Dallas Fisher

    Author: Dallas Fisher

    • Babygirl

      This is the story of when a woman CEO gets the itch to have an affair with her younger intern.

      Babygirl has had all the hype this year, whether it’s because of Nicole Kidman being in the lead role, it being an A24 film, or that it’s the least creepy looking of the “older woman seeks younger man” movies made this year. Does it live up to any of that hype, I wasn’t quite convinced.

      Kidman plays the role of CEO for the fakest looking company in a movie ever, really well. She moves with the ways of herself from the likes of Eyes Wide Shut, and this movie even has tastes of what Kubrick did for her but never fully reaches that level. Her character, Romy (horrible name), is unlikeable to say the least. Her shown reasons for wanting to sleep with someone outside of her marriage are childish in nature and much of her “occult” backstory is glossed over with mumbling dialogue. This character would have been better off without a backstory and cheesy Amazon-esque warehouse shots. If she was just a woman in power that wanted to sleep outside her marriage, I might have been into this more. Hell, even the enemy in Top Gun: Maverick didn’t have an affiliation and I was still rooting for their downfall.

      Harris Dickinson (Samuel) is the intern at hand and I found his confidence undeserved which led to my disbelief that any of this would have started in the first place. Romy and Samuel’s connection feels forced from the beginning and only becomes more awkward as time goes on. Neither of them were decisive in their ways which became annoying. I wanted to root against Romy the entire runtime, which might have been the point. Consequences weren’t a thing in this word and that made me angry about the outcome. There is some sexiness at play but I found that the lack of likeable characters severely downplayed the thriller aspect, not that there was much to begin with.

      There are some surprises along the way here with Antonio Baneras being the star of the show and a nice appearance from Esther McGregor. I thoroughly enjoyed the meet up rave scene that was the best like it made since Basic Instinct. If a late 50’s woman could have just had a normal conversation with her husband we wouldn’t have had to sit through this rutterless, erotic workplace harassment drama.

      Maybe this movie isn’t made for a 32 year old, non CEO, male but who knows. Go in with the retention mindset of boxer David Haye before a big match and you might enjoy this one.

      5.8/10

    • Sicario and The Martian

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      Sicario has been one of my most anticipated movies of the year and it didn’t let me down. It stars Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin. It’s set around them trying to find a cartel leader in Mexico, well at least that’s all I knew about it going into and I think that was a good thing. I won’t go anymore into the plot because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone who might be seeing it. I loved the dark tone of this movie, and how violent it was. They didn’t rely on action or violence to keep you in it thought. There was a lot of build up to the more drama filled parts but it was worth it. The best part about the whole movie was Del Toro, he was a bad ass. I will say the couple things I didn’t like was a side plot with a character that felt a little unnecessary, and there’s a couple scenes at the beginning that are a little slow. I also thought Emily Blunt was the main character but she had a lot less screen time then I thought she would but she was great in it. I loved this movie and I’m gonna go see it again for sure. 3 and a 1/2 stars (for now)

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      The Martian is a new Ridley Scott Movie staring Matt Damon and a shit ton of other people. Matt Damon’s character gets stranded on Mars after he is presumed dead and his team leaves him behind. First off, visually this movie is stunning. I can’t recall a movie that has looked better, especially one set in space. Damon did a really good job for a character that is stranded by himself, so he basically has to interact with himself for a good portion of the film. The movie was really funny for something that should have been about a depressed guy in space. I do feel like all the jokes were used in the trailers and that took away from them a lot. I just need to stop watching trailers. Everyone else in the film did really good as well but I feel like there was too many big name people in this and they were fighting over screen time and that they gave more to characters i really didn’t care about. I wish I would have saw more of Jessica Chastain, but that is probably cause I’m in love with her. I’m glad I wasn’t able to predict what was going to happen in it, but during the climax of the film I never really felt like he might not survive. It always had a feeling that he was going to be rescued from the way they set it up. Gravity definitely felt like a more real a gritty suspenseful film. And The Martian was way too long in my opinion. 3 and a 1/2 stars