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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Posted by Dave Switzer under Reviews of movies

{4.5/5} “Ever since I sold out and got famous, we have gotten closer.” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, released in 2024 Lydia Deetz hosts a ghost-hunter show, and one day she sees Beetlejuice in her audience for a second. Her stepmother Delia informs her that her dad was eaten by a shark after surviving a plane crash. Lydia’s […]

The Fall Guy

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{5/5} “I’m just a boy in a neon suit, standing in front of a girl, reminding her that Notting Hill is her favourite movie.” The Fall Guy, released in 2024 Colt Seavers used to be a stuntman but he had a terrible accident on set. He left that life behind and now he’s working as […]

The Great Wall

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{4/5} “A man must learn to trust before he can be trusted.” The Great Wall, released in 2019 William and Tovar are in China, looking for the black powder that they have heard of but not seen. They are attacked by a creature — William cuts off its arm with his sword and it falls […]

The Wild Robot

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{4.5/5} “A Rozzum always completes its task.” The Wild Robot, released in 2024 When a Rozzum robot wakes up all it wants to do is help people. But there are no people around, only animals. When it gets struck by lightning, it finds raccoons playing with a bunch of its body parts. When it finds […]

Juror #2

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{5/5} “I will protect our family. I promise.” Juror #2, released in 2024 Justin is selected for jury duty. He doesn’t really want to do it because his wife Allison is having a tricky pregnancy. It’s a murder trial but the judge says the trial won’t take long. Once the prosecutor starts describing the story, […]

Deadpool & Wolverine

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{4.5/5} “Want to talk about what’s haunting you, or should we wait for a third act flashback?” Deadpool & Wolverine, released in 2024 Wade Wilson attempts to join the Avengers but Happy Hogan rejects him. Eventually he gets a job as a used car salesman. Then he gets hauled in to the Time Variance Authority. […]

Fly Me to the Moon

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{5/5} “You know what they say about black cats. If they cross your path, they’re probably going someplace else.” Fly Me to the Moon, released in 2024 In 1968 NASA is having trouble because people’s enthusiasm for going to the moon is waning. Kelly is an expert at selling things so Moe, who works for […]

U. S. Marshals

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{4/5} “Seems we have ourselves a bona fide federal fugitive out on the lam.” U. S. Marshals, released in 1998 When Mark is in an accident and his gun is discovered in his truck, the police inform him his fingerprints have been found at the scene of a double murder in New York. Mark says […]

A Bug’s Life

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{4/5} “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.” A Bug’s Life, released in 1998 Every year the ants harvest a bunch of food and leave it for the grasshoppers, who come and eat it and then leave. But this year Flik accidentally knocks over the pile of food […]

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World

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{2/5} “Spy Kids have always been able to beat the bad guys because adults over-think things. But to a kid, everything is possible.” Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, released in 2011 Wilbur Wilson has a reality show where he hunts for spies. But he doesn’t know his own wife was a […]