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I’ve heard Zach Cregger’s comedy wasn’t great, but his horror is 2/2. This is mostly a thriller as you wonder what happened with these kids, but then it becomes more horrific (mostly through violence) as it goes. The elliptical storytelling style of starting with one character, going forward a ways, then backtracking to tell another
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Better than expected. Didn’t go as gross or gory as I feared it would, considering it’s a Neon film. Stayed focused on the characters instead of just trying to make you puke. With that said, there was plenty to squirm about. It’s a great one to see if you’re in a healthy, stable relationship because
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You may be surprised to know that I do more than just watch movies. I also read. It doesn’t help that the last book I read was about movies, but that’s just life for me. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards was excellent. That is, it’s excellent
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This was great. Generally lighthearted, all-around positive without trauma, bickering, and in-fighting. It was nice to see a version of Earth that still believed in heroes and seemed to generally get along. It’s a great superhero movie that you don’t need to do any homework to watch. Vanessa Kirby’s Susan Storm is a complete badass,
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So the hype for Weapons (2025) got me looking at Zach Cregger’s first movie, Barbarian, which I hadn’t seen. Gratefully, it’s on Netflix right now. I was nervous about it going the Neon/A24 route of seeing how much abuse you’re willing to witness, but I was pleased to see that it kept focused on the
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I got the chance for an early watch on this (it comes out later this week). I love me some found-footage horror, but I’m usually disappointed since I know what I’m looking for. This was at least a solid B+. A little Blair Witch Project to start with, but never devolves into endless shrieking and
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I’ve never seen a James Gunn movie I didn’t really, really like. This was great, from start to finish. He took a page from MCU Spider-Man and wisely didn’t do the whole “death of Krypton” story again. Brief set up explaining the presence of metahumans on Earth, and then right into the story, in media
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The trailers made me nervous as they played up the camp. I went in hoping it wouldn’t be goofy. It was not goofy, but neither was it what I expected. To be upfront, this is not a horror movie at all. James Wan said he made M3GAN (2022) because people kept saying he makes scary
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So, I’ve been in that downward spiral of thinking that I need to get caught up on posting about all the movies I’ve watched in the past few weeks and how much work that is and who cares anyway and remembering everything I want to say about all those movies ranging from Frankenstein (1931 –
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BLUF: A good sequel to a very good first movie. Ben Affleck is probably in the best shape he’s been in since Daredevil (2003). This is funny and endearing at times, and has great action sequences. I admit to getting a little lost in the layers of plot they set out, but it all makes
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