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2023 Superhero

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D                Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is the swan song for the DC Cinematic Universe (or whatever it’s called) that started back in 2013 with Man of Steel. With the DC films being fully rebooted with a new Superman movie in 2025, let’s all pause for a moment of silence in […]

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2023 Drama

Napoleon

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B-               Legendary director Ridley Scott’s recent work has been a bit hit or miss and Napoleon somehow falls into both categories. I was eagerly awaiting this film based on the trailers and Scott’s pedigree, but it ultimately doesn’t deliver on what I want from a biopic about one of the greatest, […]

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2023 Action

Silent Night

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D+                Legendary Hong Kong action filmmaker John Woo finally makes his return to America with Silent Night and I’m scratching my head as to why he bothered. Aside from a rather dumb gimmick that I will discuss in a minute, Silent Night is a generic and dull revenge flick that is […]

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2023 Action Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C                If you aren’t like me at all, you have spent the eight years since the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 wondering when we would finally get a film explaining the origin of series villain Coriolanus Snow. Well, the day has finally arrived and the completely unnecessary […]

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2023 Horror Science Fiction

Godzilla Minus One

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+                I’m pissed that critic Adam Ollinger used the line “Godzilla Minus Fun” because I had that line in my head since I saw this movie last week. Regardless, I’m joining him as one of very few people on the internet that don’t love this movie. I don’t hate it, but […]

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2023 Drama

Priscilla

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: C+                I must regrettably admit that Priscilla is the first Sofia Coppola movie that I’ve watched. If I had press credentials, I would fear that they would be revoked over that admission. After viewing this movie, I’m still not sure what to make of her as a filmmaker. While Priscilla is […]

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2023 Horror

Thanksgiving

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: B                It’s taken 16 years, but Thanksgiving is here at last. Eli Roth made the fake trailer for Thanksgiving as one of the trailers that played in the middle of the 2007 movie Grindhouse and he’s finally gotten around to making the full movie. I’m happy to report that, while it […]

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2023 Superhero

The Marvels

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: D                Much is being made about the abysmal box office performance of The Marvels and, really, it’s hard to understand why this isn’t a smash hit. It’s a team-up with characters that few people care about and a sequel to a television series that few people care about with a plot […]

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2023 Horror

Five Nights at Freddy’s

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: F                I’ve never played a Five Nights at Freddy’s game, but, based on what I thought I knew about the games, I was looking forward to this movie. I thought that the gist of the games was that people were stuck in a Chuck E. Cheese knockoff and the animatronics came […]

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2023 Drama

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Doctor’s Diagnosis: A Martin Scorsese returns with Killers of the Flower Moon and perhaps cements his place as the world’s greatest living director (although Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott might have something to say about it). Flower Moon is a sprawling, 3 and ½ hour true crime epic. While greed and […]