The Binge

POSITIVES…

  • I generally liked the movie’s idea of being this outrageous, drug and alcohol, bro-comedy version of “The Purge.”

  • Vince Vaughn. The man still entertains me so much.

  • Got to give a shout out to Eduardo Franco as Andrew. He went all in with his character, and that deserves some props.

  • There are some jokes and funny scenes that did make me laugh. Quan. Darts. Autocorrect. Cow. Names of people who could be Lena’s promposal.

  • Those of you looking for an excuse to watch an over-the-top movie that celebrates alcohol, drugs, and sex jokes. Well here you go.

NEGATIVES…

  • The whole thing is really a bit on the embarrassingly juvenile side, with way too much pandering to its target audience.

  • It has a generally obvious and unoriginal story, with the most predictable conclusion.

  • A lot of the humor either falls flat or are just cringey. I can only take so much unfunny jokes about drugs, alcohol, sex, and pop culture references.

  • Griffin and Hags. No direct shade towards Skyler Gisondo and Dexter Darden, but the characters they play in this are just such tired, living cliche, plot tropes.

  • There’s going to be some idiots who are going to be inspired to do the stupid things in this movie.

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Superman Man Of Tomorrow

POSITIVES…

  • Although this is yet another take on Superman’s origin story, the movie manages to shake things up a bit with some nice plot changes and certain character additions.

  • I liked the voice cast. Solid work by Darren Criss, Zachary Quinto, Ike Amadi, Brett Dalton, Ryan Hurst, and Alexandra Daddario.

  • Enjoyed the interplay between the characters. Really brought the characters to life.

  • Had fun with the recurring jokes in this movie. Good stuff!

  • Several solid action set pieces. I was genuinely engaged seeing those battles.

  • Really grew to love the animation style of this movie.

  • This is very close to a traditional Superman movie through and through, in themes and messaging. I think that’s a really good thing.

NEGATIVES…

  • It’s not necessarily the most exciting or epic Superman movie around.

  • The pacing somehow felt slower than I think it should have been.

  • Yes, it’s another origin movie. Did we really need yet another origin movie?

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All Together Now

POSITIVES…

  • Are you looking for a good melodramatic tearjerker, with a story full of heart and emotions? Well here you go!

  • Auli'i Cravalho as Amber Appleton is fantastic in this film! Charming and delightful. It’s hard not to be completely invested in what happens to her character.

  • The third act. Loved the third act of this movie.

  • There’s a monologue that Rhenzy Feliz’s character makes during that third act which I think needs to be heard by so many people.

  • For a coming-of-age teen story, I thought this had a lot of good themes and messages worth watching the movie for.

  • Those of you who manage to keep a happy and optimistic attitude in spite of how the world feels tough and makes you work harder than you should ever need to work… this movie is dedicated to you.

  • Clap Pat Clap Slap

NEGATIVES…

  • There’s a certain point where you just have to ask, “can a movie be too sad, that it becomes a little too over the top sad?”

  • Unfortunately, it felt like Rhenzy Feliz’s character was a little too underwritten for most of the movie.

  • I was waiting for a pay off that never happened.

  • Kinda wished there were more songs.

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The New Mutants

POSITIVES…

  • Premise of the story felt like the Breakfast Club, meets the Haunting Of Hill House, crossed with the X-Men. I’m fine with that.

  • I liked that there’s a horror thriller element to the movie.

  • Fans of this property should get some fun with the references to the books and the overall FOX X-Men movie franchise.

  • Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar was really good in this.

  • The subplot between Danielle Moonstar and Maisie Williams’ Rahne Sinclair was the heart of this movie to get behind with.

  • Anya Taylor-Joy stood out well as the hateable bad girl Illyana Rasputin. She gets your attention with the things she says and does.

  • The third act was where most of the budget went. More of that please.

NEGATIVES…

  • It’s generally small in scope with a modest budget, so I hope you weren’t expecting the grand special effects bonanza of superpowers.

  • This is a movie featuring teenagers squabbling with each other. Yeah, that can get annoying.

  • Kinda boring for some parts.

  • Most of the characters felt too underwritten.

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Bill & Ted Face The Music

POSITIVES…

  • If you’re already a fan of the duo, it’s instantly a thrill seeing Alex Winters and Keanu Reeves as Bill & Ted once again.

  • I appreciated how this still completely embraces this particular version of time travelling, that’s completely nonsensical and illogical in nature, that should obviously create tons of plot holes, and huge migraines for trying to make heads or tails of it. Yet, there’s a charm to this logic.

  • The gimmick of having Bill & Ted interacting with themselves is probably my most favorite thing about this movie.

  • Prosthetic makeup. Lots of fun with that.

  • Kudos to Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine, as Thea & Billie, doing their best in trying to imitate Bill & Ted.

  • Anthony Carrigan as the robot totally put a huge smile on my face.

  • William Sadler as Death was a delight to see once again.

  • All the surprise cameo and new characters plucked from the timeline. Fantastic.

  • Gotta give the writers props for giving me a relatively satisfying and acceptable ending to this trilogy.

  • Most excellent and most appropriate after credits scene.

NEGATIVES…

  • The opening scenes doesn’t quite grab you right away, and it might just take a little longer before you open up to the movie.

  • If you’re not up for the nonsensical illogical nature of the story, then you are not going to be down with this.

  • Actually, if you aren’t already a fan of Bill & Ted, then this is not for you.

  • Stereotypical California Surfer Dude speak can get tiring after a while.

