Aaron's Reviews

29/01/2025

Well since the Oscars have been announced...

Here are the nominees for the 10th annual AAWARDS

Best Picture-Superhero
-Deadpool & Wolverine
-Joker: Folie à Deux
-Kraven the Hunter
-The People’s Joker

Best Actor-Superhero
-Hugh Jackman (Deadpool & Wolverine)
-Joaquin Phoenix (Joker: Folie à Deux)
-Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool & Wolverine)
-Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter)

Best Actress-Superhero
-Ariana DeBose (Kraven the Hunter)
-Vera Drew (The People’s Joker)
-Lady Gaga (Joker: Folie à Deux)
-Jennifer Garner (Deadpool & Wolverine)

Best Picture-Action/Adventure
-The Fall Guy
-Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
-The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
-Monkey Man
-Twisters

Best Actor-Action/Adventure
-Henry Cavill (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare)
-Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy)
-Dev Patel (Monkey Man)
-Glen Powell (Twisters)
-Sam Rockwell (Argylle)

Best Actress-Action/Adventure
-Emily Blunt (The Fall Guy)
-Daisy Edgar-Jones (Twisters)
-Eiza González (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare)
-Bryce Dallas Howard (Argylle)
-Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa)

Best Picture-Scifi/Fantasy
-I Saw the TV Glow
-Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
-Megalopolis
-Nosferatu
-The Primevals

Best Actor-Scifi/Fantasy
-Timothée Chalamet (Dune: Part Two)
-Adam Driver (Megalopolis)
-Nicholas Hoult (Nosferatu)
-David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus)
-Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow)

Best Actress-Scifi/Fantasy
-Freya Allan (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)
-Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu)
-Nathalie Emmanuel (Megalopolis)
-Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus)
-Zendaya (Dune: Part Two)

Best Picture-Comedy
-Cobweb
-A Different Man
-Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
-Hundreds of Beavers
-Kneecap

Best Actor-Comedy
-Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
-Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness)
-Song Kang-ho (Cobweb)
-Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)
-Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (Hundreds of Beavers)

Best Actress-Comedy
-Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters)
-Olivia Colman (Wicked Little Letters)
-Margaret Qualley (Drive-Away Dolls)
-June Squibb (Thelma)
-Geraldine Viswanathan (Drive-Away Dolls)

Best Picture-Drama
-Challengers
-Evil Does Not Exist
-The Piano Lesson
-Sing Sing
-Small Things Like These

Best Actor-Drama
-Daniel Craig (Q***r)
-Cillian Murphy (Small Things Like These)
-Josh O’Conner (La Chimera)
-Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge)
-John David Washington (The Piano Lesson)

Best Actress-Drama
-Jodie Comer (The Bikeriders)
-Carrie C**n (His Three Daughters)
-Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)
-Elizabeth Olsen (His Three Daughters)
-Zendaya (Challengers)

Best Animated Feature
-Chicken for Linda!
-The Imaginary
-Robot Dreams
-Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
-The Wild Robot

Best Voice Over Performance
-Maya Hawke (Inside Out 2)
-Mélinée Leclerc (Chicken for Linda!)
-Lupita Nyong’o (The Wild Robot)
-Pedro Pascal (The Wild Robot)
-Ben Whitehead (Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl)

Best Director
-Mike Cheslik (Hundreds of Beavers)
-George Miller (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
-Dev Patel (Monkey Man)
-Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
-Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two)

Best Supporting Actor
-Tom Hardy (The Bikeriders)
-Samuel L. Jackson (The Piano Lesson)
-Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
-Adam Pearson (A Different Man)
-Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Best Supporting Actress
-Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)
-Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)
-Aubrey Plaza (Megalopolis)
-Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
-Saoirse Ronan (Blitz)

Best Fight Scene
-The Smoke Dance (Argylle)
-Paul vs Feyd-Ratha (Dune: Part Two)
-Truck vs Gliders (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
-Escaping the Beaver Base (Hundreds of Beavers
-Final Party Brawl (Monkey Man)

Best Villain
-Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two)
-Emma Corrin (Deadpool & Wolverine)
-Brendan Fraser (Brothers)
-Chris Hemsworth (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
-Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu)

Best Visual Effects
-Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
-Hundreds of Beavers
-The Primevals
-A Quiet Place: Day One
-Twisters

Best Cinematography
-Blitz
-Challengers
-I Saw the TV Glow
-Small Things Like These
-The Substance

Best Score
-Challengers
-Dune: Part Two
-Nosferatu
-I Saw the TV Glow
-Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds

