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Stillwater (2021)
Stillwater (2021)
2021 | Crime, Drama
6
5.5 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
On paper this has it all: Matt Damon's first great performance in *years*, an actually good sidekick child actor, a complex and consistently surprising father/daughter relationship, and though I initially dreaded the 2hr20min runtime it ended up being insanely economical with it against all odds. The only problem is it does all that without offering up a single piece of compelling imagery - framed into another one of these "white American solves problems in foreign country" things (to the point where a French woman asks Damon if he owns a gun while she's fucking him, like okay...) with a bargain-bin Lifetime Channel score. Not to mention the surreal way this rips off/takes inspiration from the Amanda Knox trial. Though you know what - they'd have their own separate sets of problems either way but - I'm glad this took the route of normie-fied mom & pop film as opposed to a tiring, self-serious prestige slog if it just had to be one or the other; that way it makes the unexpected shift in tone a little over halfway through so much more special. And that ending is a real gut punch.
  
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Action/Adventure
Jango (1 more)
The blaster sound
Technical problems (1 more)
Bad Camera
This third-person shooter game was one of my favorite GameCube games of all time. Lucasarts put out a few great Star Wars games in the 1990s and 2000s, and this was one of them.

Original actor Temuera Morrison again supplied the voice of Jango who is probably one of the coolest prequel characters.


The adventure and shooting enemies was great fun and kept me engaged for hours and hours. Unfortunately, rotating the camera, especially in tight spaces was a big negative.
  
Shutter Island (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
2010 | Action, Drama, Mystery
Is he there or isn't he
A great thriller about a man sent to investigate the death of woman. He head problems and is kind of OCD in the way he does things. This is a close look into the eye of a detective who is obsessed with solving a murder

It is hard to write a good review cause I would be afraid that anything would give it away. This is a movie you need to see all the way through and learn the ending just to go back and spot the reasons why.
  
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Jarom Solar Norris (177 KP) rated Hearts Beat Loud (2018) in Movies

Feb 13, 2019 (Updated Feb 13, 2019)  
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
2018 | Drama, Music
THIS MOVIE IS SO PURE. Hearts Beat Loud‘s tagline is “The Feel Good Movie We Need Right Now” and I don’t know if I can describe it any better. It has great acting, great music, a great story about relationships and love and real-life problems, great design and editing, great everything. I could try and go into details but it just feels like I can say “every bit of it feels good” and tell you the music will be stuck in your head for months and call it a day.
  
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2018 | Family
Gotta love magic (0 more)
The same old story of kids experience amazing things and parent doesn't believe them. Also, kids should definitely not know about money problems. (0 more)
The storyline was well written, though the fact that the kids were aware of the financial issues is a big no for me. The kids experiencing the magic and the adults not believing them is a bit overdone as well. The family experience is very relatable. The magic the kids experienced was not overdone and was excellently planned. I never saw the original, but this movie was excellent.
  
MO
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A couple of these I have read for the authors before but a lot of these were new reads for me. I loved all these authors. They are amazing writers, the stories were so much fun to read. I loved the problems that they had.. the love that was found.. and of course all the paranormal beings in the stories. Totally amazing box set and I am so glad I got this from the authors for a read/review. I will recommend this set to all my friends