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Poolman “Review”

Release date: May 10, 2024 (USA)

Director: Chris Pine

Distributed by: Vertical

Production companies: AGC Studios; Shiny Penny; Wicious Pictures; CatchLight Studios; Barry Linen Motion Pictures

For a movie not on my list what so ever and happen to see it releasing this week with 3 other titles the dice were rolled. When a 3 sided die is rolled 9 times and there’s 3 1’s,2’s &3’s the decision was made to watch all 3. If it wasn’t to try hit 50 movies in 2024 I truly would have been home watching WWE as during this performance it was announced: Logan vs Cody!

What can I say about this movie other than it was very slow only picking up at the final 30 minute mark and didn’t get me interested until then. The trailer did a fantastic job drawing me in unlike the film did.

With such an incredible cast I was hoping this would have been the better movie of the day. I was bored. Everyone did a fine job with their acting. The story once it picked up was okay. But it wasn’t anything worth sticking around an hour to get into the slight interesting content.

The film is about a Los Angeles pool cleaner Darren Barrenman played by Chris Pine as he’s approached by a femme fatale to help uncover corruption in a shady business deal.

If you’re into the movie by this point then maybe it’s a movie for yourself. I’ve watched slow movies before that were worth the pay off getting to the end. I’ve watched artsy movies that have entertained and intrigued my curiosity. But sadly nothing hit and thus it makes the number 1 slot for me personally on my bottom 5 movies of 2024 thus far.

But hey May 25th is looking very cool specially since that’s my wife’s birthday :D. We’re going out on the 18th for an event and doing nothing on the 21st for mine so maybe I’ll get to watch this match before we go out for dinner.

That aside, go watch Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, have an epic time and I’ll go finish the 3 movies that released this weekend by watching “The Last Stop in Yuma County” and hopefully have a better time than the performances watched today.

Do you have a bottom 5 list yet for 2024? How about movies you’re looking forward to in Summer and the remainder of 2024? Let me know in the comments and keep an eye on my 2024 lists tab on the home page to follow along with my predictions of Summer 2024 Grossing.

Thank you all for reading another popped review and I’ll see you right back here tomorrow.

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Not Another Church Movie “Review”

Release date: May 10, 2024 (USA)

Director: Johnny Mack

Producers: Jimmy Cummings, Paul Saleba, Jim Cardwell, Jaron Marquis, Vern Nobles Jr., Johnny Mack

Music by: Ainz “Brainz” Prasad; Ameya Saraf

Production companies: JMC Media; Monty the Dog Productions

Went to watch 2 out of the 3 other movies released this weekend outside of the Epic Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Sometimes to get to 50 movies in a year you have to watch some not so epic movies along the way.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll round out the 3 by watching “The Last Stop in Yuma County” however for today it was this and “Poolman” . Lets begin shall we.

The plot for this film is Taylor Pherry (The P is silent) is given a mission from God to tell his family’s stories and inspire his community. What he doesn’t know is that the devil has plans of his own. The opening objective before this is for Taylor Pherry to find a successor for Hoprah Winfrey.

The sheer randomness and complete stupid silliness this movie offers with stories occurring across multiple different characters is definitely not boring.

It may not be a good movie but I wasn’t bored. From terrible green screen scenes to utter crazy Nutty Professor vibes this movie was somehow made and wants to offer a sequel before finishing the first feature.

Kevin Daniels plays Taylor Pherry & MaDude, Jamie Foxx is God, Mickey Rourke is the Devil. I loved the Nutty Professor but this was just not a good movie. Like I said I wasn’t bored and its totally silly so you’ll have some laughs but to give this anything higher than a 4 would be insulting to another film I reviewed recently.

At least it gets placed on the newly created Bottom 5 movies of 2024 list that I’ve just uploaded as we now have a Bottom 5 for 2024. Check out the next popped review to see if the second feature of the day ended up on this list and which was the more entertaining movie of the day.

Thank you all for reading and I’ll catch you in the next popped batch.

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Sting (2024) “Review”

I was rather lucky to have seen this movie ahead of it’s release. My local theatre started to run mystery movies and this was the first in their mystery horror line up.

Going in I thought the movie was The Last Omen until I saw the trailer play prior. Once this title begun I was rather excited to finally see a new movie that I had not seen a single trailer for prior. In fact I’ve seen very little being mentioned of this title leading up to it’s release on April 12th.

