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My Reviews:

Sinners (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★★
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TL;DR - Sinners is pure cinematic bliss — the kind of movie that reminds you why you fell in love with movies in the first place. A genre-bending, blood-soaked, IMAX-demanding epic that fucking rules. Ryan Coogler’s masterwork is intense, original, soulful, and straight-up unforgettable. Entertaining and artistically transcendent. Best of the year.
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Premise: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Warner Bros
Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, Delroy Lindo
Runtime: 2hr 17min
Rating: 14A
Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
RT Audience Score: 97%
RT Critic Average: 8.8/10
RT Audience Average: 4.8/5
Metacritic Score: 84
CinemaScore: A
Letterboxd: 4.3/5
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Fun Fact: Christopher Nolan and his producing partner/wife Emma Thomas assisted Ryan Coogler in shooting with 65mm film. This is the second R-rated horror film to be shot with IMAX film cameras after Nope (2022).
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#film #movie #review #ryancoogler #imax #sinners #sinnersmovie #warnerbros #michaelbjordan #music #ludwiggöransson #vampires #horror #haileesteinfeld #milescaton #jackoconnell #delroylindo #filmedforimax

Sinners (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★★
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TL;DR - Sinners is pure cinematic bliss — the kind of movie that reminds you why you fell in love with movies in the first place. A genre-bending, blood-soaked, IMAX-demanding epic that fucking rules. Ryan Coogler’s masterwork is intense, original, soulful, and straight-up unforgettable. Entertaining and artistically transcendent. Best of the year.
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Premise: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Warner Bros
Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, Delroy Lindo
Runtime: 2hr 17min
Rating: 14A
Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
RT Audience Score: 97%
RT Critic Average: 8.8/10
RT Audience Average: 4.8/5
Metacritic Score: 84
CinemaScore: A
Letterboxd: 4.3/5
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Fun Fact: Christopher Nolan and his producing partner/wife Emma Thomas assisted Ryan Coogler in shooting with 65mm film. This is the second R-rated horror film to be shot with IMAX film cameras after Nope (2022).
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#film #movie #review #ryancoogler #imax #sinners #sinnersmovie #warnerbros #michaelbjordan #music #ludwiggöransson #vampires #horror #haileesteinfeld #milescaton #jackoconnell #delroylindo #filmedforimax

Sinners (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #ryancoogler #imax #sinners #sinnersmovie #warnerbros #michaelbjordan #music #ludwiggöransson #vampires #horror #haileesteinfeld #milescaton #jackoconnell #delroylindo #filmedforimax

Sinners (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #ryancoogler #imax #sinners #sinnersmovie #warnerbros #michaelbjordan #music #ludwiggöransson #vampires #horror #haileesteinfeld #milescaton #jackoconnell #delroylindo #filmedforimax

The Woman in the Yard (2025)
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Rating: ★★1/2
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The Woman in the Yard got under my skin and really upset me by the end, with how depressingly bleak it became. While the ending was somewhat underwhelming for me, the movie did have me, and was pretty solid leading up to that point. It tends to get lost in its own logic, but Danielle Deadwyler turns in yet another magnetic performance that anchors the whole thing. There are some solid jump scares, striking cinematography, and incredibly effective sound design, all working within a minimal concept that, while it worked for me at the risk of losing me many times, might have been even more powerful as a short. Very average movie that I haven’t thought much about after seeing.
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Premise: A mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family’s front yard, often delivering chilling warnings and unsettling messages, leaving them to question her identity, motives and the potential danger she might pose.
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Universal
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by Samara Stefanak
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahiha
Runtime: 1hr 28min
Rating: 14A
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 43%
RT Audience Score: 47%
RT Critic Average: 5.4/10
RT Audience Average: 3.1/5
Metacritic Score: 51
CinemaScore: C-
Letterboxd: 2.5/5
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#film #movie #review #blumhouse #horror #thriller #thewomanintheyard #thewomanintheyardmovie #danielledeadwyler

