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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: TV news for Feb. 9-15, 2025
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:55:14 -0800
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On 2/16/25 11:14 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2/16/25 10:57 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2/15/25 6:42 PM, Robin Miller wrote:
>   
>>>>> A24's Heretic Sets Max Premiere Date (Feb. 12)
> 
>>>>> https://deadline.com/2025/02/heretic-streaming-premiere-date-max-1236286843/
> 
>>>>> ["In 'Heretic,' two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East)
>>>> >from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are forced to prove 
>>>>> their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a
>>>>> diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game
>>>>> of cat-and-mouse. "]
> 
>>>> March 7.
> 
>>>> Cool. Been looking forward to this one (even though Sophie Thatcher is
>>>> another one who has ruined her looks with cosmetic surgery - and too bad
>>>> too, in someone so young...).
> 
>>> Weren't you just complaining about A24?
> 
>> I have layers!!  :p
> 
> Snarf
> 
>> Ian  (Real answer: I'm making an exception for "Heretic" as I think it
>> might be promising, despite A24's involvement. Also, A24's "Bodies
>> Bodies Bodies" was actually mostly OK, as was the "X/Maxine" trilogy.
>> IOW, A24 has an OK record with "horror"...)
> 
> Bodies Bodies Bodies was relentlessly mediocre. Yeah, you expect
> derivative but they did nothing with it and some of the characters were
> just hateable, not entertaining.

That was actually the point - it was a not-so-veiled social criticism of 
Gen Z - that's why I like it.