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Andromeda (2022)
Yeah I saw Ad Astra too
I have an idea. Hear me out. Let's take a delightful spectacle of a science fiction movie starring one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars in one of his great performances in a movie with stunning visuals and strong familial themes and rip it off with z grade actors and cheap effects from film students wrapped in a story that wants so much to be deep and meaningful but seems like they watched Ad Astra, missed the point entirely and then said we can do this. What could possibly go wrong when amateurs have an idea like this and let it fester into something beyond just an idea? Oh. I know the answer. You get Andromeda. What a joke. Skip it and watch Ad Astra, or anything else, instead.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
It is what it is
Lesser Halloween 2018, or what some are calling Texas Chainsaw Massacre, is most certainly what it is. It is not groundbreaking. It is not something you sit through for the Academy Award worthy screenplay. It is something that you sit through for the effective scares and the good kills and blood. The original movie was never a powerful story but a masterclass of tension and dread and despair and that is what 2022's Texas Chainsaw Massacre has to live up to and it does. Other than the delightful 2003 remake this is the best TCM has been since the original. It is fun. It is scary. It is gory. It is mean and brutal. It is Leatherface in top form. Do not expect philosophical meditations on life that will make you think when you are done. Sit down and enjoy the ride with the best TCM in almost 20 years.
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Fun but abysmal
When this franchise is discussed it is usually agreed upon that The Next Generation is the worst of them and there is truly an argument for that but it has to be this one if you ask me. It is fun in some of the moments particularly at the end but the rest is abysmal. Alexandra Daddario turned out to be a real talent and I am glad that she did and I am glad that this is not the only vision I have of her because she does not excel here. This is really an awful disjointed movie and that is so disappointing because conceptually it should have killed.
Leatherface (2017)
In Preparation For the New One
I chose to watch this movie to prepare for the new movie that is to be released this week on Netflix. While this franchise has its problems it has always been something that I have enjoyed even while understanding that it has not been in its prime since 2003. This movie did not do much to further the franchise but it is still probably better than anything they have done since the remake in 2003. The film tries its best to tell a good origin story for the classic villain and some of it does manage to work but unfortunately it is a film that is mostly consists of shortcomings. Fun at times but mostly it is a miss. I would give it a 4 if not for the captivating performances of Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor.