Movies Posts Tagged as '2020s'
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Woody Woodpecker Goes To Camp (2024)

Stupid funny on a lazy afternoon. 15-Aug-2026
Five Nights At Freddy's 2 (2025)

The ambition to make the franchise step up is absent. It does the same thing as before to tired effect. Kill no shows were confusing. How did some of them die? It was a horror geared towards gullible children. A child that thinks mechanical contraptions are friends is far-fetched and the child looks too adult to participate in such lunacy. Yes, the mechanical thing getting inside of the car pissed me off again. I actually thought they would explain it or at least rip the car ceiling off. There were whimsical elements that could have been culled to completion but they were trampled on. A bloodless sequel. 09-Aug-2026
Last House, The (2026)

The threat is incomprehensible. Locking people inside their homes to take over their land seemed like a waste of time when its power was greater than ours. Why the delay? It's a bind the writers had trouble pontificating. The actors were a cohesive unit. They were family. Wagner lead as a dad who had to protect his own without admitting to the danger, Greta Lee was well composed as the mom and the children of all ages clicked. The progression from family vacation to family strife was convincing. Family time was sentimental, neighborly contacts were necessary, animal rescues were understood and the family's resilience was enervating. The best parts of the film were inside the house whilst everything outside remained vague. 07-Aug-2026
Mortal Kombat II (2026)

Super-powered action, simplified storytelling and amiable actors. Mr. Urban's Aussie accent is sorely missed but he's still proficient at delivering quips, face muscles and hair. Bringing back the dead confused. If they can resuscitate you after you die why bother? Is that the point? Because they can? Fight is all that mattered and it's where the film excelled. It took me back to when I payed the games, recognizing characters and being amazed by their looks, moves and kills. 05-Aug-2026
Primate (2025)

Younglings stay home partying whilst dad goes away on business. Pet monkey Ben's adorability is fading due to illness and he's turning mean. The monkey escapes from his enclosure and goes on a rampage. The action set pieces were fresh and unexpected. The handicap was used accordingly. The actors were subtle but captivating. It hurt to watch the transformation from sweet pet to demonic shredder but the film was sheer panic. 02-Aug-2026
Devil's Mouth, The (2026)

Conversations felt awkward and untrue. Character development depended on corn and cliches. Actors were not handed the right cues to bring better than before depictions to life. The jellyfish scene was a topper that the rest of the film did not cede to. The threat did less than Jaws did. I couldn't see a thing. It was very specific about editing the shark. I had to pretend how they got killed by imagining a 50s black and white film. They blinded me because they had nothing to show. Underground shots during attacks would have created the panic it was striving for. The attacks above ground were shoddy, the strife was mechanical and the emotions were fake. 01-Aug-2026
Devil Wears Prada 2, The (2026)

The talent lent credence to their characters by reanimating them organically and with care. It was a trip down memory lane that I barely remembered but that brought forth good thoughts. The threat was grounded, the ladies were absorbent and the camaraderie was constant. Fashion stunned in limited quantities. The beauty of certain outfits were commercialized and a lack of outfit backstory bummed but I felt every single beat the production was drumming and I liked it. 29-Jul-2026
Do Not Enter (2026)

I did not heed the warning. Morally bankrupt Influence team challenge themselves to break into a famed hotel mired in violence and abandonment for clicks. Somewhere in the hotel is hidden 300 million dollars. The team is not the only ones who think they can find it. There are shifty influencers whose moral code is to make easy money and steal others' glory. There were no redeemable characters in either party so the dialogue played out annoyingly. Rats don't stampede, they run away, not explaining how electricity works in an abandoned building was lazy, having characters not die even whilst being torn apart is even lazier, not showing exactly how they got torn apart sucks, the concept of witchcraft is skewered and what is supposed to scare, dulls. It got everything wrong except that I would watch it. 28-Jul-2026
Masters Of The Universe (2026)

