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  A Family Affair 2024

  ★★½ Watched 02 Jul 2024

  Joey King always seems to play the most insufferable characters, not sure why (and not her fault). Couldn’t stand the daughter. There were a couple genuine moments between Efron and Kidman, but this movie was missing that special sauce. Similar to other reviewers, would love to see this narrative with the main female lead not being super successful/wealthy, or even conventionally attractive. I don’t know that I believe no one would have shown romantic interest in Nicole Kidman’s attractive and…

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  Mother of the Bride 2024

  ★★½ Watched 02 Jul 2024

  Surprisingly had some pretty funny moments throughout, but the acting and story were kind of meh. The ending threw me for a loop in a low-key disturbing way.

Popular reviews

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  The Fall Guy 2024

  ★★★ Watched 26 Jun 2024

  Way too long. There was a lot of unnecessary fat when this should have been an hour forty-five tops. That aside, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt were good as the leads, and there were plenty of entertaining scenes.

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  Anyone But You 2023

  ★★★ Watched 09 May 2024

  Anyone But You is a modern take on Shakespeare’s classic play, Much Ado About Nothing that proves itself quite entertaining. I would have been interested in seeing the film explore more of the play-like or meta quality in terms of style, but that is a personal preference. Despite the countless rumors of a Sweeney and Powell off-screen romance, I just couldn’t buy it in the film - while Powell’s performance proved quite believable, Sweeney’s acting fell flat with almost every line…

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