Though Maybe We’re ~Partisan As Los Angelens Bleeding Purple-And-Gold, WTLD magnificently dramatizes w. rich joie-de-vivre, machismo, chromatized panache, & magic-esque creativity the cali dreams & dynasty magnitude of ’80’s Lakers. 9/10.
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Category: Comedy/Romance
Loot (2022)
On The Precipice Of Recession, COVID-19, & World War III, a gaga luxe billionaire-apologism sitcom on Ms. Gates/Bezos isn’t chic.. time to 1) reject anti-feminist idea housewives merit half of business $ on divorce, 2) admit: Maya R. isn’t funny. 3.2/10.
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The Worst Person In The World (2022)
A wistful, melancholic, bittersweet, erotic 21st century romantic dramedy doubling as a coming-of-age epic & tapestriac piecemeal of feminist themes, TWPITW closes Trier’s Oslo Trilogy w. fireworks & dazzling, special performance by Reinsve. 8.7/10.
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Thor: Love And Thunder (2022)
Despite Guns N’ Roses Trailer, KV, & Nathalie’s Physique, L/T: quite plausibly most completely unnecessary blockbuster, even for MCU; dumbed-down, giggly snooze pimping Ragnarok, humbling Taika, proving Scorsese right 10x. Shame,.. Bale. 4/10.
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The Lost City (2022)
An effortless chemistry zip between its two protagonists, refreshing 1980’s RTS x TJOTN x 6D6N sense of IP/CBM-free screwball action-adventure, schlock, and exploitive romance-novel frisson make a lost treasure despite complacency. 6.7/10.
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Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
A New-Age Spring Breakers With A Horror/Whodunit Lemon-Twist, Reijn’s BX3 is a wild & unpredictable [even if ~non-new] Gen. Z satire – terms, socials, archetypes, performative activism, faux outrage, main character syndrome, etc. of today. 6.7/10.
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Pixar’s Turning Red (2022)
Though it’s ~ruined by ageographic-cringe & a hideous art-style by lazifying Pixar, TR: celebratory project by AAPI representation & complex allegory juxtaposition of mythology, animalism, mixed heritage, taboo-libéré: puberty, menstruation. 6.2/10.
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She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (2022)
A cringeworthy, gauche, silly, awkward, gamma-ray’d fast-food charcuterie; ~worst CGI in TV history, twerk cameos, miscast promise actress x sellout: T.M.; [somehow after ignominy of Rufalo’s Smartbro: Worst MCU Character] +1 disgraces Hlk. 2.5/10
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The Cuphead Show (2022)
Though it’s a style & technical coup-de-grâce any cartoon junkie or historian will gush on by painstaking recreation & celebration of ’30’s Golden Age Fleischer, TCS feels.. plebeian & wrong: goofy faux-vaudeville > dark indie lore/world-build. 5/10.
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Ms. Marvel (2022)
A+-cast & first bonafide sign of *any* representation in history of blockbusters for world’s largest-but-x’d minority: brown people, but wildly-unoriginal CW Tween/ YA kitsch: retcon Khan to Green Lantern ripoff to protect yt Mr. F4ntastic. 6.2/10.
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