First reviews are in for Pedro Pascal's new movie, calling it "bloody fun"

Freaky Tales
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The fir💮st reviews for Pedro Pascal’s newest movie Freaky Tales are in - and they’re looking mostly positive. 

Directed by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel’s Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, Freaky Tales follows four separate yet interconnected tales set in 𒊎1987 Oakland California: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary he🍬nchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

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“Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck create an anything-goes anarchic spirit that, when combined with an impressive cast game for this type of madness, plays like a stylish and entertaining genre mixtape,” says ’s Meagan Navarro. Nicolás Delgadillo from , shares the enthusiasm, adding: “The best part of Freaky Tales is the fact that it just keeps getting better and better as it goes on.&rd🎃quo;

Many critics commented on the film's West Coast setting and sense of nostalgia. “Freaky Tales plays like a love letter to both the city of Oakland and the genre films that permeated video store shelves in the late '80s and early '90s.💃” says Brent Hankins from . Critic Alejandra Martinez from shares the Cali love writing “Freaky Tales gives us a host of underdogs to root for, along with a bloody, fun, very ‘80s time on the weirder side of Oakland, California.”

However, not everyone is a fan as Nick Schager from points out that despite the glitzy cast, the film just didn't hit the mark for him, “You can cut-and-paste all your adoleꦉscent obsessions into a giant collage (and recruit Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn to participate in the madness), but that doesn’t mean it’ll amount to more than a messy, insubstantial grab bag of your favorite things.”

Despite its flaws, ’s 🥀Amber Wilkinson commended the flick's attempt at recreating the feel of past '80s-centric films “If the 🌄end result never quite achieves the style and bite of the likes of Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, it is still a lot of fun and should appeal to late-night crowds and those who lived through the period, in particular.”

Freaky Tales stars 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rogue One's Ben Mendelsohn, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avatar: The Way of Water's Jack Champion, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Dominique Thorne, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Top Gun: Maverick’s Jay Ellis, singer Normani Kordei Hamilton, and Euphoria’s Angus Cloud, as well as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian's Pascal. 

A general release date for Freaky Tales is yet to be announced. For more, check all of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies heading your way in 2023 and beyond. 

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