Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a bloated, disjointed mess of ideas that never make a cohesive whole.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All At Once gets 4 Stars! As weird as it gets, none of it feels particularly pretentious or complicated, but it is at all times profound and compelling!
War for the Planet of the Apes
I’ll admit: I was skeptical when I heard they were rebooting the Planet of the Apes series again after the mess that was Tim Burton’s attempted reboot, but most of that skepticism had to do with the decision to use entirely computer generated apes instead of modern makeup. I’ve typically been of the opinion that effects done practically are the best and that CG is often used excessively and done lazily. I also LOVE the original Planet of the Apes. It’s one of my favorite movies. But then I actually saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes and that trepidation vanished. Not only was the movie fantastic, but the …