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This movie is a bit Ready Player One meets The Truman Show with a dash of Gamer. Set in a game world, 'Guy' is a bank teller that lives the same day over and over. Every day he gets his coffee before his bank is robbed, several times. Rinse, repeat, Groundhog Day like. Until he sees the woman of his dreams which leads him down the path of figuring out what his world really is, and that he is simply an NPC. Guy figures out how to see the world like the gamers do and begins to level up in pursuit of the woman. We follow his quick rise in game and his popularity in the real world, where there is a fight over the original code used in the game. Overall this is a fun movie from start to finish with the star, Ryan Reynolds, being himself largely.
This adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight follows a young Gawain looking for his fame after a mysterious magical knight appears at court with a challenge. If you are hoping for a movie with a hint of swordplay this isn't it. If you want a total slog that is entirely focused on cinematography and beautiful scenes, this is your jam. I'd call this "arthouse", but instead of a house more a trailer park. One that is slow, boring, and has a very predictable ending.
It's the near future, set in Miami, where the oceans have risen and large parts of the city began to flood leading to huge retaining walls and slightly flooded streets. The only new technology featured allows one to relive memories over-and-over as if it was the first time. With that we get a tale of love, betrayal, crime, and redemption to varying degrees. The movie comes up short in ways as bits are predictable and the Miami we get seems devoid of people for many scenes. Tides rise, population dropped apparently?
This show is described as a "dark mentorship" (it isn't really) that forms between "a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old". In reality, consider this The Devil Wears Prada but in the world of Las Vegas comedy instead of fashion. The relationship between the two is strained from start to finish essentially, where we get brief periods of things looking cordial before it goes to hell again. That said, it does deliver on some good (very) dark humor throughout and makes for an enjoyable show.