The Woman in the Yard (2025)
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Rating: ★★1/2
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The Woman in the Yard got under my skin and really upset me by the end, with how depressingly bleak it became. While the ending was somewhat underwhelming for me, the movie did have me, and was pretty solid leading up to that point. It tends to get lost in its own logic, but Danielle Deadwyler turns in yet another magnetic performance that anchors the whole thing. There are some solid jump scares, striking cinematography, and incredibly effective sound design, all working within a minimal concept that, while it worked for me at the risk of losing me many times, might have been even more powerful as a short. Very average movie that I haven’t thought much about after seeing.
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Premise: A mysterious woman repeatedly appears in a family’s front yard, often delivering chilling warnings and unsettling messages, leaving them to question her identity, motives and the potential danger she might pose.
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Universal
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by Samara Stefanak
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahiha
Runtime: 1hr 28min
Rating: 14A
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 43%
RT Audience Score: 47%
RT Critic Average: 5.4/10
RT Audience Average: 3.1/5
Metacritic Score: 51
CinemaScore: C-
Letterboxd: 2.5/5
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#film #movie #review #blumhouse #horror #thriller #thewomanintheyard #thewomanintheyardmovie #danielledeadwyler

The Woman in the Yard (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #blumhouse #horror #thriller #thewomanintheyard #thewomanintheyardmovie #danielledeadwyler

The Woman in the Yard (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #blumhouse #horror #thriller #thewomanintheyard #thewomanintheyardmovie #danielledeadwyler

The Amateur (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★
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TL;DR - The Amateur is a slickly satisfying slow-burn thriller that kept me hooked! It is the kind of tech-revenge thriller we rarely see these days. Rami Malek seems perfectly case as this compellingly unconventional action hero.
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Premise: When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands.
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20th Century Studios
Directed by James Hawes
Screenplay by Ken Nolan & Gary Spinelli
Based on the novel by Robert Littell
Cast: Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Jonah Bernthal
Runtime: 2hr 3min
Rating: PG
Action, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 64%
RT Audience Score: 89%
RT Critic Average: 5.9/10
RT Audience Average: 4.4/5
Metacritic Score: 54
CinemaScore: B+
Letterboxd: 3.1/5
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Fun Fact: The film’s source novelist is Robert Littell who has been a journalist and novelist who specializes in espionage novels that frequently are set around the spy world of the CIA and the former Soviet Union. He wrote the screenplay for the original movie of ‘The Amateur’ then wrote the novel of the same name after-wards. The book has a slightly different title, it being “The Amateur: A Novel of Revenge (1981)”. The original ‘Amateur’ movie was his first film & TV credit.
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#film #movie #review #theamateur #ramimalek #laurencefishburne #rachelbrosnahan #revengethriller #spy #theamateurmovie #20thcenturystudios

The Amateur (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★
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TL;DR - The Amateur is a slickly satisfying slow-burn thriller that kept me hooked! It is the kind of tech-revenge thriller we rarely see these days. Rami Malek seems perfectly case as this compellingly unconventional action hero.
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Premise: When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands.
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20th Century Studios
Directed by James Hawes
Screenplay by Ken Nolan & Gary Spinelli
Based on the novel by Robert Littell
Cast: Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Jonah Bernthal
Runtime: 2hr 3min
Rating: PG
Action, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 64%
RT Audience Score: 89%
RT Critic Average: 5.9/10
RT Audience Average: 4.4/5
Metacritic Score: 54
CinemaScore: B+
Letterboxd: 3.1/5
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Fun Fact: The film’s source novelist is Robert Littell who has been a journalist and novelist who specializes in espionage novels that frequently are set around the spy world of the CIA and the former Soviet Union. He wrote the screenplay for the original movie of ‘The Amateur’ then wrote the novel of the same name after-wards. The book has a slightly different title, it being “The Amateur: A Novel of Revenge (1981)”. The original ‘Amateur’ movie was his first film & TV credit.
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#film #movie #review #theamateur #ramimalek #laurencefishburne #rachelbrosnahan #revengethriller #spy #theamateurmovie #20thcenturystudios

The Amateur (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #theamateur #ramimalek #laurencefishburne #rachelbrosnahan #revengethriller #spy #theamateurmovie #20thcenturystudios

The Amateur (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #theamateur #ramimalek #laurencefishburne #rachelbrosnahan #revengethriller #spy #theamateurmovie #20thcenturystudios

