Joey King

Uglies

  • Title: Uglies
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Uglies

Based on the young adult novel of the same name, Uglies offers a dystopian world where children are raised in orphanages before coming of age where they are offered advanced plastic surgery in order to fit in and join the lavish city ending their life as “uglies” and beginning their lives as “pretties.” Wearing its themes on its sleeves,  Tilly’s (Joey King) conception of the world is challenged by both her best friend (Chase Stokes) changing more than just his outward appearance after leaving the city and also by a new friend (Brianne Tju) choosing to abandon civilization rather than go through the procedure.

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Bullet Train

  • Title: Bullet Train
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Brad Pitt is having fun. I wish I could say the same in watching his latest film. Sure, he’s great, but sadly Bullet Train is neither as smart or fun as needs to be. There’s plenty of talent here starting with Pitt as the unluckiest bad guy ever, and the setting allows for all kinds of crazy antics, but somehow it just never quite clicks. Rather than the film oozing cool, like Ocean’s Eleven, you can feel the desperation of wanting to be cool from nearly every frame of the uneven story of a bunch of killers trapped together on a bullet train in Japan. 

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