Best Song Performed for a Movie
-Un souvenir ou deux (Chicken for Linda!)
-Sick In The Head (Kneecap)
-Piece By Piece (Piece By Piece)
-Huele a Fraude (Problemista)
-Sunburned and Unkissed (I Saw the TV Glow)

Best Screenplay
-Chicken for Linda!
-Dune: Part Two
-Evil Does Not Exist
-Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
-I Saw the TV Glow

Best Cast
-Anora
-The Brutalist
-Dune: Part Two
-Kneecap
-Sing Sing

Best International Feature
-Chicken for Linda! (France)
-Cobweb (South Korea)
-Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)
-Kneecap (Ireland)
-Robot Dreams (Spain)

The AAWard for Waiting Too Long for Another Film
(awarded to the prequel/sequel that was most worth the wait)
-Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
-Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
-Gladiator II
-Twisters
-Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

15/04/2024

Here are the winners of the 9th Annual AAWards!

Best Picture-Superhero
-Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Best Actor-Superhero
-Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

Best Actress-Superhero
-Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

Best Picture-Action/Adventure
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Best Actor-Action/Adventure
-Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)

Best Actress-Action/Adventure
-Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)

Best Picture-Scifi/Fantasy
-Godzilla Minus One

Best Actor-Scifi/Fantasy
-John Boyega (They Cloned Tyrone)

Best Actress-Scifi/Fantasy
-Teyonah Parris (They Cloned Tyrone)

Best Picture-Comedy
-Asteroid City

Best Actor-Comedy
-Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City)

Best Actress-Comedy
-Rachel Sennott (Bottoms)

Best Picture-Drama
-BlackBerry

Best Actor-Drama
-Clayne Crawford (The Integrity of Joseph Chambers)

Best Actress-Drama
-Greta Lee (Past Lives)

Best Animated Feature
-The Boy and the Heron

Best Voice Over Performance
-Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

Best Director
-Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Supporting Actor
-Dar Salim (The Covenant)

Best Supporting Actress
-Harriet Sansom Harris (Jules)

Best Fight Scene
-Top Down Shotgun Battle (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Villain
-Chuckwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

Best Visual Effects
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography
-Enys Men

Best Score
-The Boy and the Heron

Best Song
-Am I Dreaming (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Screenplay
-The Boy and the Heron

Best Cast
-Oppenheimer

Best International Feature
-The Boy and the Heron

The AAWARD for Best First Half of a Movie
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

11/03/2024

As the Oscars just happened the AAWards will happen soon, the end of the month in fact

Once again here are the nominees for the 9th AAWards

Best Picture-Superhero
-Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
-The Marvels
-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
-Shin Kamen Rider
-Shin Ultraman

Best Actor-Superhero
-Samuel L. Jackson (The Marvels)
-Xolo Mariduena (Blue Beetle)
-Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
-Takumi Saitoh (Shin Ultraman)

Best Actress-Superhero
-Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Brie Larson (The Marvels)
-Teyonah Parris (The Marvels)
-Iman Vellani (The Marvels)

Best Picture-Action/Adventure
-Extraction 2
-John Wick: Chapter 4
-Kill Boksoon
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
-Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Best Actor-Action/Adventure
-Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
-Chris Hemsworth (Extraction 2)
-Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Jorma Tommila (Sisu)

Best Actress-Action/Adventure
-Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Jeon Do-yeon (Kill Boksoon)
-Aubrey Plaza (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre)
-Michelle Rodriguez (Fast X)
-Rachel Zegler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

Best Picture-Scifi/Fantasy
-65
-Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
-Enys Men
-Godzilla Minus One
-They Cloned Tyrone

Best Actor-Scifi/Fantasy
-John Boyega (They Cloned Tyrone)
-Dave Bautista (Knock at the Cabin)
-Adam Driver (65)
-Chris Pine (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Ryunosuke Kamiki (Godzilla Minus One)

Best Actress-Scifi/Fantasy
-Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire)
-Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You)
-Teyonah Parris (They Cloned Tyrone)
-Michelle Rodriguez (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Mary Woodvine (Enys Men)

Best Picture-Comedy
-Asteroid City
-Bottoms
-Jules
-Polite Society
-Theater Camp

Best Actor-Comedy
-Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)
-Ben Kingsley (Jules)
-Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City)
-Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
-Jimmy Tatro (Theater Camp)

Best Actress-Comedy
-Ayo Edebiri (Bottoms)
-Scarlett Johansson (Asteroid City)
-Priya Kansara (Polite Society)
-Margot Robbie (Barbie)
-Rachel Sennott (Bottoms)

