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John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!! In a world where it no longer seems possible for every movie in a franchise to be a banger, Keanu Reeves and Chad Stahelski emerge from the shadows, ghostly silhouettes in black suits, and say “shhhh it’s okay. We have more dogs and Donnie Yen. We also did that overhead tracking shot you wanted, and made our universe’s version of Daredevil and the Penguin. You will see old favorites, and be introduced…
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Aftersun 2022
You never really shake that feeling of seeing darkness in your parents that you don’t understand yet. The sudden realization that holes are being poked in your perfect image of them, and you don’t know whether to resent them or pity them or all of the above. I don’t like to get very personal with reviews but it’s hard to separate my thoughts on Aftersun from my own experiences, and it’s worth mentioning that I’ve probably never felt so acutely…
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Sleep 2023
Sleep is such an exciting directorial debut from Jason Yu, a darkly humorous metronome of Hitchcockian paranoia that expertly balances tone. Jung Yu-mi’s Soo-Jin isn’t sure if her husband (an incredible Lee Sun-kyun) is possessed or merely has a sleepwalking disorder. The kicker - they have a newborn daughter whose life is now at risk and pretty much a sworn oath to get through everything together. You’re chuckling one moment and holding your breath the next, feeling like you’re descending into…
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A Haunting in Venice 2023
I’m officially Team Poirot! Only took 3 movies! I don’t remember Orient Express very well and thought Death on the Nile was kind of dreadful so I was wary of this one - turns out when you swap out the cheese for an atmospheric and somber haunted house tale it actually works! Not all that unpredictable, but when are they. I enjoyed being along for the ride. Made me think of Lake Mungo which is random but cool! The next…
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Oppenheimer 2023
Oppenheimer’s girl dinner: a metric ton of cigarettes and a total of two clementine slices
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Barbie 2023
In the moments where you can tell this is Greta either just having fun or laying bare her feelings about womanhood and being human, this really sings. I cried in the first 30 minutes when Barbie meets an old woman and simply says, “you’re beautiful”. I cried laughing at the “can I play the guitar at you” Ken bit. But I think people are discounting how many clear limitations there are for this movie that is still a toy commercial,…
