A magnum opus proclamation returning to sci-gen roots: kubrickian IQ, hardcoded existential wonders, epic-scale visuals, galactic mystery, prognosticable futurism, and pago-agnosticism – even if the project deserved > on cast & resources. 8.7/10.
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Category: Science-Fiction
The Adam Project (2022)
Beautifully-locationed in VC wilderness with solid FX & action scenes, but a bland, schmaltzy, forgettable, tired screwball Netflix-signature rehash of ~every ’80’s sci-fi film of public conscience w. a woefully-miscast ensemble led by genre-ill R.R. 4/10.
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Strawberry Mansion (2022)
A hyperimaginative time/space-bending fantasia dreamscape & new cult-classic contrastively juxtaposing the ethereal freedom, limitlessness, mystery, euphoria, life of imagination w. etiolate, grayscale euthanization of govt. & capitalism. 9.5/10.
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Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
The Conclusion To The Jurassic Era Works As ~Totalitarian Experience: A Wild BCE Reversal Of Apex Predation & Postapocalyptica W. A+ Fandom-Service & Full-Circle, Only T-Rex’d By Growing [MCU Catalyzed] Exhaustion Of Legacy/Team Prjs. 7.8/10.
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Lightyear (2022)
Despite The First Cheer LGBTQ+ Scene In Disney & Lush Galaxy Visuals, LGYR: a toy of plasticy genre-clichés w. ~zero likeness/nostalgia [from bizarre MAGA-look to Evans (mis)cast] & worrying omen of factory prod. to infinity-and-beyond. 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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Kimi (2022)
Zoë Kravitz is spellbinding in a visceral, white-knuckle, startlingly-prognosticable, hyperbolic cat-and-mouse game drenched in atmospheric paranoia, corporate assassin thrills, mental health, post-covid conspiracy; even if ~amuse-bouche. 8/10.
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Godzilla v. Kong (2021)
The epic kaiju showdown fans have been waiting generations for by magnitude of 21st-Century VFX/CGI, Godzilla v. Kong delivers on its promise jaw-dropping battle w. POC-diverse cast, lens prospectus, razor-thin storyline, & bad middle act. 7.1/10.
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Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City (2021)
Bringing the video games to life for a new generation of fans by returning to ’90’s franchise roots, REWTRC: vicious, well-CGI’d, casted, & aestheticized cyberpunk Umbrella virus of horror, science-fiction, & anti-corporatism propaganda. 6.2/10.
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Marvel’s Eternals (2021)
A paradox of a movie off the MCU factory-line w. cast of movie-stars rhapsodic for box-office formula checks, yet self-categorizing as a dark, complex, mature indie by hyperborean, lifeless viz filter & prodigal-yet-blasé CZ; wasted diversification. 4/10.
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