Both a back-to-basics and an intriguing new take, marred only by a little bit of digital dodginess. I had a blast.
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Bullet Train 2022
Suffers a bit from trying to be bigger and deeper than it ought to aim for, and cracks the six-laugh test by saturation bombardment rather than precision, but mostly does what it sets out to do.
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WandaVision 2021
There's a lot that's good, but ultimately this show is undone by its adherence to Marvel convention, a belief that just gesturing at themes is enough, narrative obfuscation and not having the strength of its own convictions.
OK, those are all probably just facets of Marvel convention.
Also, death to the Mystery Box.
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The Lighthouse 2019
I fully expect to spend the next week thinking about the way Robert Pattinson says "farts"
