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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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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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.
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Not Okay (2022)
Satire is hard.
The sixth Harry Potter film is the beginning of the end of the series.
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George of the Jungle 2 (2003)
I do not subscribe to the philosophy of “so-bad-it’s-good” movie-watching, at least in a literal sense.
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The Batman (2022)
I kept waiting, for three hours, for The Batman to really sock me in the jaw.