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‘The Royal Treatment’ Is Worth Watching for its Delightful Cast

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Netflix’s The Royal Treatment isn’t perfect by any means, but its delightful cast is worth watching the film for.

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Netflix’s ‘Afterlife of the Party’ is Unexpectedly Emotional and Warm

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Netflix’s Afterlife of the Party is surprisingly emotional, proving that whatever you think staring at its poster, it will be the polar opposite. I’m not entirely sure what I expected walking into the film, but I most certainly was not expecting to cry more than once. Afterlife of the Party starring Victoria Justice, Midori Francis, Robin Scott, Adam Garcia, and more follows party animal Cassie (Justice) in her attempt to make matters right before ascending to a higher position in the afterlife. So yes, spoiler alert, if it was not obvious by the title, she dies early on in the

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Scene Breakdown: Netflix’s ‘Set it Up’ and the Best Meal Ever

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Do you also think about the best meal ever aka the pizza scene from Netflix’s Set it Up on a daily basis or are you normal? I recently re-watched the movie, and I’m happy to report that it holds up just as well as it did when it first released. I’m also now once again utter garbage for the pizza scene. Sure sex is great, but have you ever eaten pizza straight from the box while drunk in your sort of enemy, now turned friend’s bedroom after sneaking up to said room from a ladder? Charlie vocalizes that this specific

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‘Set it Up’ and the Beauty Behind “And Yet…”

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Good news, Netflix’s Set it Up still holds up. You know how sometimes you obsessively watch a movie for a period of time and then abandon it for a while only to revisit and realize that it’s just not that good anymore? That’s not the case with Set it Up. It’s just as glorious as I remember, and maybe even more because this time around, I have a lot more feelings about the “and yet…” of it all. (On top of the pizza scene, which basically owns me.) While the idea is explored through almost every character’s point of view,

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‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Intricately Balances Warmth and Nerdy Girl Power

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Gunpowder Milkshake intricately balances warmth and nerdy girl power landing itself on the list of the kind of film energy we could all channel this summer. Navot Papushado’s directed feature is gorgeously executed, and though full of a lot more violence than I would generally prefer, in its storytelling it’s somehow entirely wholesome. The film is a gritty explosion of emotions, and so dazzlingly colorful, it’s impossible to look away even during the violent outbursts. (Close your eyes but open them again.) Director Papushado told Film School Rejects: “Every color in the film means something different,” says Papushado. “For example,

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