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Smile 2 2024
Remember when movies seemed to come in pairs? Armageddon and Deep Impact, Volcano and Dante's Peak, Deep Rising and Virus? Smile 2's obvious 2024 parallel is The Substance, also about a celebrity being haunted by a supernatural entity. If I didn't know any better I'd say one influence the other, but of course that would be impossible. Maybe there's something in the air right now that makes hardcore horror movies with extreme leading lady performances the norm, and frankly, I'm…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024
Color me surprised: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 isn't just the best Sonic movie, it's just a dang solid action/comedy that remembers to be funny all the way through while telling a compelling story. I thought such a thing would be impossible after the dismal second entry, but 3 feels downright confident.
This one introduces Shadow, an evil hedgehog who's been frozen for 50 years after being a secret government experiment and an alien. I was heartened when the third scene…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
I found the first Dune a little confusing, especially towards the end, which felt like a little traffic jam, trying to wrap up things that didn't wrap up easily because it's just one novel. But here we are with Dune Part 2, a staggering sci-fi/fantasy achievement that obliterated me in the theater. I might not see a better movie this year.
We open on a new character, Princess Irulan (the great Florence Pugh), giving us a bare minimum of a…
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Trapped in Paradise 1994
Bloated and unwieldy, Trapped in Paradise is one of those movies that moms fall for because it's got some charisma and some production design. What it needs is an editor, because it's got at least 2 plots too many, far too many character duos, and it's at least 20 minutes too long. It's a sprawling mess.
Our protagonist is Bill Firpo, played with vigor by Nicolas Cage. His brothers are Dave, played by Jon Lovitz, and Alvin, played by Dana…
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