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Fast X (2023)::rating::2
S ometime during the previous Fast movie, a revelation dawned on me:  These movies defy criticism. They flip a giddy middle finger to any intelligent analysis.  After all, that installment had Luda and Tyrese launching into space aboard a rocket-mounted Pinto.  The franchise didn't just jump the shark.  It soared above all the sharks on the…
Air (2023)::rating::3.5
T he world didn't need a bantamweight drama about the creation of a shoe, but here we are anyway.  Of course, the Air Jordan isn't just a shoe.  It's the shoe.  And Air wisely uses that iconic sneaker to leap into a larger and more ambitious story, on how Jordan and a few corporate warriors at Nike leveraged his…
Knock at the Cabin (2023)::rating::2.5
M ost of M. Night Shyamalan's output since Unbreakable has amounted to the cinematic equivalent of a wet willie.  The bad thing is most of these movies have actually been about three-fourths good:  Shyamalan will often dupe us with a fascinating-if-flawed premise, charged with the alternating current of moving character beats and genuinely chilling atmospherics.  Then,…

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