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Crazy how this claymation style still looks so crisp in a day and age of the 3D visual aesthetic. This movie is a fun ride, must watch for the Wallace & Gromit fanbase.

Even though I wanted to love Captain America: Brave New World, I can’t say that I did. It’s good and has awesome things to offer, and definitely doesn’t deserve the bs low scores it’s getting.

Super loyal to the book, very fun for the kids.

As a fan of all forms of pro wrestling, Lucha Libre is definitely in my wheelhouse and I watch it if I can. This biopic focuses on Cassandro and how he changed the game of Lucha by being an exotico and being successful. A multi layered story about identity, love, double lives, commuting in between the border of Mexico & Texas. A lot is packed in just 90 mins of story telling. Once again showing, how a cohesive story can be told without it exceeding 100 - 120 minutes. This movie isn’t for everyone, but for mature people who can stick with it, it’s a really good film. Gael Garcia Bernal is nothing short of sensational. Everything he does he’s great in, a lot of his performances never get the push he deserves. I don’t think he’s won anything since his Golden Globe for Mozart in the Jungle. Also I don’t know if Bernal is a Lucha Libre fan, but my gosh, he got to wrestle El Hijo de freaking Santos. THE literal Luchador. I appreciate that this movie shot in Mexico and didn’t have that generic Narcos filter they put over shots in Mexico. I also love the use of actual Mexicans, except for Bad Bunny, but it’s hard to not include him in a Spanish movie about wrestling… From what I could find online, I couldn’t see the actual Cassandro himself having any involvement with the film, not even a cameo which is disappointing. I know he can’t speak due to a stroke, and maybe didn’t want to be in the film, but I wish there was a way to make it work. Regardless, Cassandro is a wild ride. Love him or hate, he is unapologetically himself, and he is amazing.

Being raised Catholic, I have lived through 2 conclaves and not once have I ever thought about that process. Still, with little to no knowledge about how a new Pope gets elected, I hope it’s anything like how it’s depicted here. Lots of unnecessary drama, sinning, politics… and even more sinning. Stellar performances all around. Was very impressed by John Lithgow here, as an antagonist I didn’t think he could get me against him but the role he’s given, it’s perfect for him. He has such a calm demeanor even though you know his smile is a mask akin to a luchador, you don’t know who he is. Also Ralph Fiennes is one of my favorite actors so I wholeheartedly and full of bias, love him here. The story is good. The adaptation of it all shows how this is a great book. The pacing can be slow at times and there’s a lot of political priest jargon that I don’t get. But the 3rd act is fantastic. The overall aesthetic is great, you also never see priests just being people and being on their phone, smoking and shooting the shit. Humanizes humans, what a crazy concept. A good watch, a slower movie that can be hard to get into at first, but the payoff is a great layered twist.

Really entertaining and perfectly fast paced for the target audience. As a fan of the books, DreamWorks just gets the work of the great Dav Pilkey. Keep these movies coming. Animation on point, looks like paint brushed claymation. Voice acting also on point, when you have a script like this that allows the voice actors to go crazy in the booth, it’s hard to not come out with a great product. Fantastic for kids and for fans of the books.

Since I’m barely a year married, a lot of these issues and stresses of dealing with a wedding is still somewhat fresh on my mind, so I found a lot of this movie to be very funny. I know a lot of people are so anti Will Ferrell nowadays, but this movie isn’t terrible nor offensive. The jokes between the father and daughter here are laugh out loud funny and right up my alley. Still, it’s a streaming movie, meant to be played in the background while doing chores. There isn’t any depth here, but a lot of good laughs.

In a world where lots of cinema choose to villainize modern day AI and incorporate it into the horror genre (i.e. M3gan, Subservience, Afraid, etc) this film decides to uniquely romanticize the concept. It’s a big swing, and the first that I’ve really seen done in this way.   Unique is going to be an overarching theme here, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to good all the time. The beginning is a very interesting satirical view on today’s society and The Zucheros cherry pick what the satellite and buoy want to base human life on.   That concept of two machines falling in love with each other and using human history to learn how to fall in love, that’s not entirely different of how real humans fall in love. That form of learning to fall in love is actually just as scary as AI learning to kill people if you think about it…   The story is great but it kind of threw me off because there’s kind of 2 acts, or the 2nd act is split into two parts and that is kinda weird, or unique. Whatever. Anyway, at the core of things, it’s a love story. Me and Iam utilize the internet to personify love, and they find it difficult to express to each other in what they feel is the proper way, there is really nothing more human than that honestly.   Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun are amazing, Their portrayal of humans and machines that grow to have human emotions is very meticulous and specific. They don’t really have the challenge of portraying 2 different characters each because the couple at the beginning is how they eventually become at the end. They have great chemistry, and I would love to see the continuation of this story in some form. Also, this movie has a very weird sex scene…   On that note… Love Me provides a different experience on what is now the AI genre. A fun story, but definitely will not resonate with a lot of people.

The animation alone makes this movie worth a watch. The story and characters are interesting enough, and the music show at the end is stunning. I saw the dub and I’m in love with Kylie McNeill’s voice (she killed it in Belle and flourishes here). Story and concept is interesting but the schtick about Kimi is that she can see the colors that people emit, but it barely has any merit on the overarching story.   Overall, a fun experience, visually pleasing and great songs, it’s just that the pacing is slow at times and the story is just ok.

I thought this movie was hilarious at times. Some jokes don’t land for me personally but saw this in a crowded theatre that was filled with people cracking up.   Keke Palmer & SZA are the hilarious together and the onscreen chemistry is off the charts. I can’t imagine how fun it must have been on set. The story is really one of them days, honestly the concept is so relatable. You just have one problem and all of a sudden you have a million in matter of hours. How those problems are dealt with can become such a funny ass adventure and can become stories you can reflect on. This movie definitely gives off that vibe.   The music is great, if you look at the soundtrack there’s nothing but heavy hitters, and I looked it up because I didn’t notice any of these songs but, no Best Friends by Saweetie from the trailer and no SZA songs? High key disappointing.   I enjoyed this movie thoroughly, I don’t think it’s as good as Friday but still, in my opinion it comes close, and will definitely be the Friday for gen z.