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Saw X 2023
I said it after Jigsaw - they need to reboot the series. At that point, it had been I think three movies in a row where we got introduced to a previously unknown Jigsaw apprentice as a big twist ending that landed with a dull thud.
Saw movies are at their best with Tobin Bell at center stage, and when they weren't essentially feature-length, R-rated episodes of CSI. So, Saw X certainly started out on the right foot (heh heh)…
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The Menu 2022
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Sometimes, you just want a damn cheeseburger.
The Menu is a movie about a young couple that goes to a haute cuisine restaurant on a remote island, but it's really about art and all that implies. I've marked this review as a spoiler, even though I'll be giving few if any, because betraying a detail as simple as the tone feels like it will sully the experience.
And The Menu is an experience. With every subsequent reveal, the filmmakers up…
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Barbarian 2022
Thank you, James Wan.
That's certainly an odd way to start a review of a movie in which Mr. Wan (acclaimed director Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, etcetera) had absolutely no involvement. But, I'll say from the get-go that it's hard to envision a world in which Barbarian gets greenlit if not for the success of Wan's most recent film Malignant. Mr. Wan, whom I would call the Godfather of modern-day mainstream horror, used the power of his reputation and his…
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Knives Out 2019
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What. A. Film.
The more I think about Knives Out, the more I think it will be one of the best films of the year - and quite possibly the decade. It's a daring and transcendent whodunit, and a piece of incisive and biting social commentary rolled into 130 minutes of refined entertainment that sacrifices neither angle.
As such, I will be discussing both, and, while I won't spoil all the twists and turns, the rest of this review will…
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