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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)::rating::4.5

A fter I watched Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, I went back to my review of the first film.  Apparently, I gave Into the Spider-Verse 3.5 out of 5 stars.  On one hand, that rating seems pretty low.  On another, it seems...well, dumb.  After all, that film was just the burst of energy and invention that comic book movies needed.…

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)::rating::4.5

S ome coming-of-age dramedies draw humor from the cringiness of pre-teendom, when our bodies change faster than our brains can process.  Others focus on the frustration of living in that emotional and spiritual thicket between being a child and an adult.  Finally, a few aim to satisfy our appetite for gooey nostalgia, with a loving…

Air (2023)::rating::3.5

T he world didn't need a bantamweight drama about the creation of a shoe, but here we are anyway.  Of course, the Air Jordan isn't just a shoe.  It's the shoe.  And Air wisely uses that iconic sneaker to leap into a larger and more ambitious story, on how Jordan and a few corporate warriors at Nike leveraged his…

Renfield (2023)::rating::2.5

R enfield is a lean, dumb sitcom of a movie, built on an irresistible idea:  Take Bram Stoker's titular character, Count Dracula's fanatical bug-munching toady, and rework him for modern times.  Put simply, this Renfield is a long-suffering sycophant, shackled to a toxic relationship with his narcissistic, gaslighting boss. The filmmakers riff on that premise…

Triangle of Sadness (2022)::rating::3.5

M uch like this year’s The Menu, Triangle of Sadness takes aim at the pinkies-out dilettantes who punish the world with their platinum-coated sense of entitlement.  Despite this similarity, the two films are actually defined by their differences:  Triangle is broader, bolder, and more sweepingly ambitious than its satirical cousin.  That’s not to say it’s the better film.…

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