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Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Rise up.

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

13 May Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

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Head Space really disliked the first one. The world building, in retrospect, was very impressive, building on a number of strong cinematic conventions that were ripe for evolution. But all the backstory and parallel plots, all the character development was within a single testosterone paradigm....

Published May 13, 2022

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Christopher Robin (2018)

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing.

Filmmaker(s): Marc Forster

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

13 May Christopher Robin (2018)

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Stuck in the Box story is conventional Disney, and in the trend of expanding the reach of established properties, with as little actual drama as possible. Three things are notable to me. This was shot on video, with a deliberate nod to cheap TeeVee productions from...

Published May 13, 2022

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Overboard (2018)

A riches to rags story. If only he could remember it.

Filmmaker(s): Rob Greenberg

Romance

Comedy

A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.

13 May Overboard (2018)

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Organic Endearment is formulaic in the basics: two people repel each other, fall in love, have a complicating development, profess love in some public, dramatic way and are reconciled. Such things usually depend on the appeal of the characters and the supporting comedy. But I think...

Published May 13, 2022

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Captain Underpants (2018-20)

Filmmaker(s): S. S. Rajamouli

Comedy

Kids

Animation

Fourth-grade friends George and Harold have a shared love of pranks and comic books -- and turning their principal into an undies-wearing superhero.

13 May Captain Underpants (2018-20)

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Underawares actually steer my kids to this area rather than ordinary fare. It has silliness and poor production values. While the stories are vacuous, they are refreshingly free of messages and morals. But the value to me is the incredible fun they have with shifted...

Published May 13, 2022

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Free Solo (2018)

Live beyond fear.

Filmmaker(s): Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Documentary

Adventure

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

09 Oct Free Solo (2018)

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Needy are stories. When the story is in the real world, a different set of narrative engineering principles come in to play. A default is that somehow the filmmaker and crew present their own story of the quest for what we separately see. But there is...

Published October 9, 2022

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Holmes & Watson (2018)

They don't have a clue.

Filmmaker(s): Etan Cohen

Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.

12 Dec Holmes & Watson (2018)

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Deductions did not make me laugh. Apparently it had the same effect on almost everyone. But I credit these folks with taking risks. Humour is an evolving quality, and some brands of humour demand being on an edge between the unexpectedly awkward and the emotionally...

Published December 12, 2022

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Oceans Eight (2018)

Every con has its pros

Filmmaker(s): Gary Ross

Crime

Comedy

Action

Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

22 Feb Oceans Eight (2018)

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Poor Planning the overarching narrative here is that our scam artist planned this to the last detail while in the slammer. With the main trilogy, we never know, but the impression is that Danny and co agily adjust as difficulties and exceptions appear. The fun...

Published February 22, 2023

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Burning (2018)

The truth is all in your head.

Filmmaker(s): Lee Chang-dong

Mystery

Drama

Thriller

An aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to Africa but is disheartened to see her with another man.

03 Feb Burning (2018)

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Soft Glass South Korean filmmakers have a layered vitality one doesn’t find anywhere else. Filmmaking is all about mapping what we have as cinematic conveyance to what we yearn for internally. That’s the game, the expected contract between filmmaker and viewer. We negotiate that as...

Published February 3, 2024

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Scorched Earth (2018)

Before the end of the world, Gage has some people to kill.

Filmmaker(s): Peter Howitt

Action

Science Fiction

In a post-apocalyptic future, bounty hunter Attica Gage pursues a ruthless outlaw at the head of a dangerous criminal gang.

03 Feb Scorched Earth (2018)

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Scorched Script it seems that all women on a path to stardom have to go through this, a cheap revenge movie. I think this actress has a future, and I suppose she knew that this would be a risk. The movie itself is unremarkable. What...

Published February 3, 2024

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Searching (2018)

No one is lost without a trace.

Filmmaker(s): Aneesh Chaganty

Thriller

Mystery

Drama

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

01 Mar Searching (2018)

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Folded Detection you will know, this is ostensibly all from a few computer screens, manipulated by the father of a missing teen girl. He is searching her various histories, supplemented by internet searches. As a detective, this constitutes the clues. The actual story is also...

Published March 1, 2024

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