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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
Boring but great acting
Every actor in this movie is fantastic. They really embody the characters they play BUT these characters are awful. Each one is messed up and the plot doesn't work well. You can solve the mystery pretty early on then you have to sit through it just to get to the end.
Honestly, just don't bother.
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
Slow start but gets better
Judy is just like any other kid. She has loving parents and a babysitter she gets along great with. The only thing that makes her different is her parents are the famed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Judy can see things too. One night her babysitter and her friend accidentally unleash Annabelle.
This movie is the direct sequel to the last Annabelle movie, the third in the Annabelle series, and a prequel to The Conjuring series. Directed by Gary Dauberman and written by James Wan and Dauberman, Annabelle Comes Home is one of the few movies to be a sequel and a prequel.
Judy, played by Mckenna Grace, is just like her mom. She too can see spirits but doesn't tell anyone. Grace is best known for her role in Gifted and playing young Tonya in I, Tonya. She is great as Judy and stands on her own against the "adults" in the film. Ed and Lorraine, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, are hardly in the movie so it's up to Grace and the teenagers to carry the film.
The movie itself is slow to start but once the scares get going they work pretty well and continue the rest of the film. Sadly, all the demons get muddied and had they stuck to just two or three terrorizing them it would have been more effective. The plot is pretty good as well. It keeps you interested and entertained. It has funny moments, sad moments and plenty of jumpscares.
The Annabelle movies won't win an Oscar for anything anytime soon, this is probably one of the best in the series. Once you get over the initial slow hump it thrills and chills until the end. If you love James Wan and the universe he has created then you are sure to love Annabelle Comes Home.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
The toys are back but did they need to be?
Woody and the gang have made a new life with Bonnie after the events of Toy Story 3. Bonnie is about to start kindergarten and Woody, defying everyone, decides to go with her. While there Bonnie creates a new friend called Forkie and he quickly becomes her favorite toy. When Forkie gets lost Woody must find him and get him back to Bonnie.
The gang's back and the hijinks are just the same. There isn't really anything new that Toy Story 4 does. It seems to follow the same profitable formula. There are a gaggle of new characters including a doll that wants to take Woody's voice and a Canadian stuntman toy. The elements are all there for a great Toy Story addition.
The story itself is pretty good. Forkie is made from trash so he thinks he is trash. He constantly tries to run away to go be in a trash can and Woody is having to pull him back since Bonnie, his kid, loves him. One night, while on a road trip, Forkie gets loose and Woody must find him and bring him back before Bonnie wakes up. Along the way he runs in Gabby Gabby, a talking toy with a broken voice box that wants Woody's.
All the original voice actors are back including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Annie Potts as Bo Peep who is now a lost toy. They are joined by friends from the second and third movie as well. Some of the new voices include Keanu Reeves, hot off his fan favorites John Wick 3 and Always Be My Maybe, and Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key as conjoined toys.
There are some pretty intense and scary scenes, most Toy Story films have them, so it might not be good for smaller kids. While Toy Story 4 doesn't do anything different or new it's still a great film that the family will love. It's funny and has it's teaching moments. Toy Story 3 had a great ending so I was a little hesitant about this movie. Was it needed? Not really but it was a fun conclusion to the franchise. Or is it a conclusion? Toy Story made $120 million it's opening weekend so I doubt this will be the last we see of the toys.