Death of a Unicorn (2025)
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Rating: ★★★1/2
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TL;DR - Death of a Unicorn an over-the-top, ridiculous B-movie horror-comedy that ended up being a bloody good time and got a few genuine laughs out of me! While it may not have the most original plot structure and is fairly predictable, it’s an A24 killer unicorn movie in the vein of Jurassic Park… what more could you want?!
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Premise: A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
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A24
Written & Directed by Alex Scharfman
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 53%
RT Audience Score: 79%
RT Critic Average: 5.8/10
RT Audience Average: 4/5
Metacritic Score: 52
CinemaScore: B-
Letterboxd: 2.9/5
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#film #movie #review #a24 #deathofaunicorn #paulrudd #jennaortega #willpoulter #richardegrant #tealeoni #unicorn #horrorcomedy

Death of a Unicorn (2025)
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Rating: ★★★1/2
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TL;DR - Death of a Unicorn an over-the-top, ridiculous B-movie horror-comedy that ended up being a bloody good time and got a few genuine laughs out of me! While it may not have the most original plot structure and is fairly predictable, it’s an A24 killer unicorn movie in the vein of Jurassic Park… what more could you want?!
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Premise: A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
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A24
Written & Directed by Alex Scharfman
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan
Runtime: 1hr 47min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 53%
RT Audience Score: 79%
RT Critic Average: 5.8/10
RT Audience Average: 4/5
Metacritic Score: 52
CinemaScore: B-
Letterboxd: 2.9/5
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#film #movie #review #a24 #deathofaunicorn #paulrudd #jennaortega #willpoulter #richardegrant #tealeoni #unicorn #horrorcomedy

Black Bag (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★

Black Bag is a stylish spy thriller that plays like a workplace drama at times, complemented by an outstanding cast from top to bottom. The performances and script manage to elevate each other, even when the overarching plot becomes a bit overly convoluted. Steven Soderbergh dives into his reliable bag of tricks to deliver a slick, tightly edited, stylishly shot, and clever spy drama about a couple whose bond is tested in a world rife with secrets and scarce loyalty. Imagine the drama, toxicity, office politics, and romantic entanglements of a typical workplace, but with one major difference—every employee is a spy. While there might not be much traditional action, David Koepp’s richly crafted dialogue is its own form of action, with enough twists and turns to keep viewers thoroughly engaged. It’s a throwback to classic spy thrillers, giving Soderbergh and Koepp the perfect playground to have fun with sharp dialogue and great twists! And only 90 minutes! A fun time at the movies!
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Premise: When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband - also a legendary agent - faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
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Focus Features
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay by David Koepp
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Rating: 14A
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
RT Audience Score: 70%
RT Critic Average: 8.1/10
RT Audience Average: 3.7/5
Metacritic Score: 85
CinemaScore: B
Letterboxd: 3.5/5
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Fun Fact: Scriptwriter David Koepp consulted with real-life spies, assets, agents, and operatives in order to write this spy movie.
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#film #movie #review #mystery #drama #spy #thriller #spythriller #stevensoderbergh #davidkoepp #blackbag #blackbagmovie #michaelfassbender #cateblanchett #regejeanpage #naomieharris #tomburke #focusfeatures

Black Bag (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★

Black Bag is a stylish spy thriller that plays like a workplace drama at times, complemented by an outstanding cast from top to bottom. The performances and script manage to elevate each other, even when the overarching plot becomes a bit overly convoluted. Steven Soderbergh dives into his reliable bag of tricks to deliver a slick, tightly edited, stylishly shot, and clever spy drama about a couple whose bond is tested in a world rife with secrets and scarce loyalty. Imagine the drama, toxicity, office politics, and romantic entanglements of a typical workplace, but with one major difference—every employee is a spy. While there might not be much traditional action, David Koepp’s richly crafted dialogue is its own form of action, with enough twists and turns to keep viewers thoroughly engaged. It’s a throwback to classic spy thrillers, giving Soderbergh and Koepp the perfect playground to have fun with sharp dialogue and great twists! And only 90 minutes! A fun time at the movies!
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Premise: When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband - also a legendary agent - faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
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Focus Features
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay by David Koepp
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan
Runtime: 1hr 34min
Rating: 14A
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
RT Audience Score: 70%
RT Critic Average: 8.1/10
RT Audience Average: 3.7/5
Metacritic Score: 85
CinemaScore: B
Letterboxd: 3.5/5
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Fun Fact: Scriptwriter David Koepp consulted with real-life spies, assets, agents, and operatives in order to write this spy movie.
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#film #movie #review #mystery #drama #spy #thriller #spythriller #stevensoderbergh #davidkoepp #blackbag #blackbagmovie #michaelfassbender #cateblanchett #regejeanpage #naomieharris #tomburke #focusfeatures

