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Maxxxine gives us a fulfilling ending to the Ti West trilogy that has been widely regarded has a spectacular pair of A24 movies up to this point. Mia Goth has not only solidified herself as a star in the genre of horror but solidified herself as one of the best actresses out there right now. Her dual performance in X, her INCREDIBLE performance in Pearl and a very good performance here in Maxxxine. However Maxxxine fails to captivate me like Pearl or even X did. It's a lot of strong bones, with not much meat. It pays homage to its time period really well, has some good kills but fails to do a whole lot more. There's a lot of nothing that happens in this film compared to the first two films. The twist was spoonfed to the audience like we're dumb and the ending felt rushed and put together last minute. It's by NO means a bad film, it's great and you'll likely enjoy it if you enjoyed the first two movies. I thought it was above average and an extra point because I did like the trilogy as a whole. However unlike something like Pearl, that can be enjoyed by a larger audience particularly for the acting alone, Maxxxine shrinks that audience back down and it's a bit underwhelming.

Spaceman is a story of love, depression, loneliness and the healing process. As for Adam Sandler Netflix movies go this is going to be about the best one. However this story has been countless of times and it relies on Hanus played by Paul Dano to set it apart. And as jarring has that character was, it provided an element to the to make you think. However it wants you to interpret Hanus and that character however there's scenes that leave no question to the interpretation. A more mysterious approach would have added depth to this film that otherwise now just feels like it wanted to add weird for the sake of weird. Visually I think it's fine, acting is good, it's not Adam's best but far from his worst. It's a good one time watch if you're scrolling through Netflix, otherwise it's a below average story elevated by a little bit of deeper meaning.

Dune Part Two is what Empire Strikes Back is to Star Wars, Two Towers is to Lord of the Rings, a cinematic sequel to an already great film that when put together creates a masterful piece of story telling. It is not 100 percent accurate to the book however it is faithful in its telling, it has the writing, the cinematography, acting, sound, music and visuals to back it all up too. It's not a perfect film, you can certainly nitpick at little things but I am jaw dropped by this movie. Nearly three hours flies by. Everyone involved in this film should feel proud, cinema is back! There's not much else to say other than go see it.