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7.5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Annie Banks
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Wicked mostly defies gravity, and sets out to make sure that it is, indeed, popular.
Posted Nov 20, 2024
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5/10
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Joker: Folie à Deux
(2024)
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Annie Banks
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If anything, Phillips is found guilty of his own count of murder by slaughtering the quality of his work.
Posted Oct 04, 2024
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Madame Web
(2024)
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Annie Banks
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If there's one thing about Madame Web, it's that it's the perfect movie to pirate through an incredibly shady second-hand torrent site.
Posted Feb 16, 2024
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9/10
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Poor Things
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Simply put, 'Poor Things' is a greatly imaginative, sincerely twisted, and richly memorable cinematic feast.
Posted Dec 21, 2023
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8/10
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The Boy and the Heron
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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[The Boy and the Heron is] sure to please long-time Studio Ghibli fans through its calm sense of strange. By its end, The Boy and the Heron shapes up to be a touching tale brought to life through timeless animation.
Posted Dec 05, 2023
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5/10
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The Marvels
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Fanservice to its core, this inclusive chapter in Captain Marvel's story is a movie made for fangirls. It's too bad that The Marvels couldn't go higher, further, faster.
Posted Nov 08, 2023
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9/10
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Barbie
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Gerwig's latest cinematic feat is moving, daring, and intelligent all while being one of the most creative movies of the year. This movie isn't just fun to watch: it's sharp, witty, and captures the reality of the femme experience.
Posted Jul 18, 2023
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3/10
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The Flash
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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There are authentic, interesting, and original comic book movies that deserve respect -- 'The Flash' just isn't one of them.
Posted Jun 18, 2023
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6.5/10
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' firmly middles itself, as it meets some expectations without feeling the need to exceed them... and for as sweet and softhearted of an ending as the film has, it may not exactly belong in a museum.
Posted Jun 16, 2023
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9.5/10
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a visual dazzler, heartstring-puller, and one of the best movies of 2023 so far. 9.5/10.
Posted Jun 06, 2023
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3/10
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About My Father
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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It's a surprise that Lionsgate gambled on such a disappointment for their Memorial Day Weekend release. By the time About My Father wraps itself up, you'll be more than about ready to leave the theater.
Posted May 25, 2023
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4/10
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Considering the amount of time that was given for Gunn to perfect the Guardians' final bow, it's incredibly disappointing that the last entry into the Guardians trilogy is its weakest link.
Posted Apr 28, 2023
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4/10
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Renfield
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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While Renfield doesn't suck, it could use more bite.
Posted Apr 12, 2023
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8/10
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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When rolling for initiative, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves doesn't miss.
Posted Mar 11, 2023
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6/10
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Scream VI
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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Scream VI slices off bits of its own past to stand upon and stabs into the familiarities of its own cinematic history. In the meantime, gore and giggles are enough for this entertaining, serviceable slasher.
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Children are easy to please with the broad slapstick and general loudness of A New Legacy, but for their adult accompaniments, the second take on a sentimental movie is a chore, especially without Bill Murray.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7.5
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The Green Knight
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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The retelling of Welsh lore marries the core draw of the fantasy genre with themes of religion, morality, and chivalry in a grand epic hoping to soothe the burns left behind by Game of Thrones.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Jungle Cruise
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Jungle Cruise is exactly what it makes itself out to be: a big-name summer blockbuster...
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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8/10
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The Suicide Squad
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Cascading with carnage, The Suicide Squad is shamelessly silly and savage while tapping into gruesome imagination.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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4/10
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Reminiscence
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Reminiscence's official synopsis is gripping with an air of mystery around it. To the misfortune of the film itself, the film in its entirety is deeply impaired by its unexciting, deficient take...
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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6.5/10
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is obsessed with its backstory for the better. It's fun, it's exciting, and it's sure to rejuvenate the interest in youth practicing martial arts.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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The Many Saints of Newark
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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To those who haven't brushed up on the mobster drama, the prequel might come across as Goodfellas Lite without the Martin Scorsese-isms.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a feel-good blockbuster that asks the same question: who 'ya gonna call?
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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West Side Story
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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It's as faithful as can be with its own punch to pack: West Side Story stands out on its own while paying homage to its inspiration.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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The Whale
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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The Whale is set leveling the rawness of human sadness with practice sympathy and forgiveness.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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Spider-Man: No Way Home is truly an open love letter to the Spider-Man franchise crafted with such thoughtful care.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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4/10
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The Matrix Resurrections
(2021)
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Annie Banks
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The Matrix Resurrections can be merited for its attempt to honor its predecessors, even if it becomes distracted by trying to please its parent studio.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Morbius
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Sony Pictures has proved one thing: Morbius succeeds as a vampire film as it drains life from itself.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Once separated from its shortcomings, It may not be the most clean-cut or composed comic book movie and crumble beneath its own creative consequences but vows that there is more to the multiverse yet to be discovered.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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5/10
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Thor: Love and Thunder
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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There may be thunder, but lightning does not strike twice.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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The Bob's Burgers Movie
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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There is a reaffirmation that even if the cinematic adaptation of the series feels as if it's an extended episode, the movie is just as entertaining and endearing as its source material.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Hellraiser
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Hellraiser aims to reconcile the saga's series of sequels falling flat by revisiting the hallmarks of what made the original such a success.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Werewolf by Night
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Werewolf by Night serves as a light, simple, unique-to-the-franchise introduction to Marvel's untapped world of horror.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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5/10
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Halloween Ends
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Halloween Ends is a greatly dissatisfying close to a chapter that hopefully lives up to its name, and this sluggish culmination does exactly what the title declares: ends Halloween.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Tár
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Tár remains to be jagged and uncomfortable as it invites conversations around creative genius and self-discipline, even if it may dissipate upon its final act
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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4/10
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Black Adam
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Sabbac's late-stage introduction in Black Adam does not justify the ill timing of his arrival. It only strains an already-thin plot.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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7/10
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Its pacing may feel a bit undercalculated as some scenes consume too much screen time, though unsure footing can be forgiven by closed chapters and new beginnings.
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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8/10
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Johnson's second crack at his franchise is a worthy successor to the Knives Out name that dangles suspense overhead - but not without setting the standards for the modern murder-mystery movie.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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5/10
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A Christmas Story Christmas
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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A toasty, mild, and middling look back at a classic title being passed from one generation to the next.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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8/10
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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It was a mistake of Disney to expect that their 2022 live-action Pinocchio helmed by Tom Hanks would be anything more than wooden against one of del Toro's most impressive works yet.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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5/10
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Avatar: The Way of Water
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Avatar: The Way of Water is more of an attraction than the movie itself - magnificent technology is swapped for dialogue deprived of meaning.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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8.5/10
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
(2022)
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Annie Banks
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish takes necessary risks without losing to the assumption that all sequels lose their luster.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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5/10
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Annie Banks
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While an ant can lift 5,000 times its own body weight, there's little to support here.
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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