  • There’s a huge plot reveal that’s a little too predictable, which kinda diffuses any notions of any minds being blown away.

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Justice League Dark Apokolips War

POSITIVES…

  • Epic action set pieces.

  • John Constantine continues to be a cool character.

  • I liked Etrigan too.

  • Some solid character moments in the final act.

  • The overall premise of the movie is worth exploring further.

NEGATIVES…

  • The sheer amount of violence, destruction, gore, and death, were so over the top, it felt like they were put in this superhero comic book movie just for the shock value.

  • Plot seems to determine the narrative more than having actual proper storytelling.

  • A lot of it’s sense of humor felt lazy and uninspired.

  • Relies way too much on plot conveniences, that it inadvertently made the plot predictable.

  • Story is just a mess and opens itself to an amazing amount of nitpicking.

  • Except for a very few, most of these legendary super heroic characters were treated in such a disposable manner, that it’s almost like the filmmakers just didn’t care.

  • Felt like the whole thing was made by people who just wanted some unnecessarily edgy fan-service darker depiction of the Justice League, just because it’s supposed to be cool? No. It’s not cool.

  • In the end, it all just felt like a waste of time, and without any significant meaning or point. Unless the point of it all was just that it was supposed to be a much darker superhero movie than normal, because you know, Justice League DARK…

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Boys State

POSITIVES…

  • Very fascinating documentary about the political process as demonstrated by 1100 sixteen to eighteen year old young adults in Texas.

  • This film manages to capture incredible character arcs with the individuals they chose to feature. It was hard not to get invested with where the stories were going.

  • Plot twists, surprises, and reveals! There were some awesome ones here!

  • Gotta love how the subplot about impeachment went.

  • Scenes on what people will do to get votes. So many familiar political stuff that we all can relate to.

  • The speeches! It had fun showing some bad ones, but the good ones they did show were fantastic to listen to.

  • This documentary should open your eyes a bit about politics, ideologies, discourse, and how we all as human beings should consider going about it.

  • Also consider this, but this might have just shown us some future political leaders.

NEGATIVES…

  • It’s still a film about politics, and not everybody is going to like that.

  • With there being two political camps in this story, the documentary unfortunately focuses on one camp just a bit more than the other.

  • There’s a bunch of stuff I wish this documentary actually covered.

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Chemical Hearts

POSITIVES…

  • This story is made for hopeless romantics and especially those who are experiencing young love as a teenager.

  • Speaking of whom, teenagers all over will appreciate one of the central themes of this movie.

  • In fact, I really loved one particular monologue Lili Reinhart makes in the library on that topic.

  • There are many scenes of dialogue that are scattered throughout the story that are pretty good to listen to, and I especially enjoyed the ones that explains emotions in a scientific fashion.

  • Austin Abrams and Lili Reinhart are good in their roles, and carried the whole movie very well.

  • Appreciated the attempt at portraying teenagers and young love in a more realistic view.

  • Excellent soundtrack.

NEGATIVES…

  • Kinda melodramatic and pretentious at times.

  • While it tries to do the young romance genre a little differently, the plot still falls back to some familiar cliches and conveniences when I wished it wouldn’t.

  • I’m going to say that it isn’t because of some preconceived biases, but I really couldn’t see Austin Abrams and Lili Reinhart as a couple at all.

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The Sleepover

POSITIVES…

  • As a kid’s action adventure movie, it makes a lot of good decisions to keep things fun.

  • The set pieces littered throughout the story were all perfectly entertaining, and constantly kept me engaged and invested with where the narrative was taking me.

  • It’s sense of humor is actually something both kids and adults can equally enjoy. I know I laughed more times than I thought I ever would for this.

  • I especially loved the running jokes in this movie. There’s one involving Joe Manganiello that just cracks me up.

  • Overall cast is good in this, but huge shout out to Ken Marino, Maxwell Simkins, and Cree Cicchino, for specifically being the comedy reliefs in this movie.

  • Appreciated the family friendly tone and familiar yet comfortable plot, that kept me entertained throughout.

  • There’s a bit of self-awareness found with the characters, jokes, and references, that helped me easily accept the movie for what it is.

NEGATIVES…

  • Premise and plot-wise, it’s not doing anything extraordinary, or unpredictable.

  • Comedy is subjective. Kid comedies even more so. Hope you can still find fun watching this.

  • Logic-wise, there’s a lot of plot flaws you’re going to just need to ignore, lest it ruins your experience watching this.

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The One and Only Ivan

POSITIVES…

  • While just loosely inspired by the true story, it overall has its heart in the right place with it’s themes and messages that are worth embracing from a young age.

  • CGI animals are well animated enough to not get too distracted.

  • Fantastic voice cast, from Sam Rockwell, Danny DeVito, to Brooklynn Prince.

  • Bob the Dog. Scene stealer. Entertainer. One of the reasons to see this movie.

  • I unashamedly laughed at the jokes that were clearly targeted for kids.

  • Appreciated the restraint the narrative had of not telling us a story that is too over-the-top. The straightforward simplicity works for this story.

  • Going into this movie without much knowledge of what to expect, I was surprised at how emotionally it was. Depressing even. As a fan of animals in general, this film got me to tear up.

NEGATIVES…

  • Probably two slow; and sad, for kids to fully be entertained.

  • Not exactly the most dynamic and energetic movie around.

  • Those familiar with the true story will be annoyed that this movie is unsurprisingly Disneyfied and sanitized from the truth.

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