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  Seeing George Clooney and Brad Pitt reunite in a movie was a genuine delight. They both play professional fixers forced to work together despite being lone wolves. Both of them continue to have wonderful chemistry, which leads to a relatively entertaining buddy cop sort of movie. However, the story is very straightforward and has all the expected tropes in these types of stories. The comedy isn’t laugh-out-loud funny but can give you a slight smile. When there are action scenes, in which there is very little off, it is serviceable at most. It is a bit of a shame that with 2 huge stars, all they made was a generic and not-very-memorable movie. Nevertheless, it was still quite enjoyable to watch for a streaming movie.

  A great martial art, action movie from Vietnam. What surprised me most though was the excellent production. The film has excellent lighting and cinematography with its lovely use of colours. Veronica Ngo is amazing as the main lead and she gives a strong performance, especially during emotional moments. The plot is very straightforward with another "child gets taken” plot seen in many movies before. The problem is that it teases some criminal underground stuff and gangster backstory of our main lead but doesn’t explore it enough. You never really truly get to know our main lead. Still, I enjoyed it a lot and it certainly feels like a big step in Vietnamese Cinema.

  M. Night Shyamalan has been on another recent surge of just disappointing movies. Glass (2019) was a disappointing sequel, Old (2021) had some of the worst written dialogue ever and Knock at the Cabin (2023) was incredibly bland. All of them had extremely great concepts but was pulled down by the story. Trap (2024) is another great concept with a serial killer trying to escape a concert surrounded by cops. Is this finally a hit or another to add in his disappointing entries? Firstly, Josh Harnett is phenomenal as the main lead. He manages to convey layers of depth to his character from his performance alone. Josh is absolutely convincing as a serial killer but also a loving man who cares about his family. Not only that, but he can deliver the expected poorly written lines from Shyamalan with such charisma that it actually feels natural. This actor alone was carrying the movie! I would also say the first half of this movie was very engaging. The cat and mouse games ...

  This movie is two hours of Spy X Family goodness! Everything you love from the show is in here: the fun family slice-of-life dynamic, the ridiculously fun comedy with wacky goofiness from lovable daughter Anya, the suave spy action from Loid, and badass fight action set pieces from Yor. The animation is mostly similar to the show, but there are moments in the final act where the animation is glorious! However, the story isn’t really much to write home about and the villain is very "underbaked” (pun intended). Overall, this is a very fun movie set in the Spy X Family universe. If you love the show, you’ll love the movie.

  My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018) I appreciate that this movie actually expands on the world of My Hero Academia and also explores more of All Might’s backstory. Apart from that the movie is very predictable and forgettable. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) One of my issue with the first My Hero Academia movie was the animation quality not being any better than the show. Well the 3rd act of this movie has an insanely good animation with one of the best fights seen in the series. It also explores a bit more of the relationship between Midoriya and Bakugo. It’s a shame that the ending ends up being dumb because they had to conform to the sake of canon. Additionally, the relationship between Midoriya and the new movie supporting character, Katsuma, is not interesting whatsoever. The first half of this movie is also quite slow and boring. Just watch it for the action and not the plot. My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission (2021) The premise of Midoriya being f...