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IR Film Review: BALLERINA [Summit/Lionsgate]
The essence of action is seeing with the eyes of your protagonist. "Ballerina" does very well in this regards though it does require a little bit of set up to get the idea going. The structure works in this way because you can't simply drop Ana de Armas into killing mode without showing in some basic way, shape and form how she got there.
IR Film Review: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 [Paramount]
The progression of a Sonic movie can be bathed on the notion of a bad guy and getting to the next stage in the ladder of both character and stories. “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” bodes well because in many ways, it takes a structural reference from anime. Sonic now has two of his friends but there needs to be heavier stakes without losing the lightness.
IR Film Review: JOHN WICK - CHAPTER 4 [Lionsgate]
The tenaciousness of John Wick has turned into something ethereal, less realistic in any sense and more the aspect of myth in his path of nilistic existence. With "John Wick: Chapter 4", the ampage continues to build but like samurais of old, using certain contemplations and ideas of what can be to make the world spin.