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.
[category:science-fiction,date:2021-03-24,rate:7.1,type:movies]
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Category: Science-Fiction
Squid Game (2021)
The Best TV Of The 2020’s Early On & Most Original, Avant-Garde Netflix In Years, nightmarishly twisting nostalgic, pastel-coated idyllicism of childhood into odieux, égoïste fiscal darwinism of adulthood, metaphorized: battle royale aesthetic. 9.7/10.
[category:horror/science-fiction/drama,date:2021-09-02,rate:9.7,type:tvshows]
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Free Guy (2021)
Bringing his signature charm/gregariousness to video game worlds like he did as the electric mouse icon of 2019, Reynolds manages to gameshark a v. clever script of anti-routine & complacency allegory, meta-comedy, and sci-fi adventure. 7.3/10.
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Raised By Wolves (2020)
One of the most epic-scale projects I’ve ever seen on TV and a new sci-fi dystopian vision from Alien/Blade Runner-legend Ridley Scott: A wickedly-original evolution of the Netflix age w. beautiful cinematography, despotism, religious allegory. 8.7/10.
[category:science-fiction/apocalyptica/fantasy,date:2020-12-23,rate:8.7,type:tvshows]
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Chaos Walking (2021)
One of the most inane, fatuous, repugnant, imbecilic sci-western concepts I’ve ever heard, C.W. is everything wrong with the young-adult novel/film subgenre – a [somehow] double-sexist apocalypse of despair tone, wasting a godly cast. 2.1/10.
[category:science-fiction/western/actionadventure/dystopian,date:2021-05-13,rate:2.1,type:movies]
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Wandavision+ (2021)
The best MCU project & type of avant-garde innovation we’ve craved by Marvel for 10+ years beyond blockbuster formula, WV+: boldly-stylized CBM-mystery/sci-fi/ comedy/romance/horror/fntsy of ignis ftis, phantasmagoria, TV-nostalgia. 9.4/10.
[category:actionadventure/comic-book-movies-tv/experimental/mystery/psychological/science-fiction/time-travel,date:2021-01-02,rate:9.4,type:tvshows]
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Monster Hunter (2021)
Big monsters x colossal CGI blockbuster action joy quickly fade on this otherwise messy, virtually-unwatchable, contrived, mindless hodgepodge of aesthetics and [~narrativeless] spectacle killing DP/SNC’s 2020 wins for video game movies. 3.2/10
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/kaiju/fantasy,date:2021-02-20,rate:3.2,type:movies]
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
Pure idiosyncrasy, dark themes, indie songs, & bonkers, hard-R bloodsoaked Black Ops glory free of PG-13 & MCU limitations, The Suicide Squad is one of the most comic book films: morbidly-strange/twisted imagination of Gunn; 10x+ 2016. 8/10.
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/kaiju/blockbusters/horror/comedyromance,date:2021-09-01,rate:8,type:movies]
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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (Ep. IX)
A course-correction after the trainwreck of Last Jedi that retcons ~all its sacrilege, *embracing* series lore instead of erasing it – with fan service abounds, viscerality in pacing, & best cinematography of SW-history – but overstuffed narrative. 7.5/10.
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/fantasy,date:2019-12-24,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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Tenet (2020)
A cerebral evolution of the spy-thriller from the Da Vincian-imagination of Nolan, TENET is a time-distortion of remarkable metaphysical aspiration – w/a proficient JDW performance, chef d’oeuvre Zimmer-Göransson score, aciculate reparté. 9/10.
[category:drama/actionadventure/time-travel/spy-futurism/cyberpunk/film-noir/crime-films/experimental/mystery/science-fiction,date:2020-03-01,rate:9,type:movies]
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