I absolutely loved the setup of this feature introducing us to the situation and then going back 4 days prior to how these events unfold.

Now I’d like to keep this spoiler free but there’s a giant spider in front of our faces so let’s address that first. Despite Charlotte’s grand mother calling the exterminator to deal with noises going on within her walls. Charlotte is introduced as a meteor crashes though the attic window and reveals to her in a form of a spider (Alien Spider? o.O) lets name it “Sting”.

Charlotte is a rebellious 12 year old girl who takes quite a liking and fascination of this spider and uses the pipes to descend down from this apartment building of flats to her living quarters with her mother, brother and mothers boyfriend. The cinematography was remarkable and I can see this movie either being a niche film with strong followers or a solid good film for the masses.

As the poster suggests, this fear just gets bigger and I’ll allow you to dive into this 1 Hour 30 Minute feature to see just how deep this tale goes and if you’re strong enough to prevail against the webbing and do battle with moth balls.

On the descent down to Charlotte’s room I loved the use to get glimpses into all our supporting characters and taking perfect snap shots of their daily lives to grow and connect with throughout. I was pleasantly surprised by this feature and happily give it 7.5. Let’s not bash Imaginary once more but considering this was an R rating film you can see what having that safety net what can be done with your big bad.

Look forward to this title coming April 12th hopefully to a theatre near you. This was a first getting to review a title early and hope I intrigued and left mystery for you to enjoy what horror’s to come.

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The American Society of Magical Negroes “Review”

Release date: March 15, 2024 (USA)

Director: Kobi Libii

Distributed by: Focus Features, Universal Pictures

Box office: $1.3 million

Edited by: Brian Olds

Music by: Michael Abels

Usually with movies that show a lot of the story points within the trailer I’ll tune out as I’ve already seen the movie. With this title I still had a good ride throughout. Sadly several moments felt slow due to watching the trailer however I appreciate having those scenes to better connect and learn about each of the characters being introduced into this world.

I enjoyed the messaging and teachings the movie offered while having a fun entertaining world brought to life with fantastic acting and visuals. The trailer had me but the review ratings I saw prior to watching the title had my expectations in check. Maybe that’s why I came out on top of some of these rather low scores.

I’d of loved some more magic however that wasn’t the point nor focus of this story. Now I haven’t read the other reviews giving this feature average to lower scores however I could only criticize a few things mentioned above.

Question for you all though. Would you be able to put your job first or others if it meant any connections with loved ones along the way would be erased and be forgotten? A thread of the movie which is shown in the trailer but a thread that asks a hefty price to either uphold or sacrifice.

Justice Smith (Aren) is a gem along with his supporting cast members, most specifically his mentor along the way David Alan Grier (Roger) & love interest An-Li Bogan (Lizzie). These three actors / characters were what kept me in this world wanting more and enjoying the slow times despite taking this movies score for myself down a couple pegs.

Despite not typing up a review for it yet. I give this movie the same score as that of Argylle 6/10. Despite enjoying this movie overall, the execution of certain slower scenes did kill momentum and excitement in my watch despite loving them for building the other characters and the world.

A double edge sword but a sword I would say keeps me wanting to come back for any potential sequel or continuation within this magical society. Argylle on the other hand had an excellent stellar first hour which nose dived to the bottom of the barrel and would be hard to come back for a sequel unless tempted by a positive word of mouth.

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Dune Part 2 (2024) “Review”

Release date: March 1, 2024 (USA)

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Adapted from: Dune

Budget: $190 million

Cinematography: Greig Fraser

The 2024 slump is over as we kick off March with Dune Part 2! Thus far we’ve had Mean Girls in my top movies of 2024, well the place holders can start dropping off as Dune Part 2 has taken the first of 10 slots on my top 10 movies of 2024.

If you skipped Part 1 I think you’d be fine jumping in here and going back for further details later. This literally picks up after the ending of the first part, minus a slight time passing as Paul & Lady Jessica (Paul’s mother) felt apart of the Freman he met up with at the ending of Part 1. After defeating his opponent that challenged him in order for Paul to prove himself worthy to join.

Part 2 is the second half of the first book in this epic sci-fi feature which I’m hopeful and excited to see the remainder of this story on the big screen.

I’m not going to spoil as I want you to go out and watch this on the biggest screen you can find. Beware to bring ear plugs if sensitive to loud music/sound as Part 2 has several LOUD scenes that feel totally epic but LOUD!

