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  • American Ultra review

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    Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart star in this explosive action-adventure about a small-town slacker who discovers he’s a sleeper agent targeted by CIA operatives.
    Source: Amazon.com
    Director: Nimah Nourizadeh

    I like the idea, it’s basically a stoner Jason Borne movie with a splash of ultra violence thrown in, but the execution is muddled, due in a large part by the comical genius that is Topher Grace. He’s amazing in this movie in that seems he was cast for a part that isn’t actually in the film, and then told to play a character that was completely made up on the set. The tone waffles from 420 Pineapple Express action to straight up blasts to the face by a shotgun with all the ensuing gore. Good actors were in this movie, but it was not a good film.  I’m really hoping this isn’t a portent of things to come with Jesse Eisenberg, as he’s the next Lex Luthor.

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    Air review

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    Source: Amazon.com
    Director: Christian Cantamessa

    Notable for a few reasons, both the actors are amazing and Robert Kirkman had some input on it, so the dialogue was on point. IMDB users didn’t enjoy it very much, so my expectations were low going in, but I was delighted to find that this was a well done, slow burn movie that had a subtle twist.


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    Master of None review

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    Source: Netflix

    Aziz Ansari is a paradox to me: both one of the best AND worst comedians alive. I’m nearly 90% sure it’s because I abhor awkward comedy (things that are funny just because of how awkward and uncomfortable it makes everyone involved) and Aziz seems to love to wallow in it, case in point: the Randy Character. While he’s horrible at the awkward stuff, when he’s doing pure comedy he can really knock it out of the park (as in Parks and Rec, ‘natch). I wasn’t sure which Aziz I was going to get with Master of None, and after the first episode I assumed it was going to be the awkward unfunny stuff that I dislike so much. Luckily I gave another couple episode a try, as that first episode is a head fake, the rest of the series is as funny as Louie, but instead of a middle aged white guy you get a young guy with immigrant parents. If you’re even remotely entertained by Aziz, I’d suggest giving this one a try, it ended up being one of my favorite Netflix series so far this year.

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