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Saw X (Released 9/29/23)
I’m going to be real, this movie is really well done and anyone who says differently is dumb. This delivers on stressful, grotesque...
Oct 6, 20231 min read
It Lives Inside (Released 9/22/23)
I’m kinda torn on how I feel about this. It does two things really well. It has diverse casting but in an organic way rather than the...
Oct 1, 20231 min read
The Expendables 4 (Released 9/22/23)
Such a hollow shell of what it was supposed to be. The action is great as always but there are two things I didn’t like. The CGI felt...
Sep 30, 20231 min read
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (Released 9/8/23)
This movie is as predictable as they come and seemed like the post-covid trend of a rom-com sequel going to exotic European countries....
Sep 29, 20231 min read
A Haunting in Venice (Released 9/15/23)
They forgot to market this as a Hercule Poirot film. The marketing leaned so heavily into the horror side of it that you would easily...
Sep 24, 20231 min read
The Nun II (Released 9/8/23)
The main Conjuring movies are the best part of the franchise but the Nun is the second best in the universe. It brings back several...
Sep 23, 20231 min read
Bottoms (released 8/25/23)
This is a raunchy comedy disguised as a genuine coming-of-age film. At first, I wasn’t into the movie because I’m getting older, and high...
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Equalizer 3 (Released 9/1/23)
A disappointing entry into the less-good cousin of John Wick. The only standout parts of this are the action scenes which are really...
Sep 17, 20231 min read
Retribution (Released 8/25/23)
Poor Liam Neeson is just getting typecast in these movies. He keeps playing a generic husband who is forced into vehicles and stops the...
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Talk to Me (released 7/28/23)
This wasn’t originally on my watch list but I had been hearing good things about it. It is by A24 which is a bit more arthouse but they...
Aug 27, 20231 min read
Strays (released 8/18/23)
I have mixed feelings about this one. If you turn on your 12-year-old brain, this movie is amazing. If you turn on your adult brain, it’s...
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Gran Turismo (released 8/25/23)
I got good vibes from the movie’s trailers but it was a better experience than I expected. The movie is based on the real story of a kid...
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Blue Beetle (released 8/18/23)
I feel like I compare DC movies to Marvel but never the other way around. Not sure if that is good or bad yet. This feels like Stark Suit...
Aug 19, 20231 min read
Oppenheimer (released 7/21/23)
Christopher Nolan is back with a biopic about the father of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer. The film is well made as to be expected....
Jul 29, 20231 min read
Secret Invasion (2023)
The show’s premise and first episode initially had me invested. The show quickly deteriorated and just felt lost. Secret Invasion is at...
Jul 28, 20231 min read
Barbie (released 7/21/23)
This thing was meta as hell. It felt like a weird hybrid of the type of story that Free Guy and The Lego Movie told. The whole point of...
Jul 22, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Released 7/14/23)
I guess we are entering the year of movies so big they had to be broken up. I do love that there are 2 main villains. One is an AI puppet...
Jul 16, 20231 min read
My Test Screening Experience for Insidious: The Red Door
I had a test screening on 5/3/23. My second free test screening ever was going to be a horror movie with no title given. Based on the...
Jul 9, 20232 min read
Joy Ride (released 7/7/23)
I went into this expecting your run-of-the-mill Asian comedy. While it was very much that, it is so much more. The first two acts are...
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (released 6/30/23)
Dreamworks movies are an interesting thing. They try to capture the Pixar magic but in their own way. I felt as a whole this was a movie...
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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