Not Okay starts with a trigger warning that it's about an unlikeable female protagonist. That is pretty funny.
Zoey Deutch leads as Danni, who lies about going on a writer's retreat to Paris to impress a guy she likes. She spends a week photoshopping herself into pictures from Paris for social media, and then some of the places she posted are bombed by terrorists.
The lie snowballs and leads her to pretend to be a survivor of a terrorist attack, join a survivors support group, and write an article about her experience. It is pretty wild, but as far as a movie about influencer culture goes, it's a decent watch.
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Like an episode of The Prisoner on steroids!
Great 50’s surrealist camp! Absolutely loved it!
(And Ursula Andress!!)
A Christmas musical starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds feels like the kind of thing I came up with in a fever dream. I should love this, but it just didn't work for me. Maybe it didn't need to be a musical.
I'm pretty neutral on Selena. I love the hits. I expected this documentary to be a PR device, only showing Selena at her best, or at least at her most relatable.
However, this is much more balanced, presenting Selena as a real person with mental health struggles and flaws. They include moments of her being insecure about her body and her talents. She talks about having lupus and her time in a mental hospital which led to her bipolar diagnosis. They show her having fun with friends and family but also sometimes being irritable and bratty, like we all are. Overall, it isn't just a fluff piece.
I love the first Shazam, and ultimately this was a letdown.
Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu, and Rachel Zegler are great casting choices, but everything else is a bit of a mess. My main takeaway was the Skittles product placement, because one particular placement towards the end of the movie is so incredibly over the top that it became my lasting impression of the movie. Years from now, if I am asked to recall one thing from this movie, I will remember this Skittles moment. I don't even like Skittles.
Shazam is my favorite DCEU movie, and I know that is not a popular opinion. The DCEU is a downer, so dark and brooding and serious. Shazam feels like the DCEU version of Ant-Man. I'm here for the vibes.
In between bits of lore and some action scenes, Shazam is primarily a teen comedy, and the jokes land. Billy gets a coming-of-age arc as he deals with being a foster kid in a new foster family. The characters are all likeable for the most part, and really even when they aren't, it's because sometimes teenagers are little jerks.
Many of the hallmarks of a Margheriti film are there, but I’ve seen better execution.
The miniatures are impressive, but they aren’t fooling anyone and the plot won’t either.
Obviously two or three ideas for a movie crammed together to make one.
Environmental messages, alien invasion, and Charles Napier putting in a few days work.
Former teacher here. Michael Vartan’s character breaks every teacher rule possible, and should be arrested.
It feels like this should have come out in 2005, but it also feels like a Covid movie.
It's like they took The Holiday and No Strings Attached, and they made them one.
I was incredibly invested in the cat, and I liked the music.
Mighty Ducks but a church choir.
You hear the music, you know the songs, but you aren’t aware of the faces. Amazing how influential Native American artist have been in shaping the music we have enjoyed for decades.