Dune Part 2 picks up the War over Spice and turns it to 12. This feature is packed with action of various variety that keeps the pacing engaging which is welcome for a rather lengthy 2 hours and 45minute mammoth war film.

Dive into the War is one layer of this epic, the other follows the titles of later books, if Paul is the Prophet that will lead the Freman to paradise as written.

Again without going into spoilers those that have seen the trailer will be delighted by the epic ness of that arena scene. The action is so good and the second half has so much more to unpack that I look forward to hearing from everyone once you’d enjoyed your popcorn watching this movie.

I thoroughly loved: Spice Wars – How to Train your Sand Worm: Edition 😀 With a mighty 8.5 out of 10 which I’d love to watch once again for those awesome action set pieces as we wait for the next title in this epic series.

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Reviews in bound!

Good afternoon popped readers and I wanted to start with apologizing for the massive delay in reviews. With the lull in February with not such great movies draining my excitement I hadn’t been typing up reviews promptly. Then I got sick with several things which I’m feeling better now and despite awaiting appointments I’m raring to go to get back on track.

Yakuza Infinite Wealth also got in the way along with the upcoming FF7 Rebirth haha so lots and lots. That being said Dune Part 2 is this weekend so I’ll have that up in the next day and I’ll catch up with Argylle, Madame Web & Lisa Frankenstein. Possibly depending on timing I’ll have Drive Away Dolls also. P.S Does Demon Slayer Movie count? Okay maybe I’ll type one up for that also haha.

Now I’ve mentioned before this site is more so for my records of memory to look have and reflect on the year with movies I’ve watched and rated. However the community of popped enjoyers is growing and I’d love to hear from you on movies you’d like me to see or for movies I may have missed and you recommend I catch up on.

Some recommendations I’ve been suggested: The Beekeeper, Ordinary Angels & Anyone But You.

March movies I’ll be watching: Kung Fu Panda 4, Ghost Busters & Godzilla X Kong. – Anything missed I should be keeping an eye on?

Possible list I have in mind are the following – (Click for Poll): Imaginary, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Arthur the King & Problemista.

It’s a juicy month for movies and totally has me excited to get back to the theatre and eat some delicious POPCORN :D. April is a little like so I’ll be able to catch up with my possible list. Movies looking ahead for April: The First Omen, Monkey Man & Civil War. Possible list: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Sasquatch Sunset & Challengers. (Click for April Poll)

Thanks for reading to the end and again apologize on the delay but kept the reviews page to start being flooded :D. Let me know if you like the addition of Popped Updates and I’ll catch you next time in the next batch.

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Mean Girls 2024 (Musical)”Review”

Release date: January 12, 2024

Directors: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.

Story by: Tina Fey, Nell Benjamin

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Budget: $36 million

Cinematography: Bill Kirstein

Mean Girls 2024 or Musical as you may have not guessed from seeing the trailer but this adaptation is from the Broadway musical made into a feature length film.

When it comes to musicals I’ll usually say “I’m not a fan of Sound of Music but love more modern musicals like sweeney Todd, la la land” etc. Which carry the movie forward via the song rather what I perceived of the little Sound of Music I saw a random song outburst.

It’s been a hot minute since I watched the original Mean Girls but my golly I didn’t realize it had been 20 years :O wowzah!

The actors in this movie did a great job and honestly I loved the lot. My favorites would be Auli’i Cravalho playing Janis Sarkisian & Jaquel Spivey playing Damian Hubbard. Hands down I loved all their scenes the most. Mahi Alam playing Kevin Gnapoor reminded me of a funny character from The Guild Zaboo played by Sandeep Parikh.

I’d totally watch more from these characters in another 20 years if they decide to continue / remake this film once more for a newer generation.

The production team did a fantastic job brining this into 2024 with all the current social media trends and platforms. It was a good time and honestly a fun watch.

My Popped rating for Mean Girls 2024 Musical is a 7/10.

Now ratings may change throughout the year as we start to fill in our top 10 but currently for 2024 this is in my top 10. Stay tuned for more on this and my highly anticipated movies in 2024 in an upcoming post :D.

Thanks for reading and joining us for my review / thoughts on the Mean Girls Musical. Pop a comment on your thoughts with Mean Girls and lets discuss our favorite musical score, scenes and moments.

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