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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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Snow White (2025) - First Thoughts

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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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Novocaine (2025) - First Thoughts

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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 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 Gorge (2025)
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Rating: ★★★

The Gorge is a cool but forgettable film. Frankly I hoped for a little bit better than a generic sci-fi horror from Scott Derrickson. It did took me by surprise with its ever-shifting nature, evolving from a romantic two-hander involving two elite snipers into a sci-fi action horror blockbuster. Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy anchor the film with compelling performances and great chemistry, while Dan Laustsen’s gorgeous cinematography and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score elevate it past some of its narrative pitfalls. While it begins to feel aimless by the halfway mark, the action ramps up and attempts to distract from its overall lack of depth. It’s just unfortunate that the initial intrigue gets pushed to the back burner by the end, though the time we spend with our leads is charming enough. It hits its mark, just not always with pinpoint precision.

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Mickey 17 (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★1/2
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TL;DR - Mickey 17 is insane in the best way possible; a wild, bizarre ride that’s as much a sci-fi spectacle as it is a thoughtful socio-political commentary on wealth, technology, animal rights, and power, as only Bong Joon-ho can do! It’s a chaotically charismatic movie that is extremely enjoyable, very well made, AND an intellectually engaging time at the cinema! This may not reach the heights of his masterpiece, Parasite, but it thrives on its untethered boldness, making it the kind of ambitious swing only possible from a major studio after you’ve won a few Oscars. With thought-provoking existential and political themes, plus a delightfully unhinged dual performance from Robert Pattinson and Mark Ruffalo hamming it up at all levels of political satire, it remains a quirky, entertaining ride and a not-so-subtle reflection of the times we’re living in.
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Premise: Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
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Warner Bros
Written & Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Based on the novel “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Steven Yeun
Runtime: 2hr 17min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
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IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
RT Audience Score: 73%
RT Critic Average: 7.1/10
RT Audience Average: 3.7/5
Metacritic Score: 72
CinemaScore: B
Letterboxd: 3.7/5
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Fun Fact: While it’s well known that Pattinson plays multiple versions of Mickey due to the cloning process, what many don’t realise is that director Bong Joon-ho insisted on filming certain key scenes without Pattinson knowing which version of Mickey he was playing until just before shooting. This method was meant to capture the confusion and existential dread of a clone struggling with his own identity, leading to some of the film’s most unsettling and raw performances.
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Mickey 17 (2025) - First Thoughts

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Heart Eyes (2025)
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Rating: ★★★
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Heart Eyes is surprisingly pretty fun and actually a really clever way to cross a rom-com with a slasher movie! It’s a small little movie that feels familiar and is pretty cliche/corny but also flips the script in some ways which I enjoyed! While I wasn’t fully blown away by the film, I found the chemistry between Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding to be great! It’s a cheesy romantic comedy with a side of Scream/Friday the 13th! If you like the Happy Death Day films you’ll like this! Lots of fun to be had!
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Premise: For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe.
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Screen Gems
Directed by Josh Ruben
Written by Phillip Murphy, Michael Kennedy & Christopher Landon
Cast: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, Jordan’s Brewster
Runtime: 1hr 37min
Rating: 14A
Comedy, Horror, Mystery
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IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
RT Audience Score: 78%
RT Critic Average: 6.3/10
RT Audience Average: 4/5
Metacritic Score: 61
CinemaScore: B-
Letterboxd: 2.9/5
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Fun Fact: Director Josh Ruben said that he wanted all of the romantic moments to feel as Nora Ephron as possible while having the horror moments feel as Wes Craven as possible.
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#film #movie #review #horror #romance #comedy #romcom #slasher #hearteyes #hearteyesmovie #oliviaholt #masongooding

Heart Eyes (2025) - First Thoughts

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Paddington in Peru (2025)
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Rating: ★★★★
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TL;DR - Paddington in Peru is delightful! Although it doesn’t have the same creative energy that Paul King brought to the first two films, it does an admirable job of attempting to capture those films’ heart, humour, and general whimsy, providing another wholesome story that keeps the charm from previous installments intact.
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Premise: Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.
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Studiocanal
Directed by Dougal Wilson
Screenplay by Mark Burton, Jon Foster & James Lamont
Story by Mark Burton, Simon Farnaby & Paul King
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Carla Tous, Jim Broadbent, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin
Runtime: 1hr 46min
Rating: G
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
RT Audience Score: 90%
RT Critic Average: 7.0/10
RT Audience Average: 4.5/5
Metacritic Score: 65
CinemaScore: A
Letterboxd: 3.5/5
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Fun Fact: The director of the two previous films, Paul King, has decided not to direct this installment. However, he pitched the idea for this third film and was involved as an executive producer.
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Paddington in Peru (2025) - First Thoughts

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Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
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Rating: ★★★1/2
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TL;DR - Captain America: Brave New World is a good Marvel movie that was better than I thought it would be, however, there are a few flaws that hold it back from being great. Engaging and entertaining, yet standard — felt like a Phase 1 film. I liked it! Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford are highlights, though I wish the marketing didn’t reveal Red Hulk. Story is flawed, but nicely ties in some loose MCU threads! Neither a return to form nor an unmitigated disaster, it is simply a step in the right direction for Marvel. Sam Wilson IS Captain America.
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Premise: Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident after a meeting with President Thaddeus Ross. He must soon discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
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Marvel Studios
Directed by Julius Onah
Screenplay by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dylan Musson, Julius Onah & Peter Glanz
Story by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman & Dylan Musson
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito
Runtime: 1hr 58min
Rating: PG
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 51%
RT Audience Score: 80%
RT Critic Average: 5.4/10
RT Audience Average: 4/5
Metacritic Score: 43
CinemaScore: B-
Letterboxd: 2.6/5
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Fun Fact: Giancarlo Esposito’s character Sidewinder was added to the film during the reshoots.
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