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Wednesday (2022– )
10/10
Wow Emma and Thing, Not Just Wednesday
14 June 2023
Just wanted to say that there should be an award for Thing as he is just as vital to the show as all the other supporting players and Emma is IMHO a real star as she plays far too well a character with far more dimensions than Wednesday. Emma aka Enid is able to bring out the real Wednesday character. Thing without voice and just a few fingers is able to express human emotions and communication that we can all learn from.

Sometimes saying fewer words can often express more and having to write six hundred works for a review seems to be a little much. I only wish I had more to say as I prefer fewer :)
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10/10
Love, love, love this movie
14 January 2023
So many great things to love and wonder about.

Daisy should get an Academy for her performance. The photography, production, music and acting is so truly wonderful and love David S. So much for his kind and moving performance.

Wish I could say more but often great things are said when you say them the least - The Gettysburg Address is only 272 words spoke in about three minutes and few remember or know who spoke for more than two hours before Lincoln.

I can only say that this is worth watching again and again as I have - the loneliness and tenderness are so powerful to be watched in the movie and nothing I can say will touch what is truly untouchable by humans.
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2/10
It's the Story Stupid
22 October 2022
Stunning graphics don't overcome a stupid story. Moretz is stunning but cannot overcome the nonsense of a story that runs in circles not seeming to go anywhere. Fight scenes won't save you either.

Seriously its not that hard, she was great in Equalizer yet even with Denzel the story could be tweaked a bit.

Look to the great ones like Hitchcock, Ford, Hawks, and writers like Trumbo to realize it is not that hard to give you guidance in writing a great story.

Write and rewrite and test your scripts before you shoot even one scene and then remember where you are going. Even start from the ending is another way - good luck as CGI won't save you.
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3/10
There Oughta be a Law Trailer Must Match the Movie
12 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Wow, the trailer pulls you in like Annie Lennox singing her great song and then you watch this piece of garbage and wonder what happened.

Yes I am Gaga for Gaga ! Had she not been there then it was completely terrible. Adam why was he there didn't say much and should have killed him off like Hitch did in Psycho early the movie.

But Ridley has long expire his welcome and this hopefully will give him time to ride off into the sunset and bon voyage.
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Dune (2021)
1/10
Dumb Dune !
7 December 2021
This movie like so many starts very well and fades flat and fails miserably. Very little "sci-fi" - very little cool special effects like why not multi-colored sand or mind meld with "worms" or - dyfunctional storyline you not sure where this is going - fundamentally it is romance story boy travels to new place or planet to find "girl in his dreams" but you don't meet the girl until two hours into the movie - where's the worms and spice guild navigators? - you wonder what Denis was thinking as there are so many great "good guy - bad guy" love story movies for more than a hundred years to build upon with great dialog to make a movie great.
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Glorious 39 (2009)
1/10
Waste of Time
27 November 2021
Clearly the Director was more interested in Romola the main actress than the story line - there is NO thrill, just endless waiting for the story - agh !
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Pig (I) (2021)
3/10
Pig ?
2 November 2021
So boring, Leaving Las Vegas at least had a point, this drags on and on and he still needs a bath - can't imagine what he smells like. Dreary folk music too.
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Invasion (2021–2024)
1/10
Fake Invasion
26 October 2021
Like fake news this is a fake invasion - after 3 episodes still no aliens - oh there is damage and people running around crazily but how hard is it to make an invasion - the best of all time The Day The Earth Stood Still - you see the alien in the first moments of the movie.
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Louis van Beethoven (2020 TV Movie)
5/10
So Confusing !
15 July 2021
I listen to Beethoven nearly everyday and saw the trailer and thought it would reflect his greatest. First, Apple failed to notify me that this was not in English and ruined the entire experience. Second, the movie while filmed beautifully is editing almost beyond recognition jumping around from young to old Louis. Hate movies that are so filled with "flashbacks" that you cannot figure out what is going on like they way they ruined The Imitiation Game. How about a movie that highlights this greatest composer working Symphonies 1-9.
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10/10
delicate, intense, human
3 May 2021
Love this movie - teaches on on crosstalk - talking through, to, behind, and ...
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Wander (I) (2020)
2/10
Drunk Camera work not worth 99 cents
20 April 2021
Its bad enough when the actors are drunk but when the camera person shakes so hard the viewers get sick then time to delete watched or tried to on iTunes for 0.99 cents but this is so bad that if you get car sick in a real car you won't have to leave your sofa to get sick watching this movie.
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Ava (IV) (2020)
1/10
Not even worth $0.99 Cents
9 December 2020
Deployable movie with famous actors but terrible ultra-violence ! Jessica has lost her face, figure and skills in any regard.
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1/10
Worst ever
20 October 2020
How is it possible that such great names ever get involved in this trash!

Run Forrest Run away from this garbage !
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Enola Holmes (2020)
10/10
Audience Engagement
26 September 2020
Love the dialog and love the way she engages with the audience viewers like House of Cards and even a few scenes from Fahrenheit 451 (the real one with Julie and Oskcar) sets the stage for future production concepts that allow the audience to change scenes and even the ending.

Beyond the extraordinary production design, music, pace, intensity, love and so much more one can only hope for many more episodes to come !
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10/10
Rio Bravo
22 September 2020
I review movies based on, among other things, how many times I watched it. This movie is beyond comparison except that it could have come from Howard Hawks as he did in Rio Bravo. This is truly a great movie, love the acting, music, dialog and now watching it yet again. Other reviews have covered many of the greatness, so won't say anymore but watch it again and again.
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5/10
Want to like it but
19 September 2020
Music is so important to me, Steiner, Korngold, Wazman, Goldsmith, Tiomkin and the music holds this together. You want to like it but, but unlike Girl with the Dragon Tatoo the girl aka Likely doesn't seem to really want to kill the terrorists and/or the editing ruined her performance could have cut 30 minutes to make this good or even better. Jude is good but they should have partnered him with her to make the more of a team even lovers would have been cool as you want to like but ......
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Dark Waters (2019)
4/10
Dark Screen
15 June 2020
I cannot tell you how many times I have watched Spotlight loving it each time and think that Mark is a seriously fine actor but this is just terrible. Should have called is Dreary Waters as the photography is terrible there is "no color" in the color of this movie and it drags on and on. Seriously as one of the producers Mark should have know what it takes to make a great movie - or just watch Civil Action with John T. or Erin with Julia R. and other greats including Witness for the Prosecution should have got into the courtroom so much earlier.

C'mon reshoot the movie !
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The Assistant (III) (2019)
1/10
Watching Paint Dry
30 May 2020
First of all, at least there could be some music other than a "copier" clanking out copies. Second, it's very slow, dreary and acting that mimics watching paint dry. Please save your time and money and get an extra large pizza instead
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