While ‘Vacation Friends’ contains decent performances, its story feels way too predictable, which combines with dull humor to produce a forgettable comedy.
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In this current, limited, cinematic world full of sequels, franchises, and adaptations, ‘Free Guy’ enters the game as a refreshingly original idea. Guy (played by Ryan Reynolds), a non-player character in the fictional video game, Free City lives a pleasant life as a bank teller, dreams of one day breaking free of his regimented video game existence. In doing so, ‘Free Guy’ crafts what can easily be considered a perfect summer film.
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With James Gunn at the helm, The Suicide Squad is a self-aware, gore-filled, anti-Superhero comedy that was tasked with resuscitating the franchise and providing a shot in the arm to the DCEU. Being Warner Brothers’ and DC’s second stab at Task Force X, and with viral campaigns targeting the DCEU constantly, there was a lot of pressure for this film to perform and please audiences
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The vicious allegorical image of the werewolf allows Josh Ruben to probe into the social and political distrust that remains in the post-Trump era, but Werewolves Within inability to tighten up the tried-and-tested horror-comedy genre with various gags that fizzle out may ultimately irritate some.
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Disney’s Cruella offers a visually dynamic and terrifically entertaining villain origin story, with Emma Stone’s best on-screen performance at its core.
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Bill Murray turns in yet another delightful performance in his big-screen reunion with Sofia Coppola, and his chemistry with Rashida Jones allows “On the Rocks” to overcome the flaws that become apparent when he isn’t on screen.
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It shouldn’t come as a shock to say that Sacha Baron Cohen, and Borat is the microscope on American society we didn’t know we needed. In fact, we ironically didn’t even know it was coming until it was revealed that Cohen had secretly finished the film last month.
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Directer, Writer, and star Jim Cummings pits a series of gruesome killings, supposedly perpetrated by a werewolf, against a small-town police officer with the emotional maturity of an eighth-grader in this possibly divisive horror-comedy.
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Shithouse stars 23-Year-Old director and writer Cooper Raiff, who bases the film after his own difficult college experience. The film won the top prize at the 2020 SXSW and is the first glimpse at Gen Z mumblecore.
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After not receiving a nomination for Best Actor at the 2020 Oscars Adam Sandler vowed to make the worst movie that has ever existed. Hubie Halloween is not that film, but it’s still not that great. Struggling to find its target audience Hubie is mixed bag of genuine heartfelt moments and poop jokes that make you regret opening up the Netflix app.
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Charlie Kaufman, everyone’s favorite emperor of existential crises is back with the Netflix release of his latest film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”; and this time, he takes no prisoners.
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We might look at some of the forgotten childhood tidbits that have been chipped away from our soul and scoff at the idea, but A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood reminds us not only are these things natural, they can come back into our lives easily. Here’s our review.
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Not since “Clue” has there been such a wildly entertaining good old fashioned murder mystery. Rian Johnson breathes new life into a neglected genre with his Agatha Christie inspired throwback offering a timely modern twist on a classic favorite.
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At SXSW in March, debutante-director Olivia Wilde addressed the Austin crowd, announcing how she wanted to make Booksmart the next Breakfast Club or Clueless. Something tells me, three decades from now, a budding filmmaker will say she wants to make her film the next Booksmart.
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What was clear at SxSW’s marquee opening of Peele’s Us, was that not only has Peele deservedly earned comparisons to iconic filmmakers, but that he couldn’t be more modest during this success. Peele, much like Serling can deftly create a world of science fiction or horror that shines a dark light on… well… Us.
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The story is really about our shared humanity despite differences, and while these characters do reinforce some stereotypes, it shatters others.
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Mid90s is a fantastic first film for Jonah Hill that depicts the close social bond of 90’s skate culture.
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Shane Black’s return to The Predator franchise is a zany improvisational mess that forgets the identity of the past.
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