Ok I get the choice to go all cubist with the narrative structure but DAMN. Jarred out of scene every 5 minutes for 3 hours. Sure, the scenes were great — but they were too short and there were far too many of them. Also kudos on all the practical effects.
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Heretic 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Lots of good things about this movie, but it ultimately had issues fulfilling the ending payoff. SPOILER: Even though a shift from one main protagonist to another can work in a story, I don’t think it helped here. I feel Paxton was not developed enough as a character to believably carry the last third of the film. It leaves our investment in Barnes feeling wasted. I also had a hard time accepting the plausibility of Mr. Reed’s scheme. Motivation is…
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Nightbitch 2024
Super imaginative and very well acted. Nightbitch is an important feminist film, but it focuses on a specific type of woman — early mothers. Even more specifically, it feels aimed to post-Covid early mothers who have an experienced a more severe lack of a “village” of community support. It points to some mainstream modern feminist critiques like those in Barbie, about the conflicting demands society makes of women. And while it includes great magical elements which help emphasize the characters…
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