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  • The Substance

    ★★★½

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    ★★★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★½

  • Jurassic Park III

    ★★½

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★½

    Overall this was an entertaining and well executed watch for fans of body horror. I do however feel like it had made its point about 30 minutes before the end, which made the final act a gratuitous (albeit fun) and somewhat pointless exercise in grotesquerie.

  • Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    ★★★★

    Finally, a Marvel movie that treats the multiverse weirdness and the gratuitous cameo trope with the respect and seriousness they deserve - none.
    Yes, the plot is mostly just an excuse to take us from one gag to the next, and yes they spend way too much time in the dumpster dimension (at least they make the most of the time spent there and the opportunities it presents), but man if I wasn't entertained in a way I hadn't by a Marvel product since Endgame.

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★½

    Romulus wasn't a terrible movie to watch while it was playing, but the more you think about it afterwards the worse it becomes as the cracks start to appear: the annoying characters (who, coincidentally, were fun to watch get maimed), the overdone and unnecessary franchise callbacks, the meaningless symbolism, the third-act devolvement into dumb action, and the goofy end monster...
    The effects and visuals (with the exception of the god-awful CGI Ian Holm), Andy's actor, and the very beginning were…

  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    ★½

    It's even dumber than the first one and OH MY GOD WHY IS IT SO LONG!?

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