“Wonka” was the perfect amount of whimsical. Felt like I was watching something from my childhood. And the use of “Pure Imagination” was sublime - got a tear out of me.
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I.S.S. 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Using nuclear armageddon as its premise to kick start the bizarre turn of events and character choices results in a discombobulated, wasted film that doesn't use its main character, the I.S.S, effectively.
Instead of setting it in the present day, with nukes hitting the US and Russia, essentially forcing the film to escalate the tension, with characters acting stupid, why not set it in the early 90s? The whole purpose of the I.S.S. was to bridge the U.S. and Russian…
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Godzilla Minus One 2023
Survivors guilt. Abandonment. Common person's perseverance. Second chances. An unstoppable force of nature. A haunting yet inspirational musical score. Pitch perfect performances. Excellent direction - all this...in a Godzilla movie.
Takashi Yamazaki crafts a perfect deconstruction and rebuilding of Nationalism amongst the people, not the government, in the face of horrifying terror created by war and blind ambition.
The film hones in on a select group of characters, one plagued with survivors guilt, another not wanting to take life for…
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Thanksgiving 2023
Amazing what love and reverence for the genre can do when you push the envelope a little far without somehow being gratuitous and boring.
Stock teenage characters (who kind of have it coming), wildly inventive and hard "R" kills, enough tension to remind you of awkward Thanksgivings, with a touch of self-awareness as the cherry on top to fill up the ever-growing list of horror-based holiday films.
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