UNREASONABLE OPINIONS BY KNR

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Sep 7, 20211 min read

The Haunting of Bly Manor: *Snore*

Bland, predictable, and lacking teeth. Are you in it for the scares, the mystery, or the characters? They all disappoint. The scares...

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Aug 30, 20211 min read

101 Dalmatians (1961): Long Past Expiration

So, the film starts out with a dog wistfully watching passersby in an awful sequence where women’s bodies are compared to those of their...

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Aug 21, 20211 min read

Disneynature Bears (2014) Forgets Bears Are Not Human

Let’s get this out of the way: the footage is great. If you want some impeccably-filmed bear footage, this is your jam. I’d just suggest...

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Aug 13, 20211 min read

The Little Mermaid 2: Why Did They Even?

Lazy and dumb on such an extreme level that I thought it was hilarious at times. Basically from the point where the villain is introduced...

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Aug 6, 20211 min read

The Little Mermaid: Not That Bad

Honestly, not as bad as my foggy childhood memories indicated. The film has a beautiful aesthetic, the villain is captivating, and the...

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Jul 31, 20211 min read

Candy Box 2: Strange But Sweet

Candy Box 2 is an ASCII-styled adventure/puzzle game, and a sequel to one of the prominent early incremental titles. But while Candy Box...

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Jul 23, 20212 min read

The Sisters Brothers: A Sibling Extravaganza

When I saw that there was a western movie starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as leads, I had to convince myself that I was still...

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Jul 16, 20211 min read

Hard Eight

Slow and contemplative, Hard Eight follows a couple of career gamblers through a series of revealing decisions. The cast is great,...

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Jul 11, 20211 min read

Bottle Rocket Hits Its Target

But the explosion is very muted. Owen and Luke Wilson play longtime friends and petty crooks who decide to perform a robbery. Their...

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Jul 4, 20211 min read

Raya and the Interminable Backstory

The film is gorgeous, with vibrant environments and outstanding character models. If you want to see cool-looking characters doing...

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Jun 25, 20212 min read

Fringe: A Show Worth Observing

Fringe is a police procedural where the crisis-of-the-episode is always a sci-fi mystery. A murderer turns out to be a man-porcupine...

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Jun 18, 20211 min read

Mandy: What Did I Just Watch?

People like to see Nicolas Cage wilding out. So Cage indulges, every couple years, with a film where he does just that. Mandy is one of...

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Jun 11, 20211 min read

Tales From the Loop

Episodes of Loop are slow, contemplative works of irony that share a continuity but no real overarching story. As such, you could...

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Jun 4, 20211 min read

Dumbo (2019), Still Just As Dumb

Only half as scattered and aimless as the original, but it makes up for it by being as long and boring as it can manage. The film is just...

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May 28, 20211 min read

Lovecraft Country (Season 1--of hopefully many)

Immaculate in both its conception and execution, Lovecraft Country pairs captivating spectacle with thematic depth. At its heart, the...

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May 21, 20211 min read

Ratatouille: What The Chef Threw Out

Ratatouille is incessantly stupid, and I hated just about every minute of it. The only thing I can find to recommend about the whole...

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May 14, 20211 min read

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

This film tells a charming and hilarious tale about found family, reputation, and societal judgment. It’s quite an adventure, has a few...

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May 7, 20211 min read

Like Father: A 98-Minute Commercial

I’ve heard this film described as a romantic comedy, which is strange, because the central relationship is between a young business exec...

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Apr 30, 20211 min read

Mayhem (2017)

This Steven Yeun-led action film is just under 90 minutes of flashy action and gore, and as long as you’re looking for nothing more, will...

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Apr 25, 20211 min read

Gideon the Ninth: Bones and Swords, and More Bones

So the book starts out, and there’s some swords, and then it’s like BOOM BOOM BOOM with some skeletons, and then some casual...

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