This is the type of gimmicky action film I wish they made more of. It doesn’t always land, but I was entertained. Jack Quaid sells the comedy bits well. The action choreography is reminiscent of something Jackie Chan would do, but obviously falls short of that level of quality.
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Nightbitch 2024
The beginning of this movie sets up a very familiar premise. Not from my personal experience (obviously), but a struggle I’ve heard many stay-at-home mothers speak of. In our day and age, a person who has built their future up to have it repressed by a living thing they opted to bring into the world can have enormous, and unintended, setbacks.
Amy Adams is a real star here. She gets you in that mode with her. The struggle is real.…
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Alien: Romulus 2024
This movie excels when it focuses on the horror aspect of what it is doing. Alvarez does a fantastic job of blending one bad situation into another. A solution may present itself, and there’s no choice but to take it, but it’s not perfect and leads to a new problem. The feeling of hopelessness really sells.
This is also probably the best practical effects work we’ve seen out of the xenos. Stop motion adds a really nice effect to the…
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Godzilla Minus One 2023
I love this movie.
Godzilla is probably known more for the spectacle now and days, especially here in the US, yet Toho continues to find ways in the last decade to bring Godzilla back to its roots and examines the country’s relationship with disaster, trauma, and fear.
Godzilla is a monster that is to be feared and respected. It’s a force that was mishandled and ultimately reaps destruction on Japan. Positioned at the end of a world war, this is…
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