Best Picture-Drama
-BlackBerry
-The Covenant
-Ferrari
-The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
-Priscilla

Best Actor-Drama
-Clayne Crawford (The Integrity of Joseph Chambers)
-Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
-Adam Driver (Ferrari)
-Zac Efron (The Iron Claw)
-Joaquin Phoenix (Napoleon)

Best Actress-Drama
-Eve Hewson (Flora & Son)
-Greta Lee (Past Lives)
-Thomasin McKenzie (Eileen)
-Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)
-Letitia Wright (Surrounded)

Best Animated Feature
-The Boy and the Heron
-Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
-The Inventor
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Voice Over Performance
-Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Daniel Kaluuya (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
-Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
-Thandiwe Newton (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget)
-Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Director
-Wes Anderson (Asteroid City)
-Nida Manzoor (Polite Society)
-Hayao Miyazaki (The Boy and the Heron)
-Emma Seligman (Bottoms)
-Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Supporting Actor
-Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)
-Noah Galvin (Theater Camp)
-Glenn Howerton (BlackBerry)
-Dar Salim (The Covenant)
-Donnie Yen (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Supporting Actress
-Penélope Cruz (Ferrari)
-Vanessa Kirby (Napoleon)
-Harriet Sansom Harris (Jules)
-Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things)
-Stephanie Hsu (Joy Ride)

Best Fight Scene
-Xenk Against the Dead (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Train Sequence (Extraction 2)
-Hallway Oneshot (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-The Staircase (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Top Down Shotgun Battle (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Villain
-Chuckwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s)
-Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Bill Skarsgård (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Jason Schwartzman (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Visual Effects
-Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
-Gran Turismo
-The Marvels
-Oppenheimer
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography
-Asteroid City
-Eileen
-Enys Men
-Past Lives
-Priscilla

Best Score
-The Boy and the Heron
-The Covenant
-Godzilla Minus One
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Song Performed for a Movie
-I’m Just Ken (Barbie)
-What Was I Made For? (Barbie)
-Qu’est-ce qu’on fait de l’amour (Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia)
-Wings of Time (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Am I Dreaming (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Screenplay
-Asteroid City
-BlackBerry
-Bottoms
-The Boy and the Heron
-The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

Best Cast
-Asteroid City
-Bottoms
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
-Oppenheimer
-Poor Things

Best International Feature
-The Boy and the Heron (Japan)
-Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (France)
-Godland (Denmark)
-Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
-Tender Metalheads (Spain)

The AAWard for Best First Half of a Movie
-Fast X
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
-Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

24/01/2024

9TH AAWARDS NOMINEES

Since the Oscars have been announced... here are the nominations for the 9th Annual AAWards (a series of awards for films I think were overlooked or snubbed by the Academy)

Like always if a film is nominated for the Oscar it can't be nominated in the corresponding category (except in regards to animated feature and song)

Here are the nominees

Best Picture-Superhero
-Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
-The Marvels
-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
-Shin Kamen Rider
-Shin Ultraman

Best Actor-Superhero
-Samuel L. Jackson (The Marvels)
-Xolo Mariduena (Blue Beetle)
-Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
-Takumi Saitoh (Shin Ultraman)

Best Actress-Superhero
-Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Brie Larson (The Marvels)
-Teyonah Parris (The Marvels)
-Iman Vellani (The Marvels)

Best Picture-Action/Adventure
-Extraction 2
-John Wick: Chapter 4
-Kill Boksoon
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
-Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Best Actor-Action/Adventure
-Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
-Chris Hemsworth (Extraction 2)
-Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Jorma Tommila (Sisu)

Best Actress-Action/Adventure
-Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Jeon Do-yeon (Kill Boksoon)
-Aubrey Plaza (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre)
-Michelle Rodriguez (Fast X)
-Rachel Zegler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

Best Picture-Scifi/Fantasy
-65
-Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
-Enys Men
-Godzilla Minus One
-They Cloned Tyrone

Best Actor-Scifi/Fantasy
-John Boyega (They Cloned Tyrone)
-Dave Bautista (Knock at the Cabin)
-Adam Driver (65)
-Chris Pine (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Ryunosuke Kamiki (Godzilla Minus One)

Best Actress-Scifi/Fantasy
-Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire)
-Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You)
-Teyonah Parris (They Cloned Tyrone)
-Michelle Rodriguez (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Mary Woodvine (Enys Men)

