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  Alien: Romulus 2024

  ★★★ Watched 27 Oct 2024

  Does nothing to move the needle ahead for the franchise but enjoyable.

  Loses half a star for that AWWWFUL, unwarranted, out of place, mood killing, full-on fucking cringe decision to call back Ripley's iconic line.

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★½ Watched 27 Oct 2024

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it.

  Logic brain still hated it.

Popular reviews

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  Hellraiser 2022

  ★★½ Watched 07 Oct 2022

  Damn, did I want to love this. Damn, did I not.

  Too long, too slow, too safe. Jamie Clayton deserves her flowers for her performance as our new “Pinhead”, The Priest, but she and the Cenobites deserve more examination - and screen time - than given and we’re stuck with stupid horror characters saying stupid horror things in a franchise that desperately craves deeper intelligence behind the camera.

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  Cobweb 2023

  ★½ Watched 14 Aug 2023

  Wants desperately to be so many things it ends up being wildly trope-filled nonsense. Also, Lizzy Caplan is the only one attempting to act but she clearly owed someone a favor.

  SPOILERS: Gee, are creepy, crazy mum and dad acting creepy and crazy for misdirection? Is the “innocent” voice in the freakin’ wall actually evil? Will the stupid teacher wildly overstep to save a child? Will an array of absurd randos suddenly turn up for a body count? Will the demonic…