Happy Death Day meets The Cabin in the Woods with a dash of Silent Hill, but it’s not anywhere near as successful. Until Dawn isn’t only a complete deviation from the hit video game, taking its title entirely for marketing purposes. It’s incredibly flat. The creatures are uninspired. The characters are all throwaway. I appreciate the use of gory practical effects, but this is a massive disappointment — both as an adaptation and a standalone film.
Barbie is a pink-soaked summer bash that invites you to indulge in Gerwig’s creative extravaganza, and it’s a party well worth attending.
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Captain America: Brave New World runs into the issue of feeling like generic, toothless television. It hesitates to take the stand it clearly yearns to, and the recycled storytelling keeps its greatest revelations from feeling impactful. Mackie and Ford do what they can with the roles, sharing a scattershot dramatic core that loses the traces of its sincerity in the shuffle.Hopefully this will turn around in the follow-ups to come.
My full review via Guy at the Movies.
