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The Magic Flute 2022
About half an hour in, I was dejected that this was going to continue as an inoffensive and bland YA music fantasy (I was here purely so Hunter and I could see the F Murray Abraham Q and A) rife with cliche - kids put on fronts, you know, and sometimes even stagger under the weight of expectations - and some good Mozart songs, but thankfully, it gets much, much worse when Iwan Rheon appears as the comedic relief that…
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Ghost Rider 2007
Not at all trying to claim any sort of revisionism for this movie - it is, by large, objectively poor in terms of script and direction, and cheesy in a terribly flat way. But God - GOD - I am fully convinced that the film in its entirety it is nothing more than an excuse to get to *that* scene: Sam Elliot, the original Ghost Rider, going on one last ride with his undead horse through the nighttime Southwest landscape…
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The Blind Side 2009
Studio Exec: So, you hear about this Michael Oher guy, defensive line for the Baltimore Ravens?
Me: Yeah, incredible story. Guy brought himself out of poverty with his sheer skill and determination, made it to the NFL!
Studio Exec: Epic! Good thing he had the help of a wise, God-fearing white woman played oh so lovably by Sandra Bullock!
Me: Whoa - no, no, Chad, please don't take this where I think you -
Studio Exec: Oh, yes. Her journey…
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
For Your Consideration: this film's trailer for Best Live Action Short Film
