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I'm generally not a fan of based-on-true-story movies. I feel like they are extremely limited and almost always predictable. If these feelings don't apply to you, then take this opinion with a grain of salt.

Last Breath is not actively bad. But it doesn't excel in any aspect except the musical score. I personally was not invested or engaged. I felt like we were going through the usual motions, and I knew exactly what was to come.

To make it worse, it has a nearly 25-minute epilogue after the climax. My patience was already wearing thin, and I couldn't wait for the credits to roll so I could leave.

People keep complaining about too many sequels and remakes. But for me it's these true stories that aren't worth making into movies. There is just not enough story substance for a full-length film.

(1 viewing, Mystery Movie Monday early screening, Marcus Theaters 2/24/2025)

My friend recommended this movie to me and I went in knowing literally nothing about it, not even the genre. As the movie started, a few of my biases kicked in.

When the Apple TV logo popped up, my negative bias kicked in since the majority of streaming movies are inferior and devoid of entertainment. I assumed it would be a boring, forgettable, minimalist movie. Fortunately that's not the case. There are several action scenes and intense moments.

The second bias comes from Anya Taylor-Joy being my current favorite actress. I truly believe she's a highly talented actress. But also, I'm a guy and... just look at her lol.

Ignoring these biases, I had a fun time with this movie. It far exceeds the usual streaming movie schlock. It satisfies my sci-fi itch along with some good horror. And the love story is STRONG.

(1 viewing, 2/15/2025)

I was so happy with the success of Dexter: New Blood. It seemed to overcome every obstacle of a sequel season after so much time. Dexter: Original Sin takes a different approach, but it results in another awesome season of one of my favorite shows.

I approve of the majority of the casting choices. The one that seems to most accurately portray the younger version of the character is Batista. Not only does he have the look eerily close, his mannerisms and speech are nearly identical.

They made the genius decision to have the original Dexter, Michael C. Hall, perform the voice over/inner monologue. Another genius decision was to bring back seemingly the entire musical score from the original show. I adore it.

I had an awesome time with season 1 and will definitely watch if they hopefully continue.

(2 viewings, 2/13/2025, 2/26/2025)