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Annihilation 2018
The first half is a bit uneven, a good bit of the dialogue is corny as shit, Natalie Portman isn't the best actress, and I really don't like a lot of the cinematography (namely the extra bloom and blur), but the last half hour of this film is one of my favorite things in any movie.
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Top Gun: Maverick 2022
Guys I’m not even kidding, this is one of the greatest blockbusters I have ever seen. I haven’t had an adrenaline rush like this watching a film… ever?
I am so confused, I only saw the first one for the first time last night. I am not a big fan of that one but I found myself being super invested in the story and really wanting the characters to succeed. It was even emotional at parts, I really cared for…
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Men 2022
On the one hand, I have to appreciate that a movie with an ending like…this…is on screens nationwide. Also, Jessie Buckley is excellent as always, and it looks great.
However, the metaphor is reductive and crushingly obvious from the start, and compared with Alex Garland’s previous films, both outstanding (Ex Machina and Annihilation), this feels small and hollow and frankly kind of stupid. Empty provocation without substance or nuance.
And while certainly creepy and effective as a thriller at times (before it goes wildly off the rails in a bad way), let’s just say I didn’t find the conclusion worth the journey.
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Top Gun: Maverick 2022
Bringing the 80's to 2022 with style, baby. Nostalgia done right. This is easily one of the best action blockbusters from the last 12 years. When I watched the intro with Danger Zone I felt I was watching the original. I felt I was in the fucking 80's. Now bring me MI-7
Number rating: 9.0/10
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Ambulance 2022
"We don't get to walk off into the sunset"
It's what you think it is, a non-stop Michael Bay action fest that delivers on the fuel injected speed and explosions the man is known for. Drone shots chasing down a high speed pursuit with whizzing bullets, flipping cars, low flying helicoptors and life or death decisions being made on the black top that puts this in the top tier category of Bay's over dramatic mayhem.
A bank heist gone wrong…
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Men 2022
The most aggressively British dudes I have ever seen put to film.
An interesting and surreal thriller from Alex Garland that walks the lines between folk horror, body horror, character drama, and social satire. A woman goes out to the country after the death of her husband only to encounter some curious local men. Things turn weird and bad.
Garland doesn't quite make the juggling act work, and while I can appreciate a level of ambiguity in horror, some of the supernatural elements felt flat. Still, kudos to Rory Kinnear for playing so many strange characters simultaneously.
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