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The Last Rodeo

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  • Title: The Last Rodeo
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The Last Rodeo is a film that could only take place in America where a broken healthcare system would force a grandfather into risking his own life to pay for life-saving medical procedure for his grandson (Graham Harvey) which the insurance will not fully cover. While the film focuses on the hero’s journey and bringing former rodeo star  Joe Wainright (Neal McDonough) closer together with his daughter (Sarah Jones) and former best friend (Mykelti Williamson), the idea that any of this is necessary is as tragic as the boy’s brain tumor.

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

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  • Title: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
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Delayed a year due to the 2023 strike which halted production for months, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two finally makes it into theaters under the new title Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning with a bloated runtime of 170- minutes filled with moments and marketing reinforcing the idea this could be Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) final mission (despite Cruise repeatedly saying he isn’t done with the franchise) in hopes of garnering interest in a film whose production costs skyrocketed making it one of the most expensive movies ever made. 

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Final Destination: Bloodlines

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  • Title: Final Destination: Bloodlines
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I know it’s a pretty low bar, but the latest Final Destination is actually the best Final Destination film. We kick things off with an extended 60s sequence centered around young lovers Iris (Brec Bassinger) and Paul (Max Lloyd-Jones) at the grand opening of the Skyview Restaurant Tower which ends in the spectacular deaths of dozens of people. Big kudos to co-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein as both in terms of the period look, and in the complicated sequence of events. There’s a craft to Final Destination: Bloodlines that sets it apart from the earlier films.

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Kiki’s Delivery Service

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  • Title: Kiki’s Delivery Service
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Hayao Miyazaki‘s Studio Ghibli coming of age film offers the story of a young witch named Kiki (Minami Takayama | Kirsten Dunst) who sets off with her talking black cat Jiji (Rei Sakuma | Phil Hartman) to a new town for a year of learning to be a witch away from her family. Kiki settles on a large seaside community where she struggles to fit in until helping a baker (Keiko Toda | Tress MacNeille) and discovering how she can put her broom flying to use across the city. 

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