Conflicts of The đ, & â¤.
GUESS THE QUOTE
"Gimme some of your tots."
We'd love to have some theater screw up and play Disobedience instead of the new Avengers this weekend.
Can you even imagine?
The world kerfuffle comes to mind.
Partly cuz of the scene, partly because it's such a fun word to say.
Kerfuffle. Lol.
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AVENGERS:
INFINITY WAR
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AKA
"a subversive allegory about moviegoers fight between their desire for fresh ideas, their love for what they already know, and the conflict it creates in their hearts"
PG-13 / 2Â hrs 36Â mins
Action / Disney
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
Look, we could make jokes about how the bad guy Thanos looks like a testical attached to The Rock's body.
We could excoriate the Marvel movies for the same "boss battle" scene in every. damn. movie.
Hell, we could say these movies are secretly an elaborate way for Marvel to release the dark one and unyielding pain on humans for eternity.Â
But what's that gonna do, huh?
No matter what's said people are gonna see this movie (and by people, that includes us), it's going to set up the next movie and the scene at Disney will continue to look like Uncle Scrooge's vault.
But people are also going to by and large enjoy themselves. That ain't so bad.
So if you're in, enjoy.
If you're abstaining, check out Disobedience below for the exact opposite of this.
REVIEWS
As solid as Thanos' fist apparently.
Few critiques seem to be from fatigue or "too much."
So if you love Marvel movies, looks like you'll likely love this.
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
(125Â reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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We get the complaints about "the machine," but to be fair, these are generally good movies (unlike all Transformers movies).
Some even address complex themes (see Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy).
Would we like more different? Sure.
But if we're gonna have the same meal every night, we'd prefer it to be a tasty one.
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INDIE SPOTLIGHT
DISOBEDIENCE
AKA
"that feeling you get when flight attendants kindly ask you to put your phone on airplane mode"
R / 1 hr 54 minsÂ
Drama / Bleecker Street
WHAT'S THE DEALÂ
Two girls are lovers.
Their orthodox community does not approve.
One girl leaves, one girl stays, and marries a man.
One day the girl (now woman) who left, returns - so does the passion between them.
While that is already a lot, there looks to be even more addressed and challenged.
Including belief in tradition, in god, in commitment, in love. Â
Rachel Weisz plays the one who left (she produced it too). Rachel McAdams plays the one who stayed.Â
Also noteworthy, directed by Sebastiån Lelio who won a Best Foreign Language Oscar this year for A Fantastic Woman.
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REVIEWS
Big fans of the performances, the depth of the ideas addressed and direction.
So, all of it?
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Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
(22Â Reviews @ publish)
OUR TAKE
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There could be some Oscar stuff here we thinks.
Big fans of both the Rachels so if not in theaters, we'll likely see it at home.
ALREADY IN THEATERS + BOX OFFICE
(Weekend / Domestic Total - $ = Millions)
1) A Quiet Place ($20.9 / $131)
Noises bring scary monsters
95% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
2) Rampage ($20.1 / $66)
80's video game + The Rock
51% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
3) I Feel Pretty ($16) NEW
Amy Schumer feels pretty & lots changes
34% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
4) Super Troopers 2Â ($15.2Â )Â NEW
The syrup boys are back
36% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
5) Truth or Die ($7.8 / $30)
U play, u die, u don't play, u die
14% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
6) Ready Player One ($7.4 / $126)
Spielberg directs VR world nostalgiafest
73% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
7) Blockers ($6.8 / $48)Â
Parents try & stop daughters' sex lives
82% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
8) Black Panther ($4.9 / $681)
A super, hero, movie
96% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - ShowtimesÂ
9) Traffik ($3.9) NEW
Paula Patton, Omap Epps home invasionÂ
24% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - Showtimes
10) Isle of Dogs ($3.5 / $24)
New Wes Anderson / stop motion
90% RTÂ -Â Â Trailer - ShowtimesÂ
OVERBOARD
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The 80's movie with a gender (and some culture)Â switch. Anna Farris is the working class mother who messes with a rich Mexican playboy (who fired her unjustly) after he gets amnesia.
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TULLY
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Charlize Theron is a mom. A mom who needs help. Help comes in the form of Tully.
From Juno team of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody (who also worked with Theron on Young Adult). Early reviews are quite good.
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LIFE OF THE PARTY
June 8, 2018
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Melissa McCarthy gets divorced and decides to enrolls in college... with her daughter. Looks fun.
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DEADPOOL 2
May 18, 2018
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Last trailer. Starring Peter.
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THE EQUALIZER 2
July 20, 2018
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Denzel back in bad guy killing fun house.
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CRAZY RICH ASIANS
August 17, 2018
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Based on the book. Girl meets boy. Girl goes to visit boys family. Girl learns boy's family is crazy rich. Girl meets boy's mom . Boy's mom does not like girl.
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SMALLFOOT
September 28, 2018
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Bigfoot doesn't think we exist. So they try and find us. Channing Tatum plays the bigfoot explorer w/ plenty of other notable voices (including LeBron James).
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VENOM
October 5, 2018
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Tom Hardy is the kinda good kinda bad guy. We finally see the "suit" - looks cool. The trailer itself a bit meh. No mention of Spider-man.Â