Snow White (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★
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TL;DR - Snow White has that pure Disney magic, thanks to some incredible new music and a fantastic lead performance from Rachel Zegler! Waiting on a Wish was worth the price of admission alone! It made the Disney adult in me very happy, and worked very well as an adaptation of the original 1937 animated film. As someone who never really loved the original, I was way more into this version of the story! It’s flawed, but one of the better remakes and I loved the changes they made while honouring what we love about the original — it is worth a watch for Disney fans! It’s a magical delight — much better than people are making it out to be!
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Premise: A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen.
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Disney
Directed by Marc Webb
Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson
Cast: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap
Runtime: 1hr 49min
Rating: PG
Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 43%
RT Audience Score: 74%
RT Critic Average: 5.3/10
RT Audience Average: 3.9/5
Metacritic Score: 50
CinemaScore: B+
Letterboxd: 2.3/5
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Fun Fact: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul of La La Land (2016), The Greatest Showman (2017), and the Tony award winning Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” wrote original songs for this movie.

Following comments by Peter Dinklage alleging the original film depicted the dwarfs in a negative light, Disney announced on January 25, 2022, that they would approach the characters differently, while also consulting members of the dwarfism community. Many fans of the original including Dylan Postl pointed out that many of Dinklage’s remarks were incorrect. For one, he said the dwarfs lived in a cave. They actually lived in a very nice cottage and worked in a diamond mine.
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#film #movie #review #disney #snowwhite #disneysnowwhite #rachelzegler #galgadot #marcwebb #musical #waitingonawish

Snow White (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★
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TL;DR - Snow White has that pure Disney magic, thanks to some incredible new music and a fantastic lead performance from Rachel Zegler! Waiting on a Wish was worth the price of admission alone! It made the Disney adult in me very happy, and worked very well as an adaptation of the original 1937 animated film. As someone who never really loved the original, I was way more into this version of the story! It’s flawed, but one of the better remakes and I loved the changes they made while honouring what we love about the original — it is worth a watch for Disney fans! It’s a magical delight — much better than people are making it out to be!
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Premise: A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen.
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Disney
Directed by Marc Webb
Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson
Cast: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap
Runtime: 1hr 49min
Rating: PG
Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 43%
RT Audience Score: 74%
RT Critic Average: 5.3/10
RT Audience Average: 3.9/5
Metacritic Score: 50
CinemaScore: B+
Letterboxd: 2.3/5
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Fun Fact: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul of La La Land (2016), The Greatest Showman (2017), and the Tony award winning Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” wrote original songs for this movie.

Following comments by Peter Dinklage alleging the original film depicted the dwarfs in a negative light, Disney announced on January 25, 2022, that they would approach the characters differently, while also consulting members of the dwarfism community. Many fans of the original including Dylan Postl pointed out that many of Dinklage’s remarks were incorrect. For one, he said the dwarfs lived in a cave. They actually lived in a very nice cottage and worked in a diamond mine.
•

#film #movie #review #disney #snowwhite #disneysnowwhite #rachelzegler #galgadot #marcwebb #musical #waitingonawish

Snow White (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #disney #snowwhite #disneysnowwhite #rachelzegler #galgadot #marcwebb #musical #waitingonawish

Snow White (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #disney #snowwhite #disneysnowwhite #rachelzegler #galgadot #marcwebb #musical #waitingonawish

