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  • The Truman Show
  • Boyhood
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

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  • Soul Plane

    ★★★

  • Wish

  • Once Upon a Studio

    ★★½

  • Saltburn

    ★½

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  • Soul Plane

    Soul Plane

    ★★★

    Soul Plane is the type of dumb comedy they don’t make much anymore. Everyone is very funny although some of the plotlines get to be annoying after a bit. It’s clear why this was Kevin Hart’s first big movie but makes one wonder why Godfrey never became a bigger deal. Sure it’s basically plotless and very gross in humor occasionally but it doesn’t overstay its welcome and more jokes hit than miss. Very fun movie!

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★½

    Saltburn is a frustratingly dull experience. It’s the kind of film that’s constantly brushing against saying something but it ends up saying nothing, and moreover, does so in a story it constantly feels like nothing is happening. All the characters are archetypes and none of them compelling, the film just jumps from person to person without any real feeling of escalation until the final forty minutes. Then it just becomes frustratingly dumb, feeling like a complete parody of itself. The…

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  • Wish

    Wish

    Wish is a complete misfire. All the recent issues that have plagued Walt Disney Animation Studios are present here with some new ones to go alongside them. As always, the dialogue feels forced and so much humor here feels like it just comes from a stock guide. No one develops or even feels like they have actual personalities or desires. They’re placed in this narrative that makes absolutely no sense, where people become villains because the plot demands it and…

  • Once Upon a Studio

    Once Upon a Studio

    ★★½

    Not gonna lie and say I didn't get weird chills at the end, but this comes from an inherent flawed premise that in celebrating the last century of a studio and going for easy jokes on the most recent films feels a tad disappointing. Overall it's a harmless, plotless thing, but there's no reason the last ten years needs every movie getting multiple bits whereas anything prior is lucky for a throwaway line. An exercise in nostalgia that forgets how old something has to be to be nostalgic.

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  • The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

    ★★★★½

    The Nice Guys is ridiculously fun. There's no other way to describe it. It's a solid two hours of non-stop enjoyment, even with a couple of flaws here and there. Before talking about those issues though, let's dwell for a bit on what makes this a truly brilliant summer blockbuster - or at least, what would make it so if audiences had embraced it. Instead, it will have to be happy with being an underseen gem.

    The fun of The…

  • The Emoji Movie

    The Emoji Movie

    ★★★★★

    Move over Christopher Nolan! The Emoji Movie is easily the greatest film of 2017 and a striking condemnation of all who have insulted its very existence. A brilliant commentary of how the modern world's over-reliance on texting and pictures to portray emotion, this film does exactly that. When Gene the Meh Emoji is denied the love of his father because he actually enjoys being alive, it's a perfect representation of how toxic masculinity prevents one feeling emotions other than raw…