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  Smile 2 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Oct 2024

  Brilliant. Shocking. Keeps you guessing until the very end. 

  Smart writing and Naomi Scott’s entrancing performance as a troubled pop star fighting both personal and paranormal demons carry the Smile franchise to new heights. Bring on Smile 3. This series keeps getting better. 

  Warning: Tough to watch at points if you’re not good with gore.

  The original soundtrack (Scott cowrote two tracks she sings) also slaps.

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  Joker: Folie à Deux 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Oct 2024

  At one point of “Joker 2,” Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) says we’re not giving the people what they want and he’s right. 

  Most people won’t enjoy this sequel simply because it’s not what they expected. Director Todd Phillip’s Joker and Harley aren’t going on some bombastic, sensational mad love killing spree. 

  
  Instead, as one person put it, a large chunk of “Joker 2” feels like the Seinfeld finale with a trial playing through many of the first film’s scenes. 

  But…

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  Transformers One 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Sep 2024

  Emotionally charged origin story of how Megatron (Bryan Tyree Henry) and Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) went from besties to arch rivals. 

  Made in mind for both newcomers to the franchise and parents who may have followed the Autobots and Decepticons years prior, “Transformers: One” is filled with plenty of laughs (mostly thanks to Keegan-Michael Key as Bee and Scarlett Johansson as Elita) and delivers a thoughtful message about standing up and fighting for what’s right, even in times of adversity.…

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  Free Guy 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Aug 2021

  The best video game movie … that isn’t even based on a video game. 

  Go into this one knowing the least amount possible.

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