Funny was used as a shield for insecurities and failures. Idris rose beyond the material and branded Duncan a favorite. I thought that the actress playing Evil-Lyn was Kristen Wiig. It was Alison Brie doing the honors. I laughed when I saw Kristen Wiig's name at the end of the credits. Leto should remain cloaked. It added ferocity to method acting. The dialog didn't deviate from limited subjects but the action imagination was fun. Nicholas is not the only doll I would have played with. It's toy joy. 24-Jul-2026
Wicked For Good (2025)

The explanations don't match the truth. One good song hits the sentiment but the rest were lacking. Replacing or reshaping them should have been a priority. If actors can't sing don't let them. The mythology is overcomplicated. It's one thing after another that didn't add up to the book or the classic film. If Glinda had no powers how did she get the shoes on Dorothy? In The Wizard of Oz she uses magic. Romance and politics were unnecessary. They were tools used to tie our thoughts with the original art but only created more threads. Elphaba not being wicked but a misunderstood Jane was the crux of the movie's problem. How does she go from enslaving animals (Wizard of Oz) to PETA activist? Erivo was never allowed the satisfaction to complete her character. I wanted to see her get wicked and become ugly by default. Dorothy's outline was short and cold. None of it was enacted which killed the impact. Heck, they could have inserted edits from the 1939 original and it would have been less goofy than nothing. The players captivated in a story that should have never been tied to the memories of Oz. 22-Jul-2026
Hamnet (2025)

A supposition of how a master artist was inspired to create a classic play. Ms Buckley masters riveting. It only takes a manner of minutes before she blows us away. A beautiful guttural actress. Mescal was passionate and romantic stuck in a dreamworld that paralleled his own without the magic or the hope. Zhao was efficient with feet planted on the ground and her head looking upwards. An uplifting end falters because it relied on mythical belief instead of the realism it suggested. 11-Jul-2026
The Mummy (2026)

Child is kidnapped in foreign country and resuscitates as a mummy 8 years later. How does a family that is established deal with that kind of return? Half and half. The showdowns were based on cliches but the child astounded and the staff was on it. The visuals were full of creativity and hauntings. I keep remembering them. I was curious, spooked and entertained. 08-Jul-2026
Undertone (2025)

A daughter cares for her comatose mother whilst hosting a mystery show that entices viewers with myths and facts. The premise only works if the source of the terror (the show) weren't so basic. I could not concoct the visuals necessary to instill fear from the audio presented. Video might have fixed that. Bumps in the night and sleight of hand make up the scares. The film was working towards authenticity but missed being that by not allowing the actors to work for it. When mama falls off the bed daughter is shown off camera helping her back. I wanted to see the struggle of an actor turning a thought into an action. It would have been inspiring. Nina Kiri carries the weight of the film because the support was invisible. Someone needed to physically free her of the constraints. The crust was decent but the pie not so much. 07-Jul-2026
Project Hail Mary (2026)

I zigzagged to the point of disappointment. The sun will cease to exist in 30+ years unless somebody figures a way to save it. A science professor that treats his students like he's Barney is earth's only hope. Sandra Huller takes charge of the project and our attention. Once the basics were revealed the flashbacks destroyed my belief. An ordinary man is tasked with saving a humanity that lacks it. The flashbacks did not move the concept forward. The rock gave me pause but I relented because Mr. Gosling was in supreme mode. I ended up resenting it and it's lack of imagination. I had a pet rock as a kid and nothing good ever came of it. I lost it when somebody threw it at me, my brain began to bleed and I started to scream. The main character is the least descriptive because he was cast as a loner who had nothing to live for. Beauty had no connections? Odd. Huller's character was diminished by a lack of side story. The karaoke characterization spoke of a different spirit not evolved. For some odd reason, I kept comparing it to Armageddon but decided that was impossible. I enjoyed Armageddon. 05-Jul-2026
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

It felt like a TV sequel of a film. The silliness tired and the action stall tactics were irresponsible. It was an unrealistic interruption to dire situations and it happened often. The sisters had a dynamic but it relied on harping about the same subject whose urgency no longer mattered. Change the subject. The film kept going around in circles which didn't help with sleep. The cast were in a fun movie I wasn't privy to. I think I stayed because I wanted to see Ms. Weaver get clean. She did and it was the only gift. 03-Jul-2026