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The Menu 2022
this was a little silly and overly simplistic (which i don’t necessarily mind — especially the “do you have student loan debts” “no” “you’re dying tonight”). i really enjoy the banter and characterization at each table and wish we could’ve spent more time people watching before the story grew redundant. but i do delight in being shocked and scandalized and i think this tried it’s best to be unique, which i appreciate.
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Out There Halloween Mega Tape 2022
"if youve got a pulse, you love denim"--could hate on some tonal/graphical shit (1996 fox afternoons werent sov-ramshackle as local news in 87 & this feels more goofy, patronizing & sloppy than both) but i love ivy sparks so much im gonna "BE NICE!"-----its cool they make movies for ppl obsessed with news breaks in regional horror & as a sunday night SIGHTINGS taper this had me thinking how many of my adult interests are just 90s trash tv i watched as a…
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The Menu 2022
spends so much energy bending over backwards to shove its head up its own ass that it forgets to be entertaining... while simultaneously critiquing anything else that values intellect & message over entertainment (bc you can only have one obvy). and then calls us all fools for watching. which, y'know. fair.
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Smile 2022
I'm generally not that good with like scary scary movies, so I put off watching Smile for a while, assuming it was one of those actual scary movies. Now I finally watched it and it was fine? But not that scary?*
I feel like it was mostly just a rather generic modern horror flick. Story-wise it's kinda like The Ring meets It Follows, but lacking in any distinctive style. Even though I'm never great at being able to tell where…
