Her (2013)
Directed By: Spike Jonze
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara
Rated: R
Run Time: 2h 6m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
Strengths: Performances, World Building, Emotional Connection
Weakness: Drags Just Slightly
A writer, heartbroken over an old breakup, installs an OS with such advanced AI that it becomes actually sentient and, to him at least, an actual relationship.
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Bradley Cooper
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Science-Fi Violence and Action, and Some Language
Running Time: 3 h 1 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Subversion of Expectations, Character Development, Humor, Special Effects
WEAKNESSES: Length, Pacing, Fan Service
The remaining Avengers fight to undo the events at the end of “Avengers: Infinity War”.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Directed by: J. A. Bayona
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Toby Jones
Rated: PG13
Running Time: 2h 8m
TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: It is a movie.
WEAKNESSES: The emptiness inside when you leave the theater.
The now abandoned Jurassic World Theme Island's existence, and all the dinosaurs on it, is threatened by a volcanic eruption so do-gooders, Claire Dearing and Owen Grady are off to save the animals from a second extinction event. I wonder if some dishonest businessmen will double cross them at some point?
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