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We rate Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” four stars and dig into how an island strips the gloss off corporate ambition, turning tropes into a sharp critique of power, merit, and survival. McAdams owns the screen, the camera bites, and the final stare puts the audience on trial.

• acting that turns humiliation into resolve
• Raimi signatures in kinetic, queasy camera work
• familiar desert‑island tropes used as satire
• the rock reveal reframing agency and ethics
• competence versus entitlement as core conflict
• the last shot reading as judgment, not wink
• theater crowd energy enhancing tension
• why “women are crazy” is the wrong lens
• our insert‑ourselves what‑ifs for dark humor
• final verdict: a tight, rewatchable four stars

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Three hosts get high, sip whiskey, and sort out why a stylish, 60s-set Fantastic Four feels both gorgeous and strangely soft. We rate the acting, roast the CGI baby, praise Galactus and Silver Surfer, and debate whether retrofuturism is a comforting lie or a clever setup for future conflict.

• 60s-set retrofuturism as aesthetic and thesis
• Galactus and Silver Surfer visuals landing with weight
• Performances: Kirby shines, Pascal contained, Reed underused
• Score motif memorable but overplayed
• Desire for inventive “team powers” problem-solving
• Comparison with Superman’s hopeful grit vs naïve optimism
• All art as propaganda; family and compliance messaging
• Hopes for X‑Men to introduce social friction and stakes
• Final ratings and rewatchability judgments
• Teasers for Dolby screenings, Tron and Avatar trailers

“Go see this movie. See it in Dolby. It fucking rocked me in Dolby.”

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We rate Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man, argue what makes a fair-play whodunit, and wrestle with how religion and charisma shape control, community, and consequence. Between jokes and toasts, we land on 3.5 out of 5 and ask for bolder risks next time.

• scoring the film by cinematography, acting, score, story, rewatchability
• standout shots that map power and space in the church
• ensemble performances and tonal hamminess on purpose
• pacing drag and the line between twisty and fair-play solvable
• faith, cult dynamics, and the soft-pedaled cost of belief
• media risk, IP fatigue, and why new voices matter
• playful “insert ourselves into the plot” alternate scenes

“Always wear your seatbelts”

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