Novocaine (2025)
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Rating: ★★★
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Sometimes movies are just fun rides that just want to be fun rides, and Novocaine is one of those. Throw in some solid work from Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, a nice soundtrack, and some fun action sequences that keep dialing up the ante, and it’s a good time! It’s overall pretty generic, but the fun premise and creative kills and violent gags keep it interesting, despite a few plot inconsistencies! A silly but entertaining action-comedy thanks largely in part to Quaid’s irresistible charm.
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Premise: When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.
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Paramount
Directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen
Written by Lars Jacobson
Cast: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Conrad Kemp
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Rating: 14A
Action, Comedy
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
RT Audience Score: 86%
RT Critic Average: 6.6/10
RT Audience Average: 4.2/5
Metacritic Score: 60
CinemaScore: B
Letterboxd: 3.2/5
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Fun Fact: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen visualized Jack Quaid as the perfect lead. From watching his performance on the murderous superhero series “The Boys,” Berk and Olsen saw an energy in his everyman comedic performances that inspired them to dub him his generation’s Tom Hanks. Yet to perfect this role took an unconventional skill set. “Jack had to rewire his brain so that he could get punched and not flinch,” Olsen says. “Your whole life as an actor, you’re told to sell the hit, and when you get punched, you flinch, you wince, you sell the pain. He had to work with our stunt coordinator, Stanimir Stamatov, to untrain himself from that.”
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#film #movie #review #paramount #actioncomedy #action #comedy #novocaine #novocainemovie #jackquaid #ambermidthunder #raynicholson #jacobbatalon

Novocaine (2025)
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Rating: ★★★
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Sometimes movies are just fun rides that just want to be fun rides, and Novocaine is one of those. Throw in some solid work from Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, a nice soundtrack, and some fun action sequences that keep dialing up the ante, and it’s a good time! It’s overall pretty generic, but the fun premise and creative kills and violent gags keep it interesting, despite a few plot inconsistencies! A silly but entertaining action-comedy thanks largely in part to Quaid’s irresistible charm.
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Premise: When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.
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Paramount
Directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen
Written by Lars Jacobson
Cast: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Conrad Kemp
Runtime: 1hr 50min
Rating: 14A
Action, Comedy
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
RT Audience Score: 86%
RT Critic Average: 6.6/10
RT Audience Average: 4.2/5
Metacritic Score: 60
CinemaScore: B
Letterboxd: 3.2/5
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Fun Fact: Dan Berk and Robert Olsen visualized Jack Quaid as the perfect lead. From watching his performance on the murderous superhero series “The Boys,” Berk and Olsen saw an energy in his everyman comedic performances that inspired them to dub him his generation’s Tom Hanks. Yet to perfect this role took an unconventional skill set. “Jack had to rewire his brain so that he could get punched and not flinch,” Olsen says. “Your whole life as an actor, you’re told to sell the hit, and when you get punched, you flinch, you wince, you sell the pain. He had to work with our stunt coordinator, Stanimir Stamatov, to untrain himself from that.”
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#film #movie #review #paramount #actioncomedy #action #comedy #novocaine #novocainemovie #jackquaid #ambermidthunder #raynicholson #jacobbatalon

Novocaine (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #paramount #actioncomedy #action #comedy #novocaine #novocainemovie #jackquaid #ambermidthunder #raynicholson #jacobbatalon

Novocaine (2025) - First Thoughts

#film #movie #review #paramount #actioncomedy #action #comedy #novocaine #novocainemovie #jackquaid #ambermidthunder #raynicholson #jacobbatalon

The Monkey (2025)
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Rating: ★★★
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TL;DR - The Monkey is bonkers and crazy at times, starting out on the highest of high notes, as its intentional absurdity is often darkly hilarious. It combines comedy with kills in a unique way (for a while), but these tonal shifts feel less compatible as the movie progresses. Something just didn’t click for me all the way though. I just wanted a little more I think!
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Premise: When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
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Neon
Written for the Screen & Directed by Osgood Perkins
Based on the short story by Stephen King
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Elijah Wood
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Horror
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IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
RT Audience Score: 58%
RT Critic Average: 6.7/10
RT Audience Average: 3.4/5
Metacritic Score: 62
CinemaScore: C+
Letterboxd: 2.8/5
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Fun Fact: According to the director, the decision to have the monkey bang a drum instead of cymbals was due to the rights to the cymbal-banging version being owned by The Walt Disney Company, as the toy had appeared as a character in Toy Story 3. The cymbal monkey was in Toy Story 3 in the first place because its director Lee Unkrich is a fan of Stephen King.
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The Monkey (2025)
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Rating: ★★★
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TL;DR - The Monkey is bonkers and crazy at times, starting out on the highest of high notes, as its intentional absurdity is often darkly hilarious. It combines comedy with kills in a unique way (for a while), but these tonal shifts feel less compatible as the movie progresses. Something just didn’t click for me all the way though. I just wanted a little more I think!
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Premise: When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths start. The siblings decide to throw the toy away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
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Neon
Written for the Screen & Directed by Osgood Perkins
Based on the short story by Stephen King
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Elijah Wood
Runtime: 1hr 38min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Horror
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IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%
RT Audience Score: 58%
RT Critic Average: 6.7/10
RT Audience Average: 3.4/5
Metacritic Score: 62
CinemaScore: C+
Letterboxd: 2.8/5
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Fun Fact: According to the director, the decision to have the monkey bang a drum instead of cymbals was due to the rights to the cymbal-banging version being owned by The Walt Disney Company, as the toy had appeared as a character in Toy Story 3. The cymbal monkey was in Toy Story 3 in the first place because its director Lee Unkrich is a fan of Stephen King.
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The Monkey (2025) - First Thoughts

