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Summer family film about a family, set in an explosion-filled save the world trope-fest. Exactly what we expect from the franchise. Doesn’t quite up the game as a whole (only Fast Five managed that), but delivers enough to bring the box-office numbers to warrant more. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/f9/
MoreWhile on my binge of old-school whodunits, this is a classic I’d seen and somewhat forgotten about. Enjoyed re-watching it a lot though. The mechanics of this clearly laid the foundation for Clue and subsequently the recent success Knives Out. I’m keen to see what re-invention, if any, goes into the upcoming sequel. Peter Falk […]
MoreThis was a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia. Clouseau, finally the way I expected him to be. His blind spot is now sizably smaller to fit the ongoings. His sparring butler Cato making his first appearance was also a welcome addition to the madness. The murder itself was pretty ridiculous and the climax convenient, but […]
MoreA little more dated than I remember, watching this as a kid. The chaplin-esque slapstick in colour took a little adjusting to despite knowing to expect it. I’d also forgotten entirely that this was not the refined Clouseau I’d stored in my memory, but rather just a muppet with a blindspot the size of the […]
MoreIf Hanna, Atomic Blonde, Crank and Equilibrium had an orgy this would be the outcome. Since I enjoyed most of them, I enjoyed this just about enough too, although it lacks any element of surprise and has a ridiculous bad-guys-get-stupid in the third act, which practically undoes the whole need of the story to happen […]
MoreIf Emile Hirsch’s resemblance to Jack Black wasn’t so distracting and if it were still the mid 90’s, this was not half bad, but sadly both those things are against its favour. I also have no idea why we kept seeing flashes of things that we’ve already seen throughout. At the risk of being a […]
MoreI feel this surpassed its predecessor and then some. So much gun fun in blockbuster film glory, and of course at the core of it, just another indie story about a dysfunctional family on a bloody road trip to reluctantly save the world (or Europe, whatever). Get this director onto the DC films already. source […]
MoreBrought the full thing round circle with familiarity & fun. Made up for the slight dip that the second part had. Overall, as a trilogy, enjoyed it a lot. Hope to see more from the franchise. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/fear-street-1666/
MoreSomewhat as expected, this one took a step down in impressing with the underpinnings of what’s actually happening aspect of surprise gone. Nonetheless, a decent slasher leaving enough of an impact to warrant a watch of the 1666 story. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/fear-street-part-two-1978/
MoreA bundle of fun. It’s not as spoofy as Scream, but is still self-aware and does a good job of surprising by following the genre template and subverting in just the right dosage to come through as its own identity. The writers are hardcore fans of the genre or have a done a good deal […]
MoreThis is such a Bollywood movie in all the right ways. Indie dysfunctional family drama with all the summer blockbuster seasoning to cover it up. I can see also the parallels people are making with the F&F franchise, which took four or five films to finally figure out that it’s the family aspect that people […]
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