Brahms: The Boy II (2020)

Viewers of the original movie, The Boy, in 2016 were either dismayed by the ending which undid the classic "creepy doll" horror they thought they were watching or like me thought the ending clever - a way to freshen up a stale old "creepy doll" b-horror movie - and now, this sequel, presumably hoping that that dismayed half of viewers might be able to be coaxed back and get behind another creepy doll franchise, creates a backstory that serves to revert to a mere creepy doll horror the events of the original film, with Katie Holmes, as concerned mom watching her son develop far too strong a bond with a doll, valiantly trying to disguise the movie's staggering lack of originality, its utter hohum-ness.

★☆☆☆☆

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Jack and Jill (2011)

As the credits roll, voxpops are shown of actual twins discussing twindom as though the preceding movie, which has Adam Sandler playing fraternal twins Jack and Jill, was a celebration of twin-love and not an unfunny embarrassment for everyone involved (but especially mortifying for Katie Holmes as Jack's wife and Al Pacino in a career-low, appearing as himself.)

☆☆☆☆☆

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Disturbing Behaviour (1998)

The Stepford College Jocks is a not very thrilling nor mysterious mystery thriller set in an American high school where the disturbing behaviour of some of the students turns out to be caused not by puberty, peer pressure or substance abuse but something else much less interesting.

★☆☆☆☆

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