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Nightmare Alley 2021
While still in GDT’s thematic wheelhouse, I loved seeing this film steer further away from the monsters he loves to tell stories with to shine an unflinching, impossible to ignore spotlight on just how horrible humans can be. I had heard a number of people say their interest waned after the first act but honestly, the moment Cate Blanchett shows up is when I was 100% on board. Still not sure what I was expecting going into this, yet Nightmare…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
For every moment I laughed or genuinely enjoyed myself, there were three where I sighed or rolled my eyes. No Way Home presents a real conflict of interest for me; as someone who grew up with Raimi’s trilogy and have been progressively more sick and tired of Marvel’s Peter Parker, to find so many moments in this film that tap into those raw, tender childhood memories amongst the Marvel of it all (I wanted to tear my hair out over…
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Black Widow 2021
As the opening credits droned on with a bleak cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit, I was worried that small segment would act as a mission statement for the entire film - and I was completely right. Some of the worst editing this series has ever produced and an unbearably incoherent third act that did nothing to honour one of the OG Avengers, this is absolutely not the way you want to start a new phase of your franchise. The…
