Mainstream media really wanted me to like this movie, but after finally seeing it on streaming, Wicked did exceed my expectations.
It’s rare that I watch a musical that actually holds my attention without burning me out with over-the-top theatrics, and despite the daunting two and a half hour runtime, I was pretty invested throughout Wicked. I actually enjoyed the music more than I thought I would. Songs like Popular and Defying Gravity were so meticulously crafted to be hits…
Blumhouse makes a lot of movies but this one might be the Blumhousiest to end all Blumhouseness. I know high school is traumatic but there’s no way real life high-schoolers are this despicable. But, I mean, in the Blumhouse universe they are, and Ma’s crashout is reasonable.
This movie is silly and quotable but it falls flat from taking too long to kick off. The suspense is pretty underwhelming and the shocking moments at the end are too predictable. With…
The MCU multiverse is exhausting to me, I hate to admit. They’ve created so many branches in the timeline and replaced so many variants to the point where critical emotional moments within their movies feel trivial. When a core character sacrifices themselves, I know that the MCU is gonna either literally bring them back to life somehow or replace them with a variant from another timeline, and no amount of cheeky self-aware jokes can resolve that for me. I stand…
