Synopsis: Marvel Studios' Eternals features an exciting new team of Super Heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind's most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
My thoughts: Eternals leaves a lot to be desired in a regular vacuum. Through the lens of a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and it's even worse. Eternals does somewhat follow the MCU formula with some world saving action paired with jokes and heart from (mostly) sympathetic characters however I couldn't be sold on any of it on the whole. I'm sure I'll come to enjoy some of the characters as they pop up elsewhere in the MCU and I'm willing to give Eternals another watch down the line but this flick did little for me.
Final verdict: 3 lackluster MCU movies out of 5.
Synopsis: Everyone's favorite spooky family is back in the animated comedy sequel, The Addams Family 2. In this all new movie we find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with "scream time." To reclaim their bond they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out of their element and into hilarious run-ins with their iconic cousin, IT, as well as many new kooky characters. What could possibly go wrong?
My thoughts: A definite step down from the first film (which had it's own separate issues). This is a departure from the classic characters we know which I'm sure was intentional it just didn't work. It's basically an excuse to make a family movie and they made the characters The Addams Family to have some name recognition.
Final verdict: 3 hairy cousins out of 5.
Synopsis: In this reimagining of 1999's She's All That, teen social media influencer Padgett's humiliating on-camera breakup goes viral, leading her to make a risky bet to save her reputation: she swears she can turn scruffy antisocial Cameron into prom king material. But things get complicated when she finds herself falling for him IRL.
My thoughts: The acting is real bad, let's get that out of the way. The premise is fun enough and they gave the lead a more realistic transformation than in 1999 when they took her glasses off and gave her a dress. There was also a few fun callbacks to the predecessor and had a decent enough message but outside of that and a few chuckles the script was not good.
Final verdict: 3 gender swapped remakes out of 5.
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