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Godzilla, Kong & the Unnecessary Sequel

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  • Title: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Somebody sure watched Planet of the Apes. After already hitting the climax of this Monarch film series which gave us Godzilla versus King Kong, the pair are brought back together to mostly ignore each other in separate storylines, battle each other (briefly), and team-up against a threat that is underwhelming to say the least in a crazy ape and his miniature frost-shooting Godzilla. Other than merging the franchises with something like Pacific Rim or Transformers there was really nowhere for the series to go. And that’s where it goes, absolutely nowhere.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

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  • Title: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Although rough in spots, the follow up to Ghostbusters: Afterlife is an improvement. Overstuffed with a bit too much fan service and a bland CGI big bad, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire pales in comparison with the original, but it does still provide its share of fun. The sequel brings back the Spengler descendants and more familiar faces of the original movie as well for another big stand against both the politics of Ghostbusting in the Big Apple and a fight against an evil god out to destroy New York.

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Love Lies Bleeding

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  • Title: Love Lies Bleeding
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Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding reminded me strongly of body horror with the genre turned on its head by highlighting the glistening muscled bodies of female body builders, often even providing close-ups of bulging muscles, fetishizing them not for the grotesque but instead with more seductive ends in mind. While the purposes are different, the end result remains much the same with the focus on the body at times overpowering that of the character.

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Kung Fu Panda 4

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  • Title: Kung Fu Panda 4
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Kung Fu Panda 4

Noticeably missing all five members of the Furious Five, DreamWorks rolls out a new Kung Fu Panda sequel this time centered around Po (Jack Black) being asked by Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) to choose the next Dragon Warrior. Each of the films in the series has had an emotional core tied to Po and his journey. The script clumsily deals with Po’s latest milestone rushing it into happening instantly and also somewhat haphazardly ignores his development in previous films when logic, common sense, or the franchise’s canon might get in the way of a gag (such as Po not being able to find the inner peace he mastered two films ago).

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Dune: Part Deux

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  • Title: Dune: Part Two
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Dune: Part Deux

Director Denis Villeneuve‘s first Dune film set up the world of Arrakis, galactic politics between houses, and a religion spanning across space and time. With his house destroyed, Paul (Timothée Chalamet) has journeyed into the desert with his mother (Rebecca Ferguson). The second film deals primarily with Paul’s life among the Fremen, fighting his destiny to become a religious icon to them, and his attempts to rally them against House Harkonnen,

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