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The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
TWOWS is ensconced firmly in the hallowed pantheon of great movies that dumb guys love but don't understand, with the likes of Scarface, Fight Club, and Reservoir Dogs. It also belongs in what I think of as Leo's Exploding Man trilogy, along with The Aviator and The Great Gatsby, three movies about guys who should have chilled out.
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Dune: Part Two 2024
I've read every single Dune book, including the bad ones. So when I say this movie looks the way it should look, you have to underatand that I've spent a lot of time thinking about what a dune movie should look like. Villenueve nails it. This is unsurprising since he is, first and foremost a crafter of images. He makes shit look good. But the visuals are not the issue with this movie.
Both this film and the first one…
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Juror #2 2024
The films of great auteur directors provide a window into their minds. Lynch hypnotizes his viewers with his lucid dreams. Kubrick electrifies with his visual obsessions. The list goes on. Unfortunately, though, one does not have to be a great director to be an auteur, and they still retain the same capacity for revelation. In Juror #2, Clint Eastwood gives us a front row view of his mind, and it is as baffling as it is upsetting.
The solid premise…
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Nosferatu 2024
Since the first moving image was projected onto the first screen, film makers have asked: what's the right amount of necrophilia to put in a movie? With his latest foray into the period horror genre, Robert Eggers boldly answers, "Just enough to keep it interesting."
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