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Glass (2019) Review

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In 2000, M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to his huge hit, The Sixth Sense , called  Unbreakable was released to a mixed reception but has since grown a little cult following. Fast forward to 2016 where he releases Split which was considered a return to form for him. However, people's minds were blown when it was revealed to be in the same universe as Unbreakable . Thus a trilogy was born by bringing together these two seemingly standalone movies and one anticipated movie to tie it all up. David Dunn (The Overseer) and Kevin Wendell Crumb (The Horde) are placed in a mental institution which contains Elijah Price (Mr.Glass), too. A doctor named Ellie Staple attempts to dissolve their "delusions" that they have superpowers, and what they achieved and survived was just a bunch of lucky coincidences. For years, Mr. Glass has been acting lifeless until he becomes intrigued by Kevin, but mostly The Beast. They team together and challenge David in a supposedly epic battl...

Top 10 Worst Movies of 2018

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And now, we come to the worst movies of 2018. In 2017, I would have counted 5 movies as the worst I've seen ( The Emoji Movie being number one), but since I had Moviepass and then AMC A-List, I got to see a lot more movies in '18. Even then, I tried adding some critically panned movies in my Netflix queue in my search for the worst, but I think I've compiled enough for my list. No, I didn't see Fifty Shades Freed . I didn't want to see it, I didn't want to support it in any way, I'm glad it's over, so let's get going. 10. Vox Lux My pick for most pretentious movie of 2018. It follows a girl named Celeste who went through some terrible circumstances and became a pop star in her adulthood. I thought it might have some potential, especially with Natalie Portman in the lead. This could have been like Black Swan 2 . But the themes and presentation of it all were so heavy-handed. It insists upon itself with the violent imagery and dramatic Willem Da...

Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2018

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Well, 2018 is over so it's time to reflect on the best movies it had to offer. Personally, some movies that I was really looking forward to didn't quite live up to my expectations like last year, but that doesn't mean there aren't some good ones this year and some were totally worth it. Now I'm going to arrange my picks in alphabetical order because I often have second thoughts of where I would rank a movie. Like on my best of 2017 video, I would put Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Lady Bird in my top 5, instead of the places where I initially put them. Avengers Infinity War I figured we would start with the biggest movie of 2018. After 10 years of establishing characters we love and a stirring cinematic universe, Marvel Studios brings us a super epic and harrowing challenge for our large cast of heroes to go against Thanos and his Infinity Gauntlet. The anticipation and hype for this film could not be overstated, especially from me. And it wa...