Impressive visuals are bogged down by the film’s identity crisis. It truly never knows if it wants to be satire, drama, or horror. Perkins’ style is becoming recognizable but the story line needed more cohesion to let our director’s ideas shine.
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Paddington in Peru 2024
Hilarious and endearing as always. The Paddington films are a great reminder that family films have the power to be captivating, while putting a smile on your face.
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The Shining 1980
I have a lot of thoughts about Kubrick’s The Shining. While I think it is a very stylized and engaging film, I think that Kubrick missed the most important element of King’s well thought out tale. The Shining is all about REDEMPTION.
In the book, Jack is fighting with inner demons from the beginning and is promising his family that he will get his act together. He really wants to glue his families pieces, and it’s up to him to save…
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Pinocchio 2022
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
While it has some stunning visuals, the entire point of the Pinocchio’s journey was ruined.
I appreciate them showing how kind and gracious he was from the beginning, but the OG arc of his story shows him learning the difference between right and wrong and how it sometimes takes those mistakes to understand the lessons.
I’m confused by their decisions in this film.
Also- it did NOT need to be almost two hours long. The original is 75 minutes, and they didn’t add anything new to make it worthwhile.
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