg trusts the performances to communicate what the screenplay does not and invites you to not…
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