Starting slow and getting bonkers at the end is a tried and true formula for making a film memorable.
An enormous search effort is launched, and several days later, the girls reappear.
Their parents are relieved to have their girls back, but the pair has come back changed.
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Then, the end arrives, and it isbafflingly dull, anti-climactic, and sudden.
It’s been several years since either of them had an encounter with Michael Myers.
Corey has been an outcast since a tragic accident occurred, and he was blamed.
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Shaun of the Dead,Hot Fuzz, andThe World’s Endencompassthe popular Cornetto Trilogy.
The three films all starNick Frostand Simon Pegg and were co-written by Pegg and directorEdgar Wright.
All of these films are comedies first, but have a distinct emotional throughline that grounds the out-there humor.
This approach is the most true ofThe World’s End.
The person is clearly deceased, but Hank still uses the body to transport himself off the island.
Swiss Army Manimmediately caught the public’s attention upon its release.
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It’s not every day thatDaniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse on screen.
With a group of friends, Spencer orchestrates an elaborate heist of the Transylvania University library.
American Animalsis based on the true story of the robbery of Transylvania University’s library.
Good Timestarts with a gritty and realistic robbery.
Writer and directorJeff Nicholsis known for bringing humanity and emotional complexity to high-concept material.
This approach also fitsMidnight Special.
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Ad Astrais one of the more cerebral big-budget sci-fi films of the last decade.
The second half is a moody drama thatmay disappoint viewers who were expecting an action-packed sci-fiblockbuster.
Godzilla has always been a thematic vehicle for explorations of Japanese trauma, andShin Godzillais no different.
But after the disaster is over,Shin Godzillabecomes a political satire.
At the same time, Tyler is having relationship troubles with his girlfriend (Alexa Demie).
The tension in the family grows, and when tragedy strikes, it changes everything.
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Wavesis a film of two halves.
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