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Prey 2022
Hype cycle spun out of control on this one, but the second half is immaculate, 40 solid minutes of people chipping away at the predator as it murders them in amusing ways. Cornball stuff mostly worked for me, like establishing early on that Amber Midthunder can slide like Mega Man, a skill that comes in handy in the Northern Plains. The real animal work is so good that the CGI scenes rip you right out of it — but only…
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Licorice Pizza 2021
Best depiction of the transition between "I can do anything, I have my whole life ahead of me!" and "I've wasted my life, I can't do anything!" - ie, being 15 and being 25 - that I've ever seen. I keep trying to write more but I gush and sound ridiculous, because it's all so goddamn good.
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