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Very interesting movie that kept me engaged. I'm not big on supernatural, because most bring nothing new or different. It was a couple of plot lines going on like teenage angst, marriage troubles and a presence.

This was from the view point of a "presence", but a lot better done than In A Violent Nature, which bored the hell out of me and made me fall asleep several times.

It's a rather short movie and ends rather abruptly. Good January movie.
 

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The Last Showgirl






PRAISE: I've been to Las Vegas many times,and I've definitely crossed paths with people like the characters in this film. The cocktail waitress with the nice smile handing me drinks as I sat at a slot machine, or shimmering Showgirl dancing around on a stage. I've also seen how Vegas is changing seemingly every day as a Casino is torn down and a decades long Vegas show suddenly shuts down. I liked how i went through the aforementioned with the characters particularly Showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) and casino waitress Annette (Jamie Lee Curtis)both actresses give very strong performances. Shelly chafes at what being a showgirl has become. She basically feels what she's been doing for many years is classy like Playboy magazine not leaning into the raunchy like some current performance spaces are demanding. I really enjoyed the slow reveal of her characters personality, from time of being ultra irresponsible, her disconnect from people, particularly and especially with her daughter Hannah (Billy Lourd) Anderson and Lourd are great in a gut punch of emotions scene together. It's also how Shelly chose to do certain things in her life that lead to some eye opening moments. The rest of the cast including Brenda Song ,Jodie Kiernan Shipka, and Dave Bautista have some good soulful moments.

PROBLEMS: Definitely some predictable moments. I knew a scene of the reality of Shelly's career reaching its end game was coming even though it had some nice raw emotion to it. As a whole I thought the movie would be a bit more solid with more to take in but at times it felt like I was just getting glimpses of characters. The movie reminded me of 2008's The Wrestler but it was far more compelling than this film.

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PRAISE: This is one of those movies in which I managed to suspend disbelief as the foundation of the movie was being laid. The story about A U.S. marshal taking a small plane to transfer a government witness to New York has its moments. Mark Wahlberg as the "Pilot" was fun to watch. Looking like Fred Ward from 1990s Henry and June, Wahlberg looks like he's having the most fun snarling,joking and threatening his way through the 90 minute movie. Topher Grace as Winston is also does well as a jittery witness. As U.S. Marshal Madelyn Harris Michelle Dockery was pretty good in several scenes as truths are revealed and trusts are questionable. There is a standout semi gory moment. The cramped quarters of the small plane are put to good use visually. The most exciting part of the film is the climax. I liked what was done visually as all of the stops were pulled and then some.

PROBLEMS: In such cramped quarters on a small plane i dont know how certain actions were not noticed.The movie definitely isn't action packed or even suspenseful. Everything was definitely saved for the climax. There are far to many on the nose predictable moments. The movie just didn't give me enough. It's one of those movies people can kill time with and won't remember much about it and day or two later.

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Star Trek: Section 31





PRAISE: When you have a popular side character and equally popular actor or actress the film and TV studios rub their hands together and say : It's Spinoff Time !! . In this short movie about former Emperor Philippa Georgiou being tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets. But also coming to terms with her genocidal past Michelle Yeoh, does her best with the script as Georgiou. I actually enjoyed watching her back story which was the strongest part of the movie. Joining her in her tasks are some interesting characters that come with personalities and quirks that were highly likeable including: Deltan Melle portrayed by the beautiful Humberly Gonzalez,Quasi (Sam Richardson), who can morph into any physical form and Fuzz (Sven Ruygrok), who looks like a Vulcan but is really a Nanokin. Some of the jokes and dialogue worked for me and I even found myself laughing out loud. The SFX looked flawless in several scenes.

PROBLEMS: There was absolutely no chemistry between Yeoh and Omari Hardwick as Alok Sahar.The movie uses so many old tricks and switcheroos that ive seen before that were supposed to be shocking but were just predictable. One characters screen time was far too brief. I was actually pissed when the character was removed from the board.There is some odd zoom in zoom out camera work that was annoying and then some. This was definitely trying to be a combination of Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad and I wonder if the execs at Paramount suddenly decided to make this a short movie instead of a series months before it's late January release. If it had become a series it definitely would have just been turned on as background noise for me.


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PRAISE: This is one of those movies in which I managed to suspend disbelief as the foundation of the movie was being laid. The story about A U.S. marshal taking a small plane to transfer a government witness to New York has its moments. Mark Wahlberg as the "Pilot" was fun to watch. Looking like Fred Ward from 1990s Henry and June, Wahlberg looks like he's having the most fun snarling,joking and threatening his way through the 90 minute movie. Topher Grace as Winston is also does well as a jittery witness. As U.S. Marshal Madelyn Harris Michelle Dockery was pretty good in several scenes as truths are revealed and trusts are questionable. There is a standout semi gory moment. The cramped quarters of the small plane are put to good use visually. The most exciting part of the film is the climax. I liked what was done visually as all of the stops were pulled and then some.

PROBLEMS: In such cramped quarters on a small plane i dont know how certain actions were not noticed.The movie definitely isn't action packed or even suspenseful. Everything was definitely saved for the climax. There are far to many on the nose predictable moments. The movie just didn't give me enough. It's one of those movies people can kill time with and won't remember much about it and day or two later.

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