I'm alright with a slow burn, but so far, DUNE: PROPHECY feels like a slow simmer, and nothing's worse than watching a pot of water boil.…
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OUR LITTLE SECRET feels out of whack today. It might have worked better a few decades ago, but with all the lies, cheating, and backstabbing in our current society, the film just feels too tame and falls flat.…
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THE MERRY GENTLEMEN is just gratuitous sexual innuendo that doesn’t build or explode.…
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GLADIATOR II will be someone’s “Roman Empire” but certainly not mine. The year’s most unnecessary sequel seemed to have everything going for it, but alas, even the best creators sometimes put out a flop. …
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Same ole Dwayne Johnson action comedy type things...but even less good.…
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After last week’s lowest point, FROM returns with another stinker. Rather than move the story forward, audiences get stuck with characters debating diners, guns, and fate. In a previous episode this season, Boyd mentioned capturing one of the creatures. Yet, the creators have abandoned that plot for more time, with Fatima going crazy, Randall and Julie on the road, and Acosta being annoying. I’m all for cliffhanger episodes. And the ending in THESE FRAGILE LIVES will surely change the trajectory…
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I wanted to love AGATHA ALL ALONG, but I’m left scratching my head with more questions than answers.…
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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was a stroll down memory lane of old, lost, not appropriate Halloween traditions.…
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I’m just resigned to the fact that I just don’t understand Pedro Almodovar’s work as a whole. He always manages to make beautiful-looking films with amazing performances… but more than half of the time his characters don’t have any arcs, and his stories feel glacially slow. I defy anybody to watch this film and tell me that these characters change in any way whatsoever throughout the course of the film. I try really hard with Almodovar flicks. I really do.…
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