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Honestly, I'm surprised. I had heard so many mixed things about this film, and while I have things to say, both positive and negative, the reactions are largely overblown. I'm very excited to talk about this one, so let's dive right in! The story of this film is about Mario (played by Chris Pratt), Luigi (played by Charlie Day), Peach (played by Anya Taylor Joy), Toad (played by Keegan Michael Key), and new friend Yoshi (played to perfection by Donald Glover) teaming up to rescue Rosalina (played by Brie Larson) from Bowser Jr. (played by Benny Safdie) who is also intent on rescuing his father Bowser (played by Jack Black). Now, as can be seen, there is quite a lot going on in this hour and a half or so movie, and that is great and not so great at the same time. The good part is there is so many good elements from Super Mario Galaxy shown here, such as a recreation of the iconic UFO scene, but the problem comes from the film's breakneck pacing where there probably shoul...

Well, I can't believe it. I just cannot believe it. Five Nights at Freddy's, a film I felt was very okay, and not very scary, got a sequel, and I do have some very intense thoughts, so let's talk about that. So, this film takes place about a couple years after the first one and follows Mike Schmidt, played by Josh Hutcherson, and his sister Abby, played by Piper Rubio. Specifically, it deals with Abby trying to bring back the original animatronics that instead leads to her unleashing a ghost with a murderous rage against all adults. If this sounds like an idiot plot, then great, we agree. This is a really dumb idea. Like, after the horrors Abby went through in the first film, why would she want to revisit the cause of a lot of those said horrors? Also, this film feels less like a sequel and more like a side story, where the William Afton plot takes a backseat to this new story involving a murdered girl named Charlotte and her rage at being ignored by all the adults in her l...