Without a doubt a lower-tier Bong effort and the beginning pre-title sequences really had me worried for a bit. But once we have multiple Pattinsons in the fold, and the expository voiceover subsides, Mickey 17 heats up and Bong’s charmingly bizarre sense of humor finally appears. It’s definitely a bit of a mess but I’d much rather have something messy with a distinct personality than something tightly focused but anonymous.
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The Brutalist 2024
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Challengers 2024
Challengers is fantastic for almost all of its runtime. It's super engaging, directed with lots of energy and the score is an all-timer. And then the last 15 minutes come around and this thing becomes transcendent. The score is thumping, the psycho-sexual warfare between these three characters is at a full boil, and Luca pulls out every directing trick in the book. He might even burn through some of second volume, as well. We get character POV shots, racket POV,…
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