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IR Film Review: MASTERS OF THE THE UNIVERSE [Amazon MGM Studios]

When one thinks of He-Man, it definitely needs to be 80s strong. The new “Master Of The Universe” leans into this with varying degrees of success. It seems to want to emulate 1980's "Flash Gordon" even down to the Brian May’s guitar solos since Queen did that score. But this is a different film and a different time. The camp of that 1980s film worked well but Flash was different than Adam here who seems to be too woke.

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IR Film Review: TOGETHER [Neon]

The idea of togetherness in the modern world is an interesting conundrum especially with more single people of all genders into their mid-40s. It might be a bank of individualism. It might be the continuing element of egocentric society (though that might just be cell phone and social media related). "Together," a new body horror/psychological thriller of sorts starring real life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco tests this in many ways.

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