Adventure Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Review

Belle

by Hannah Strong

A tale as old as time gets a cyber­space makeover in Mamoru Hosoda’s reimag­in­ing of Beau­ty and the Beast.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Spider-Man: No Way Home

by Hannah Strong

Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey out­ing brings some famil­iar faces to the par­ty, but we’ve seen it all before.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Three people at a desk, one man with facial hair, one boy, one woman with glasses, working on a computer.
Review

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

by Hannah Strong

Jason Reit­man takes on the man­tle of his Ghost­bust­ing father Ivan with this emo­tion­al­ly manip­u­la­tive nos­tal­gia trip.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

Eternals

by David Jenkins

Chloé Zhao remix­es the Mar­vel Cin­e­mat­ic Uni­verse tem­plate with this ethe­re­al take on the clas­sic super­hero saga.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Dune

by David Jenkins

Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met excels as space prince Paul Atrei­des in Denis Villeneuve’s spec­tac­u­lar widescreen epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

by Hannah Strong

Tom Hardy returns as the reporter with an extrater­res­tri­al mon­key on his back in Andy Serkis’ zany com­ic book sequel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

No Time to Die

by Adam Woodward

Daniel Craig’s last dance as a Double‑O agent brings the present chap­ter of the long-stand­ing spy saga to a sen­ti­men­tal close.

5
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Prisoners of the Ghostland

by Hannah Strong

Mer­chants of chaos Nico­las Cage and Sion Sono team up for a fleet-fist­ed tale of redemp­tion and uprising.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

by Weiting Liu

The MCU’s first Asian super­hero movie com­bines thrilling spec­ta­cle with cul­tur­al speci­fici­ty to cor­rect the comics’ racist past.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

by Kambole Campbell

The pro­duc­ers of Avatar pre­quel The Leg­end of Kor­ra expand on Netflix’s dark fan­ta­sy series with a bloody ​“ani­mé”.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect