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A Real Pain 2024
A Real Pain is about the most cringe-inducing time I have spent watching a movie in recent memory, and yet it manages to be enjoyable. The film harkens back to 2000s dark comedies like Garden State with off-and-on humor tied together by screwed up family dynamics and awkward interactions with strangers. It’s held together by two genuine performances from a pair of actors I would never have put together and now can’t picture apart. Neither is particularly stretching out of…
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024
An entertaining, if overlong, introduction to the next stage in the Planet of the Apes series.
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Dune: Part Two 2024
I went into Dune: Part 2 riding high on having just rewatched the first film, read the book, and seen the rave reviews. I was ready to become a changed man and pledge myself to the spice and church of director Dennis Villeneuve. Unfortunately, I left with a shrug. Dune: Part 2 changes many pieces of its source material for the better, but unfortunately, the narrative suffers for it. Motivations are muddled, character decisions happen in seconds, and more than…
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