Sharp monologues and a brave performance by Amy Adams provide insight to the flip side of motherhood that many woman learn the hard way. The toddler is adorable, which is a smart choice because it implies the universal struggle of motherhood rather than just those with more challenging children. Similarly, the husband comes across as tone deaf, but not abusive or neglectful, with questions and challenges that aren’t unreasonable. It’s not really about the kid or the partner; the experience…
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Late Night with the Devil 2023
Despite its rough edges, Late Night with the Devil is an engaging midnight movie, befitting the 70s time period and vibe. It’s great to see David Dastmalchian play more than a creepy minor characters in Christopher Nolan and Denis Villaneuve films, but some supporting performances - especially Ian Bliss - chew up the scenery. The found footage device avoids some of the typical awkwardness given the television studio setting, but that brings forth its own problems when we later see events from Delroy’s perspective. Somehow it manages to feel long despite the 92-minute runtime.
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Dune: Part Two 2024
While the screenplay for Part One also struggled with clumsy exposition, it gets more latitude for needing to establish a complex fantasy world. Part Two doesn’t get that good will, so the script feels even clunkier.
Pacing also remains an issue whereby significant plot developments are rushed but we get endless shots of Zendaya glowering, Fremen latching onto sand worms, and Austin Butler looking thirsty. It takes a very long time for not much to happen. This chapter ends without…
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Lost Love 2022
Lost Love is a rosy take on foster care that presents the wards as a little too precious and is weighed down by a sentimental finale that wants so badly to make you cry but it hasn’t fully earned the tears. However, Sammi Cheng’s convincingly portrays a woman trying to fill the hole in her heart, and the episodic approach sheds light on the emotional ups and downs of fostering.
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