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4 Not my favorite from A24, but it's certainly one of the more fun-filled and accessible ones. It's sort of like when you're into a great band that creates strange and Avant-Garde music, and then they come out with a very enjoyable and likable hit. Jamie Lee Curtis is great here Deirdre. I loved her in a Fish Called Wanda (1988), Trading Places(1983), as well as others. Michelle Yeoh/Everlyn, Crazy Rich Asians(2018), and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon really shines along with her daughter Stephanie Hsu/Joy/Jobu, Shang-Chi, and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). James Hong/Gong Gong/Grandfather gives an almost dynasty feel in the second half and adds strength and backbone for a veteran actor who has been in Chinatown (1974), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), along with many voiceovers. Who I really loved was Key Huy Quan/Waymond. His ability to verse/jump between possible divorcee and galactic warrior was fantastic. Yup, The Goonies (1985) and Indiana and the Temple of Doom (1984), that's him.Loved him then and I love him here. Different than this, but still a great under-the-radar gloriously beautiful martial arts is House of Flying Daggers (2004). It's worth your time.

Firstly, the transfer to print of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret(2023) is stunning. I did not expect it to look this good. Such clarity. Secondly, I found parts of this film endearing, and in other parts, I felt the frustration and worry Margaret/Abby Ryder Fortson was feeling when she asked her mother Sylvia Simon/Rachel McAdams about getting a bra. The following scene is with both of them going to a store to pick one out. The sales associate says after Margaret's measurement that she didn't really need one, there's a slight tension in Margaret, and then please be kind look from the mother to the associate. Then the associate suggests one that Margaret could grow into. In the following scene, the girls club meeting where three out of the for getting the same grow-into bra as Margaret, and the relief and laughter of the moment. That right there is what many of the scenes are like. It's a comedy coming-of-age drama. There's a scene where Margaret notices the beginning growth of a boy she likes underarm hair There's a short shot of leg hair. Why, well do you remember? I do. Heck, when I first noticed my underarm hair I told my mother I needed to get my own Brute underarm deodorant. I actually went and showed some of my friends. And yes, the first beginning of that fine blonde hair forming above my lip. Staring at it every day in the mirror to see if it grew more. I finally showed my stepfather and he gave a warm-hearted chuckle, "Well I guess we'll have to get you a special razor for all that hair". That was a tacit moment where the boy he helped raise was becoming a young man. I felt safe and loved. A setback for me was because of the wonderful clarity. The 70's props were too vivid. Because of that, the vibe the movie was going for didn't generate the nostalgic atmosphere I was hoping for. I had friends that were married and had children in a similar situation. They chose to celebrate both Jewish and Christian holidays. How are you supposed to choose if you don't know what there are? That's what their thinking was. It's not a knock on the book or film. As always, Kathy Bates/Slyvia Simon, the grandmother was wonderful. All that big rhinestone jewelry, I loved it. Ya know I could almost smell Vanilla Fields One thought I had while watching Are You There God? It's me Margaret was, if a husband lost his wife and had a daughter that was twelve, this would be a great movie for them to see. Another great heartwarming comedy-drama that is good is an A24 film Eight Grade. It's not completely the same, but it is a good movie that many don't know about. I enjoyed this film.

3.75 2x4 Shaky Cam in da house, well apartment building. Doc Martens Mussolini's Head Kick best line too. It would seem to be that the twist in time has brought pages out from both books of the Evil Dead series. You have the medicated mayhem hesitant responses of the 2013, and you also have the lighting lunged lunacy of the first two. I'm not going to give anything away, but I can say that the end and beginning are looped, and yes Evil Deadites, a book is inked in blood. The opening of the movie title is murderously massive, and the end had me wondering if that was Ash's daughter. I'll edit after more people see Evil Dead Rise.