Bugonia

Bugonia

A great movie doesn’t need a great premise, but it definitely helps.  Such is the case with Bugonia, a science-fiction film that suggests that the CEO of a pharmaceutical company is actually an alien from another world.  I’ve often wondered if CEOs were human.  The way they express themselves with a steady stream of corporate jargon and self-actualization platitudes, delivered with zero passion but loads of certainty and conviction, has always given me pause.  Maybe, as this movie implies, they’re aliens from another world who’ve come to Earth with malicious intent.  Excuse me while I grab my tin foil hat.

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The Tomorrow War

The Tomorrow War is a variation on the much better Tom Cruise vehicle Edge of Tomorrow. Pratt plays, Dan, a high school biology teacher sent to battle aliens in the future. Those aliens are mean and nasty, but they are no match against Dan and his plucky family. Even though this movie is completely redundant, the movie is entertaining enough to justify a viewing, particularly if you already have Amazon Prime. (You’re already paying for it, so why not?) Chris Pratt acts convincingly, no matter what the movie throws at him, and proves himself a worthy heir to Bruce Willis. Recommended.

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