Best Picture-Comedy
-Asteroid City
-Bottoms
-Jules
-Polite Society
-Theater Camp

Best Actor-Comedy
-Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario)
-Ben Kingsley (Jules)
-Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City)
-Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)
-Jimmy Tatro (Theater Camp)

Best Actress-Comedy
-Ayo Edebiri (Bottoms)
-Scarlett Johansson (Asteroid City)
-Priya Kansara (Polite Society)
-Margot Robbie (Barbie)
-Rachel Sennott (Bottoms)

Best Picture-Drama
-BlackBerry
-The Covenant
-Ferrari
-The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
-Priscilla

Best Actor-Drama
-Clayne Crawford (The Integrity of Joseph Chambers)
-Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
-Adam Driver (Ferrari)
-Zac Efron (The Iron Claw)
-Joaquin Phoenix (Napoleon)

Best Actress-Drama
-Eve Hewson (Flora & Son)
-Greta Lee (Past Lives)
-Thomasin McKenzie (Eileen)
-Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)
-Letitia Wright (Surrounded)

Best Animated Feature
-The Boy and the Heron
-Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
-The Inventor
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Voice Over Performance
-Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Daniel Kaluuya (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
-Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
-Thandiwe Newton (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget)
-Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Director
-Wes Anderson (Asteroid City)
-Nida Manzoor (Polite Society)
-Hayao Miyazaki (The Boy and the Heron)
-Emma Seligman (Bottoms)
-Celine Song (Past Lives)

Best Supporting Actor
-Willem Dafoe (Poor Things)
-Noah Galvin (Theater Camp)
-Glenn Howerton (BlackBerry)
-Dar Salim (The Covenant)
-Donnie Yen (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Supporting Actress
-Penélope Cruz (Ferrari)
-Vanessa Kirby (Napoleon)
-Harriet Sansom Harris (Jules)
-Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things)
-Stephanie Hsu (Joy Ride)

Best Fight Scene
-Xenk Against the Dead (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Train Sequence (Extraction 2)
-Hallway Oneshot (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-The Staircase (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Top Down Shotgun Battle (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Villain
-Chuckwudi Iwuji (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)
-Matthew Lillard (Five Nights at Freddy’s)
-Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning)
-Bill Skarsgård (John Wick: Chapter 4)
-Jason Schwartzman (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Visual Effects
-Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
-Gran Turismo
-The Marvels
-Oppenheimer
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography
-Asteroid City
-Eileen
-Enys Men
-Past Lives
-Priscilla

Best Score
-The Boy and the Heron
-The Covenant
-Godzilla Minus One
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Song Performed for a Movie
-I’m Just Ken (Barbie)
-What Was I Made For? (Barbie)
-Qu’est-ce qu’on fait de l’amour (Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia)
-Wings of Time (Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
-Am I Dreaming (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Screenplay
-Asteroid City
-BlackBerry
-Bottoms
-The Boy and the Heron
-The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

Best Cast
-Asteroid City
-Bottoms
-How to Blow Up a Pipeline
-Oppenheimer
-Poor Things

Best International Feature
-The Boy and the Heron (Japan)
-Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (France)
-Godland (Denmark)
-Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
-Tender Metalheads (Spain)

The AAWard for Best First Half of a Movie
-Fast X
-Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning
-Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

07/05/2023

(7/10)
Co***ne Bear: Wow did this bear get into some bad marmalade

Director Elizabeth Banks' latest film brings back the cinematic stylings of films like Snakes on a Plane or the Piranha franchise. It's entirely over the top in every sense and frankly I'm a little surprised a company like Troma didn't pick up the idea of a bear on coke first. Essentially it's the kind of movie that fully understands what it is. It's a gruesome slasher comedy that puts a rampaging bear in the place of a serial killer complete with absurd kills and a synth heavy score. The best part... it doesn't try too hard. My worry going into this was that it would wind up being the kind of film that winks at its audience anytime it barrels through genre cliches. Thankfully it doesn't do that and rides the line just enough to be hilarious.
However, it is pretty clear that no one involved had any idea how to end the film and almost everything that happens in the last quarter feels rushed to an absurd degree (including this one flashback that feels so abrupt it almost took me out of the experience as I could only think about how strangely edited that moment was for several moments after). There's a great deal of subplots in the film, but they're all used to sell the jokes... it's when all of them finally collide together that things finally fall apart which sort of fizzles out the fun (luckily not quite enough to sour the whole film).

Overall, if you're looking for a movie about a rampaging bear that does co***ne than this is exactly that movie.

On a rampage for blow and blood. Meet ***neBear. Only in Theaters February 24th. https://www.co***nebear.movie/ Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug ...

