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Resurrected 2023 ★★
I do not really understand why this is getting good reviews.
They could a lot more with this concept and the main culprit for missing the mark is the acting. Terrible across the board - apart from maybe the wife - and especially the clergymen who were less The Omen and more a straight version of James Woods in Scary Movie 2.
Throughout the first hour, I regularly had moments where I just wanted to turn this off: from to… more
Final Summer 2023 ★½
A solid slasher has a good looking killer and gruesome kills. This movie has neither. Young Stephanie McMahon is the closest we get.
The only positives are the final girl and the Thom Matthews-cameo.
Past Lives 2023 ★★★★½
This certainly lived up to the hype. We get a beautiful story about love and profound friendship. About following your dreams and about the things you can do for a true friend.
It's a feel good story without being sappy.
It avoids the easy traps of this type of tale: there are plenty of moments where a lesser writer would go for the easy way out and go with a bitter reaction. This movie does not. It's equally easy to go for cheap sentiment and ditto regrets. 2 hours of: Oh if only I had... None of that here.
The cast is amazing. You completely buy them as their respective characters and they fully understand where their character comes from.
The only critical note I could bring up is that the opening scene is completely unnecessary. It could easily be dropped and you would not miss it at all. Granted, this is coming from somebody who considers this a cliché because of modern day horror, a genre that Past Lives has nothing to do with, and I recognise that this is nitpicking.
It's tjockfull of touching moments and beautiful shots. Too many to name here and too much risks to spoil the movie.
Highly recommended.
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