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Xiao shi de ta (2022)
Gone Girl Called, It wants its money back
The premise of this movie was very much Gone Girl-esque. I decided to check out this movie because of its rave reviews.
From the beginning, it was like Gone Girl. (This review might just be glowing praise of Gone Girl, and I'm sorry - but it's relevant)
From the sunlight shots of the missing wife looking beckoningly into the camera, to the flowing white linens as the missing wife smiles and laughs, flashbacks of the happy couple - you know the works.
You discover as the plot goes on that everything is not as it seems. You always think "the husband did it", and I thought that in the beginning scene where He Fei raggedly runs into the police station. He was handsome, and kudos to the actor, but he smelled from the moment he went on scene. You could sense the greasy interior behind the gentleman act.
Spoilers for the ending: Gone Girl did it better. The ending was too hamfisted and implausible, I almost burst out laughing at scenes that were supposed to be thrilling. There were gut wrenching moments, but the whole Oceans 11 mixed with Shutter Island scenario of the theater troupe suddenly arriving on the scene, doctoring images, setting up props within days of the wife's disappearance????? The whole asylum set when they do theater production sets of Romeo and Juliet in a whole another country???? Yeah you lost me.
I was entertained, so I do recommend. The levels of disbelief will be stretched.
Drag Me to Dinner (2023)
Yummy entertainment
Listen. Some of the moments made me cringe, and I mean, A LOT. The editing feels choppy, with scenes being 10 seconds of a scripted punchline before it goes into another scene with a punchline. The hosts are alright (Neil Patrick Harris was the funniest)
The cooking element is fun but barely showcased. It sadly didn't live up to that potential that I craved from a cooking format. However, the queens are really the main dish of the omelette. The crème de la crème if you will. It was enjoyable to watch my favorite queens in new content.
It was a fun, colorful thing to put in the background as I worked. I did find it entertaining, and I wish there was more shows with drag performers.
There seems to be multiple 1 star bot reviews that seem copy pasted in these reviews.
The Family Stallone (2023)
It's Hollywood Baby
Not much depth. I saw the trailers for this on Paramount Plus and was mildly interested to look up more info - but not much can be said about reality TV following a family that hasn't been done to death and formulaic.
I admired "The Family Man" Stallone's acting and background to check this out but I admit, I wish that I could take back the time spent watching. It is what it is. Stallone is aging and wants to make sure his family is well taken care of, and if he needs to push his baby birds into the spotlight so that his daughters' names are in the ring, good for them. Don't expect any stand out moments.