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The Monkey (2025) - First Thoughts

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The Electric State (2025)
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Rating: ★★

We have yet another 2025 movie where Ke Huy Quan is the best part of the film! Unfortunately he’s not in this for very long (and it’s mostly a voice over role)… so it’s overall very generic and forgettable. How this movie is one of the most expensive ever made I will never know. The Russo Brothers have yet to deliver a good movie outside of Marvel, and still studios give them ginormous budgets for them to deliver background noise like this. Where are the guys who delivered some of the most crowd pleasing and entertaining movies I’ve ever seen? With Marvel, they really seemed to be in touch with what the audience wanted and knew how to deliver a solid final product, but here it’s like they’ve forgotten everything. I just cannot comprehend how they went from Endgame to this kind of narrative blunder and shot to shot incompetence. That not only goes for the Russo’s, but also writers Markus and McFeely. The Electric State, while slightly better than what people are saying, is your typical generic streaming/Netflix movie. It prioritizes style and spectacle over substance, resulting in a somewhat lifeless experience that (somehow) manages to deliver a few emotions by the end. Some of the character dynamics are fun, but the final package features FAR more misses than hits. It doesn’t help that Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt have no chemistry, and their performances are stiff and lifeless. It boasts a really cool premise but ultimately falls short. I remember being excited by the idea and concept art… and this was nothing like it. I wanted so much more from this. Typical of a Netflix film. And becoming more and more typical of the Russo’s. I just hope the next Avengers movies don’t leave me feeling the way this did. What a waste of money and a great premise. It’s pretty bad, and just disappointing. Bland nothingness.

I didn’t completely hate it, I just hate that so much money was blown on such a lacklustre movie when like 10 great ones could’ve been made for that price.

#film #movie #review #russobrothers #anthonyandjoerusso #theelectricstate #netflix #milliebobbybrown #chrispratt

The Electric State (2025)
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Rating: ★★

We have yet another 2025 movie where Ke Huy Quan is the best part of the film! Unfortunately he’s not in this for very long (and it’s mostly a voice over role)… so it’s overall very generic and forgettable. How this movie is one of the most expensive ever made I will never know. The Russo Brothers have yet to deliver a good movie outside of Marvel, and still studios give them ginormous budgets for them to deliver background noise like this. Where are the guys who delivered some of the most crowd pleasing and entertaining movies I’ve ever seen? With Marvel, they really seemed to be in touch with what the audience wanted and knew how to deliver a solid final product, but here it’s like they’ve forgotten everything. I just cannot comprehend how they went from Endgame to this kind of narrative blunder and shot to shot incompetence. That not only goes for the Russo’s, but also writers Markus and McFeely. The Electric State, while slightly better than what people are saying, is your typical generic streaming/Netflix movie. It prioritizes style and spectacle over substance, resulting in a somewhat lifeless experience that (somehow) manages to deliver a few emotions by the end. Some of the character dynamics are fun, but the final package features FAR more misses than hits. It doesn’t help that Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt have no chemistry, and their performances are stiff and lifeless. It boasts a really cool premise but ultimately falls short. I remember being excited by the idea and concept art… and this was nothing like it. I wanted so much more from this. Typical of a Netflix film. And becoming more and more typical of the Russo’s. I just hope the next Avengers movies don’t leave me feeling the way this did. What a waste of money and a great premise. It’s pretty bad, and just disappointing. Bland nothingness.

I didn’t completely hate it, I just hate that so much money was blown on such a lacklustre movie when like 10 great ones could’ve been made for that price.

#film #movie #review #russobrothers #anthonyandjoerusso #theelectricstate #netflix #milliebobbybrown #chrispratt

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