07/05/2023

(8/10)
Knock at the Cabin: The cabin that makes you told

M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller is certainly one of his stronger works. In the past, I have had mixed feelings on how Shyamalan writes his dialogue, but here, the dialogue might be one of the strongest aspects in the film; especially because the story just gets right to it. There is no long winded opening or tons of clunky exposition that feels like it drags. Instead, this movie offers up its whole premise and starts it within the first couple minutes. Shyamalan does a great job of keeping the suspense alive and keeping the characters' desperation feel genuine. The only thing that feels a little too messy are the last couple ending scenes... not in a meme "M. Night gotcha twist" sort of way, more that it lacks the same sort of suspense found in the rest of the film offering answers I maybe didn't want because it undermines some themes brought up earlier.

The performances in the film are, for the most part, outstanding. It's great to see Dave Bautista in such a monologue heavy role and absolutely kill it. He can do action, comedy, drama, thrillers, science-fiction... the dude is really becoming one of my favorite actors to watch. The chemistry and back-and-forth between Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge is strong, with the latter being tied for my favorite performance in the film along side Bautista. The others of Bautista's character's group: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn, Rupert Grint aren't really given much focus but all of which have at least one stand out scene.

Overall, M. Night does enough for me to be interested in whatever he decides to do next.

Knock at the Cabin - Only in Theaters February 3, 2023https://www.knockatthecabin.com/While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are t...

07/05/2023

(9/10)
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers: Men will literally go hunting with no experience instead of going to therapy

Robert Machoian's latest film finds an insurance salesman clearly having a mid-life crisis as he feels he must go on a solo hunting adventure in order to find his manhood and gain the admiration of his more experienced peers. While very quiet in its approach, the film is a rich look at toxic masculinity, peer pressure, self-worth, anxiety, guilt, and the fears of providing for a family. Now with this plot and these themes, this low-key drama thriller could have been very generic, but Machoian dips just the tiniest of bits into some surrealist elements as well as throws in a couple quite surprising twists that really help elevate this film to the level it ends up at. After this and The Killing of Two Lovers Machoian has jumped up into one of my most anticipated directors to watch.
Most of any of the brief surrealism actually comes from the sound design, which is already going to be tough to beat for best sound of the year. There are moments of humor added because of the sound, but for the most part it helps create such an unnerving atmosphere especially in combination with the score. Then the film is beautifully shot, there are a couple long takes in particular that are just total treats to look at.
But the Machoian's biggest asset here is the exquisite performance from Clayne Crawford. I fear this dropped too early in the year as Crawford absolutely deserves award recognition for his role here. He's brilliant as this sort of bumbling man who goes into shock following some intense events. The way he's able to portray trauma and guilt is probably some of the best acting that will come out of this year.
Overall, if you're willing to sit down with it, this film is so worth watching.

Release Date: 02/17/2023Directed by: Robert MachoianStarring: Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond James, Jeffrey Dean MorganSynopsis: Insura...

07/05/2023

(7/10)
M3GAN: My, Robot

I suppose it was only a matter of time before we got A.I. Chucky, and honestly... not mad about it, I'd see another one of these. Gerard Johnstone's horror comedy, which feels specifically designed to inspire tiktok reaction videos, is the type of movie that knows fully what it is. It's insanely campy and feels like a proper modernization of the slasher films of the 80's. In fact, I'm a little surprised Tom Holland (the director not the actor) didn't make this himself. It's strange because I'm stuck somewhere between, "wow, this is so dumb" and "wow, I love this for being so dumb."
The slasher/thriller elements are pretty strong. There are some inventive kills and unexpected scares. However, it didn't lean quite far enough in that direction and stays closer to the comedy side of things. Which is interesting because it isn't a comedy due to its jokes as opposed to being a comedy due to the sheer baffling choices made in this film. It's funny in a way that Cats (2019) is funny if that makes sense.

Overall, outside of the acting being pretty rough all around, it makes for a pretty entertaining time.

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(7/10)
JUNG_E: Get's a JUNG_C- from me

Yeon Sang-ho's latest honestly might be his best work since Train to Busan. However, this film still doesn't reach anywhere close to that level, but it is entertaining enough to be worth a viewing. The plot is pretty generic, things such as I, Robot and Chappie come to mind. But despite narrative shortcomings, Yeon directs some pretty fun action scenes and the performances are pretty solid.

Overall, not sure I can think of too much to say on this one right now, but it's okay

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