Carsten Knox reviews The Social Reckoning, with Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong. A few likes in Sorkin's return to Zuckerberg:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten Knox reviews The Social Reckoning, with Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong. A few likes in Sorkin's return to Zuckerberg:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialThe scenery in Heart of the Beast sure is fetching, says Carsten, but less so the uber-masculine, militaristic hand-job subtext of the entire adventure. His review:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialTuner is a deft combination (no pun intended) of crime thriller and romance, says Carsten. The confidence in the filmmaking and the quality of the performances lifts the material:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialThere’s nothing like competence porn, says Carsten, that thing in movies where someone does something exceedingly well and we in the audience get to enjoy them being excellent. That's Leo Woodall's character in Tuner:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialNEW: Carsten Knox reviews Tuner, with Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, and Havana Rose Liu. Harmony out of chaos:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten is really trying hard not to pick apart the bombshell of idiocy in how Verity ends, but he says this is its biggest, most ridiculous swing. Digger has nothing on this movie:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialVerity is a deeply goofy, but also undeniably entertaining bit of nonsense. Johnson and Hartnett are both pretty committed and have chemistry, and Hathaway is solid in support:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten says there’s something about the erotic thriller that invites this question from many: How trashy is it gonna be? He says Verity is bad, and it’s also so bad it’s good:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialThe Social Reckoning is jammed with Aaron Sorkin’s patented quick-patter dialogue, and Carsten says that’s one of its strengths. Its characters are funny, clever, and above all, competent:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialNEW: Carsten Knox reviews Verity, with Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett. Shockingly stupid, but undeniably fun:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialA picture like The Social Reckoning dramatizing a social media phenomenon lives and breathes on its cultural relevancy, says Carsten. It feels like we’re way down the river from the events depicted here:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialNEW: Carsten Knox reviews The Social Reckoning, with Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong. A few likes in Sorkin's return to Zuckerberg:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten Knox reviews Digger, with Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, and Sandra Hüller. No lack of ambition with Cruise in control:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialThere are things to admire in Primetime, but it’s not a movie that delivers a clear thematic punch. Carsten says it never gets close to Nightcrawler's dark, operatic intensity:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialThe part of Coyote vs. ACME that’s an anti-corporate screed does have some teeth, says Carsten, but it never escapes the feeling it’s a mechanical extension of intellectual property:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialOnly two things make Heart of the Beast worth watching, according to Carsten: The New Zealand landscape (standing in for Alaska) and the four dogs who play Odin, the German Shepherd.
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten Knox says there are things to enjoy and admire in Digger, mostly in the film’s huge ambition, matching that of its lead actor. It would be a shame if this thing bombs and Cruise gives up taking these swings:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialStill playing in Halifax cinemas: Spider-Man Brand New Day, with Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh. Peter Parker grows up:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten can’t say he found much entertainment value in the dramatization of life behind the scenes in Primetime, a drama that never provides a real focus. The performances are a draw, though:
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@halifaxbloggers.bsky.socialCarsten Knox reviews Heart of the Beast, with Brad Pitt, JK Simmons, Anna Lambe, and four German Shepherds. Must love dogs:
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