‘Poor Things.’ - A Luring Concoction Unfurling the Limits of Deep Sensibilities
Temperaments are crazed, tempted, and learned in Yorgos Lanthimos’ wild science-fiction pleasure.
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Nigel Paolo Grageda
"Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" - Explosive with Particles of Wonder in the MCU Whole
Blast here, blast there, it's a loaded hysteria in a dream explosion of absurdist curiosity.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
"The Banshees of Inisherin" - Moving On Lingers with Remorse, Just to Let It Pass
To accept what's come to takes an excruciatingly slow while, and it could be madness.
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“Don’t Look Up” - Satirical, Terrifying as Global Ignorance Means Annihilation
Adam McKay’s political collage hits the nerve on misinformation and cultural abandon.
Nigel Paolo Grageda
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Unspools the Multiverse of Disappointment
Peter Parker reaches ultimate maturity, and it may be time to stop the MCU.
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“The Green Knight” - Remembering Destiny is Innocence in David Lowery’s Sweeping Achievement
A legend rises, and the voyage is as meaningless as it is rewarding.
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"My Amanda" - Will the Will-They-Won't-They Genre Ever Be Cosmically Off-Trend?
This inseparable pals’ unfaltering closeness is comprised of small lasting encounters, thus sweeter in their dimunitive indulgences.
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“Black Widow” - MCU's Experiment Results in the New Standard-Bearer of the Cavalcade
Marvel Studios cements Natasha Romanoff’s legacy, yet maybe what matters is taking bygones with to make amends with pursuing the present.
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“No Sudden Move” - A Race Where Who Loses First Sees It to the End
Steven Soderbergh’s caper relies on sheer instinct in figuring if anyone is even anyone.
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"Malcolm & Marie" Beautifies Misery through Adequately Exaggerated Acts
Reoccurring hurt is the shards of amnesiac loving so neutrally luminous and pierces deeply.
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"Nomadland" - The Desolate Occupies Somethingness for Settlement or Passing Along
All expeditions circle the farther the miles ahead.
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“Wonder Woman 1984” Broadcasts Wishfulness During DC Superhero Season
Patty Jenkins connives a festive but possibly overcompensating merry-go-round.
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"Fan Girl" is a Twisted Fairytale About Addiction and Overcoming Abusive Relations
In a fanatical country, idolatry is a cycle of media and government.
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"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Conscience is a Cabin Where Blues Resounds Louder
Fluting horns and belting out the blues is as suffocating as the airless, crowded self.
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"Alter Me" - Musically Climactic, this is the Sound of Brokenhearted Resurrection
Because heartbreak is music and sexing that begs listening to.
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"Hayop Ka! The Nimfa Dimaano Story" - A Worthwhile Revolt of Senseless Poverty and Cartoon Daydream
Felinely animation and detailed with clever caricatures, this is the Philippines motioned with satirical lovemaking.
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"Another Round" - Spirits Consumption is the Intake of Spirituality
Liquor, in a swill, is the gateway to and from presentiments.
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"I'm Thinking of Ending Things" - Remnants of Mentality are Either Illusion or Realness
Giving in to the malleability of thoughts.
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"Palm Springs" - Recurrence is Energetic Learning with Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg
Life is meant to be lived as many times as possible. And so forth.
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“Da 5 Bloods” - Spike Lee’s Expressionist War Drama Warps from Then and Now
The Spike Lee joint is a rich, head-rolling jungle fury.
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