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3 out of 5 stars (average) Watching Mortal Komat is like watching a young child mash all their favorite toys together. It’s loud, confusing, and nonsensical, but you can tell the kid’s in heaven. (Hopefully) unlike a kid playing with his toys, it wears its R-rating like a blood-soaked badge of honor that shows the… Continue Reading
2 out of 5 stars (has some good moments, but is overall bad) I wanted to love Freaky. Released by Blumhouse Pictures and helmed by the director of the enormously fun Happy Death Day franchise, it’s being pitched as a slasher film mixed with a wacky body-swap comedy a la Freaky Friday (likely the origin… Continue Reading
2.5 out of 5 stars (decent) There’s a lot riding on the success of Tenet. After multiple pushbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and writer-director Christopher Nolan’s insistence that it be seen in theaters, many were proclaiming Tenet would bring everyone back to the movies again. I’m sad to say that not only does Tenet… Continue Reading
3 out of 5 stars (average) Thank you to Comedy Dynamics for reaching out to me for this review. I had never heard of Richard Lett before watching Never Be Done. He’s a Canadian stand-up comic with a raunchy, politically incorrect sense of humor and, as the documentary shows, a life full of inner battles. … Continue Reading
1 out of 5 stars (Currently the worst of the year) Note: I spoke with some family friends who have younger children about Scoob!, and the kids enjoyed the film decently. A scene where Dick Dastardly rips the head off of a cute robot proved the scariest moment, many jokes flew over their heads, and… Continue Reading
3 out of 5 stars (Average) Note: This was part of my “Making of a Movie Geek” project from when I was 15 years old. Please click the link to read up on this project. Thoughts: Stand By Me is one of the best representations of childhood I’ve ever seen. The acting, characters, and mixture… Continue Reading