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  Schindler's List 1993

  Rewatched 15 Mar 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Novocaine 2025

  ★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Hey, anybody remember these guys?

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  That's basically the new film "Novocaine" starring Jack Quaid, only...bland. Bland bland bland. This review is going to be equally bland. If you take out your cell phone and start playing Solitaire while reading this review, I won't blame you at all because I did the same thing in the theater while watching "Novocaine."

  Quaid plays Nathan Caine, who was born with a genetic defect which prevents him from feeling pain. He lives a…

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  Kinds of Kindness 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Jun 2024

  This is a review of the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, "Kinds of Kindness." However, I'm going to pivot to the comparison/sub-review first.

  In 1994, director Terry Zwigoff made "Crumb," an incredibly insightful bio-documentary about cult cartoonist Robert Crumb. In one revealing sequence in the film, Crumb talks about the creative process behind one particularly perverse comic he drew. He mentions how he did not know where the inspiration was coming from, where the story in the comic was going, or…

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  The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 May 2024

  Ahhh, Nicolas Cage...what is left to say about him? Do crazy people know they're crazy? Are some crazy people able to leverage their insanity into a paying career? What percentage of Oscar winners are certifiable? Or does Cage simply know his instrument and choose crazy scripts accordingly?

  In "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," Cage plays a version of himself who, according to his soon-to-be-ex-wife, needs to get his shit together. After losing out on a coveted role in an…

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