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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Can't Wait for the Next One!!
If you wanted more of the magic from Thor: Ragnarok, it's here in spades. By virtue of his design, Christian Bale's deliciously hammy performance, and the delicious shadows swirling around him, I couldn't keep my eyes off Gorr the God Butcher. I could listen to this villain talk for ages. He and his plot take our heroes to some of the most visually creative locations and set pieces we've seen in the MCU thus far. When set to the great Michael Giacchino's score and a perfectly-fitting hair metal soundtrack (lots of Guns 'n Roses with a dash of Dio), you're fully whisked into a world that could only happen in comic books. It's just a notch below Ragnarok due to the occasional leap in logic (one in particular towards the end comes out of the blue). However, this is for sure on par with Thor Odinson's best adventures. Taika Waititi was born to direct this lovable himbo space-Viking. I can't wait for the next classic-rock science-fantasy trip. If those end-credits teasers are any indication, there's plenty more to explore with the God of Thunder.
Suspiria (2018)
A slow, disturbing descent into the jaws of Hell, interwoven with history and emotional themes
I cannot express my love for Suspiria (2018) enough. This film takes the horror format to new places, a film about so much more than its premise. While, yes, on the surface it is about a young prodigy (Dakota Johnson, in an awe-inspiring physical role) attending a mysteriously macabre ballet academy where the headmistresses (led by an astounding Tilda Swinton) are up to some supernatural stuff, director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) packs his film with poignance and grace as can ballet at its finest. This is also a historical fiction which uses the ballet academy as a metaphor for the conflict in East Berlin. It is a film about accepting death and processing grief. It is a meditation on sisterhood and sorority, and ultimately, a portrayal of motherhood in all its complexity and love, however hard to understand. Top it all off with amazing editing and sound design, camerawork evocative of 70s grindhouse horror, some seriously marvelous dancing and choreography, and a wildly inventive score by Thom Yorke of Radiohead (this score has LYRICS), and you have an atmospheric, artful thinkpiece that, when all is said and done, has its gut-wrenching body horror cake and eats it too. Don't walk in expecting The Conjuring or Saw. This is not popcorn horror, and it takes about 40 minutes to build to the real scares. It's uneasy from the get-go, and the suspense is sustained until it hits you. But oh boy. Does it hit you. Hard. This film is not the goriest I've seen, but it has some of the most disturbing imagery I've experienced onscreen. As it becomes more of an acid trip in a crescendo of intensity, it becomes clearer why all that buildup is warranted. It's a slow burn, but the big "WTF IS HAPPENING" finish is well worth it. Let Guadagnino's experimental filmmaking and the emotionally resonant performances pull you in, and marvel at the spectacle once you are successfully entranced. This trip is free on Amazon Prime; I highly recommend you seek it out and take it.