It wouldn’t be A24 if some unnecessary absurdist shit didn’t happen at the end. Overall I enjoyed being on the journey but looking back on it, I’m a little disappointed with how this story unfolds. It had flashes of self-aware, poignant satire but it wastes a lot of time trying to psyche the audience out and remind us it’s not like other shows. The unchecked privilege of its main characters gets exhausting to watch, especially considering just how slowly characters…
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Anatomy of a Fall 2023
I want a sequel that’s just the prosecutor throwing shade and being cheeky for 2 hours.
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Barbie 2023
Super ironic that a film preaching feminism makes its most dynamic and interesting character Ken. I fell in love with Ryan Gosling all over again here. He steals every scene he’s in. Margot Robbie is a treasure who convincingly commits to her character’s revelations about the system she exists within; even if those revelations are the product of late-stage capitalism that’s literally mixing Twitter takes into its dialogue for a false sense of awareness for change so that audiences will…
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Candyman 2021
Not a good sequel at all and overall a really weak movie that’s simply a string of half-baked ideas tossed together. Like so many elements of today’s “woke” society, this movie exploits Blackness and social injustice for brownie points. No tension, no nuance, no depth, no pathos, no horror. It’s only creepy if you’re Trypophobic. I’m extremely disappointed and need to watch the original to wash this bland taste out of my mouth.