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“I Swear” is based on a true story and is a piece of storytelling brilliance. There have been other good movies this year, I’ve been impressed with 2026 so far, but this is something special. I have to say one thing that I hope you attach great significance to… don’t mistake this for something to watch another time. See it now. Â
Thankfully, this picks up right where the first movie left off. I like it when they get that right. That’s how a sequel should be done. The first movie blew me out of my shoes. The game-playing idea was, or is, a huge positive for me. Samara Weaving was ridiculously awesome, so when I heard there would be part 2, color me in!! I thought it would be just as good, perhaps better! ​
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Glen Powell (Becket Redfellow) can make any role fit him, but I like him going super dark. It works. ​
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​This is essential viewing for the passion it shows and for its truth. This might be about a love you feel uncomfortable with at times, but it’s love to them, and that’s all that counts. So, it isn’t a traditional love story, but it’s intense and loving, nonetheless.
The Running Man, based on Stephen King’s (writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) novel of the same name, didn’t do well when it was first published. It picked up steam after the film came out and has grown in popularity for its commentary, for one, on class divisions and how dangerous the world has become.
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If you’ve never known what depression feels like, you will understand after watching Jennifer Lawrence’s performance in this film. ​
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“Bugonia” is a movie makes you get out a coin from your pocket. Do you root for the misguided, tin-foil-hat-level conspiracy theory believing low-level weirdo dude who kidnaps a CEO? Or do you root for the soulless, pontificating, arrogant self-absorbed CEO who just might be causing the End of the World? Toss that coin, you pick… Read more
