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The Matrix Resurrections R 2021 ‧ Sci-fi/Action ‧ 2h 28m

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  Okay first of all I have to say I liked Matrix: Resurrections .  Maybe I'm in the minority, but I can really say I enjoyed the film.  Lana Wachowski creates a hip, smart follow up to the Matrix trilogy.  It was inevitable that Warner Bothers was going to do a follow up to the Matrix with or without its creators.  When the studio learned that Ms Wachowski was interested in doing a 4th Matrix the studio didn't blink and so they gave it to her, and why not.  Lana Wachowski was one of its creators and in what better hands to have it in than one of the films franchise original creators.  Lilly Wachowski didn't want to participate and felt she had done that already and was not interested in resurrecting the franchise.  That being said I think Lana Wachowski came up with an interesting premise for the film. I hear in many reviews that the film is "meta" and yes that is a good summing up of the film, but it does a disservice to the film.  The original film " The

Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)

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  It's been awhile since reviewing movies, and so I figured it was time to return to something I love.  I hope to do this a bit more, so my apologies for not being too consistent, but hopefully I will rectify that in the coming months. Spiderman: No Way Home is a film that was destined to be seen by a family that grew up with its previous films.  My oldest introduction to the Marvel universe was in back in 2008 when my oldest and I saw Ironman .  My youngest entry in the Marvel universe was Captain America: The first Avenger back in 2011.  It became a family event to go see all of them, and it would always be a memorable one for both my wife and I.  The Marvel universe has been ingrained into our DNA, but that's because I'm a Marvel fan.  Always was & always will be.  My gateway to the Marvel universe was "The Fantastic Four" & "Spiderman".  Two comics that I bought and read throughout my childhood.  This is not to poo poo the DC universe.  I&#