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Gladiator II 2024
Half of these films are gladiators rebelling against the historical accuracy of battle re-enactments, a subtle metaphor for how Ridley Scott thinks historians are nerds
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Alien: Romulus 2024
The greatest strength and weakness of Ridley Scott's most recent films in this series is the search for meaning. Prometheus and Alien Covenant feel the need to answer questions, explore lore, but collapse under the weight that, besides being a brilliant allegory for sexual violence and reproductive rights, this series is about big scary monsters killing people. It doesn't have to be smart. And your film is not smart when you include lines like "I'll do the fingering". As entertaining…
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