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Us (2019)

Us course corrects on my big complaint about the otherwise-terrific Get Out

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Crush (2022)

Must every Gen Z movie be so aggressively online?

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Luck (2022)

Luck is a broken movie in so many ways that I’m not sure where to start.

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The ‘Burbs (1989)

I want to start this review by clearing the air about The ‘Burbs’s ending.

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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Maverick is unquestionably the best case scenario for a 36-years-later sequel to a loopy, delightful blockbuster that simply did not need one.

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Bedazzled (1967)

I know it’s just my Americentrism, but I think of the 1967 English film as “the other Bedazzled”

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Shithouse (2020)

For whatever reason, the “college film” has not been as malleable and consistent a format as the “high school film.”

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Häxan (Haxan: The Witch) (1922)

Documentaries did not properly exist in 1922 as a cinematic form.

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The Kid (1921)

The Kid is Charlie Chaplin’s first feature film, and it is far from Chaplin’s peak, though still pretty great.

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Status Update (2018)

The script of this movie sounds like it was written by someone who borrowed a copy of “Internet Slang for Dummies” from the library.