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'Coyote Ugly' is solid cheese and I'm here for it. There's nothing all that noteworthy to say about this, you'll either enjoy it or you won't; I doubt there's much middle ground. For me, it works. It's well paced and well acted, the music is well chosen too - s/o LeAnn Rimes.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this before when I was younger, so long ago that I hadn't had it logged on here. I can't say I totally remembered it whilst watching, though many of the scenes did feel familiar and I recalled the main cast. Speaking of which, Piper Perabo is good as lead. Maria Bello, John Goodman and Adam Garcia are also solid.

Just discovered that this has the same director as Kangaroo Jack. David McNally really made these two classics and ducked out of the industry, what a rockstar.

'The Witch', Robert Eggers' feature directorial debut, is very good! I enjoyed all of these 90 minutes, I could've watched it go on for a little longer in truth. I really liked the atmosphere throughout, as well as the look of the film. The dialogue is particularly excellent, too.

Everyone on the cast gives a terrific performance, shown perfectly by that final scene with them all together onscreen. Harvey Scrimshaw is super convincing in the aforementioned, I was almost questioning if they had got an adult actor and morphed him into Caleb, such was his high performance.

Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson are class in that scene too, one of the most unsettling moments in this is as their characters convulse on the floor - that sorta thing with kids always creeps me out. I've gone too far into my review to not note Anya Taylor-Joy, who is quality from beginning to end. Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie merit props as well.

I mentioned in my recent review of (the good) 'Nosferatu' that I was unsure how this one was going to fare in my personal ranking of this director's work, given the stark contrast with my thoughts on 'The Lighthouse' (4/10) and 'The Northman' (9/10). In actuality, this falls a notch below the latter; not far off the same rating, fwiw.

It'll be fascinating to see what Eggers conjures up next, as long as it is not another piece in the ilk of that from 2019 then I'll excited to check it out.

'Legally Blondes' is a rather rubbish return to this universe, yet somehow I wasn't actually overly bothered by it whilst watching. I'm not sure how the aforementioned is true, because it is objectively a bad movie; there isn't a detail about it that I could list under praise.

Camilla and Rebecca Rosso play the lead twins. I like how they switched it up from a solo main, it feels slightly unique from the two other movies. With that said, the acting level from the Rossos isn't the best and the (presumably exaggerated) British accents are a bit irritating/distracting.

Also onscreen is Christopher Cousins, fellow 'Breaking Bad' fans will find that minorly interesting. Another member is Bobby Campo, an actor I like from underrated made-for-television Xmas flick 'Snow Bride'. As you can tell, the cast is this film's standout element.

I probably should've disliked this stronger, I'm not sure why I didn't to be honest. Lastly, it's noteworthy that Reese Witherspoon served as producer for this though doesn't turn up during it; I don't blame her, but a cameo would've been cool.