Though Riley and Sam are vegans, they’re compelled to chow down on some of Karen’s home-cooked beef and bread, the latter of which is especially dicey given that this region is notorious for having lost crops and cattle to a poisonous spore. On a New England camping trip, the couple have a run-in with an unfriendly landowner who evicts them from their sleeping spot, forcing them to embark on a nocturnal trek through the woods that leads to the home of Karen (Barbara Kingsley). There may be many more films to look forward to in the coming month, but as of now, these are our choices for the best movies of 2021.ĭon’t eat anything of unknown origins – a warning that goes unheeded by oft-bickering Riley (Malin Barr) and Sam (Sawyer Spielberg, son of Steven) in Honeydew. Best of all, though, is Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which-whether viewed on HBO Max or in IMAX ( the better option, to be sure)-is a sci-fi gem of gargantuan-scaled beauty and thrills. Is a superior horror show marked by a fantastic Rebecca Hall performance, and Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground is a formally inventive bio-doc that captures the spirit of the pioneering band and the counterculture from which it sprang. The same holds true for Edgar Wright, whose Last Night in Soho is a delirious genre mash-up about the dangers of unchecked nostalgia. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch confirms that the director has lost none of his idiosyncratic touch. Before looking too far into the future, however, it’s worth remembering that there are plenty of great works to see right now. With recent blockbuster titles like Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Halloween Killsand Dune proving that Americans are willing to venture out to the multiplex, upcoming films as varied as Eternals, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, King Richard and House of Gucci have reason to be optimistic about their chances for box-office success. Keeping up with that onslaught will be a difficult task for most, but it certainly bodes well for cinephiles, as well as the industry, whose health has been a constant question throughout the pandemic. The cast is what makes this movie enjoyable (I mean The Rock, Wonder Women, and Deadpool), what more could you ask for.It’s been a uniquely chaotic movie year, and things are about to get very busy in November when an avalanche of high-profile mainstream releases and award-seeking dramas crowd the marketplace. This movie by no means will be nominated for an Oscar, but if you have two hours to spare and want a laugh, this movie is for you. It’s a good quick laugh, but not much else. With props to other movies, I’d rather just watch those movies again than this one. This movie is enjoyable, but nothing I’d actively seek out to watch again. It should be categorized as comedy/adventure because this movie is more comedy than anything else. When Netflix categorized this movie as action/adventure, I kept looking for the action, but it just wasn’t entirely there. There were maybe two or three "battle” scenes. I love Gal Gadot and while she has some great woman-power moments it’s overshadowed by the blatant "a male wrote this script" energy.įor an action-adventure movie, there wasn’t a lot of classic “action”. The horse is dead, you can stop beating it. I’m just so tired of films beating the life out of the “I’m pretty, so I get what I want” trope. Gal Gadot plays the hot female antagonist who gets whatever she wants just by being hot. This movie gave me a lot of National Treasure mixed with James Bond vibes that I truly enjoyed. Having references to other movies, intentionally or not, always makes a movie more enjoyable in my opinion. There was a scene that almost was straight out of Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which I very much enjoyed because I love Indian Jones. There were a lot of throwbacks to classic spy films, but this film also reminds me of other classics. The throwbacks to other films piqued my interest too. If you are not a big Ryan Reynolds comedy type of person, then this movie isn’t for you. This role (like almost every role he plays) is the comedy sidekick that brings that comic relief to the film. I can see the jokes coming from a mile away, but they’re somehow just funny coming from him. I’m a big fan of the brand Ryan Reynolds has as a funny man. Ryan Reynolds makes any role he plays his own. I’m not a spy movie type of person usually, but this movie was a lot more of a comedy than a classic spy film in my opinion (which is why I enjoyed it). I love breaking up what are supposed to be serious moments with comedy, and I think this film did a good job of this. I’m a big fan of what would be categorized as cringe comedy and the comedy in this film was great for that.
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