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Black Bag 2025
It’s a little too confusing and not immediately satisfying enough to be truly great, but Black Bag looks cool and has a good premise. It’s enjoyable to watch, but I don’t want to read a long essay afterwards to piece everything together. Actually, I kind of like that, but still.
Central to the action is knowing who to trust, and as with most espionage thrillers, the answer is usually “no one.” However, what if the person on the other end…
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No Way Out 1987
So I guess the moral of the story is…you shouldn’t sleep with your boss’s mistress?
Rewatchables choice, and a good one. Just a really solid political crime thriller with iconic actors and a good plot. It establishes the stakes and the key relationships early, including one of the earlier sex scenes I can remember from any movie, then gets right down to it.
Beyond that, there’s some interesting psychology in the movie, especially with the Pritchard character, with the best…
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962
Delightfully 1950s-coded, and it’s not even a 50s movie. Cases in point: a thriving local newspaper! Jimmy Stewart’s goofy-ass voice! A “newspaper man” named Peabody! Doc Willoughby! Inconsistent pacing! John Wayne saying “pilgrim” 50 times! Chivalry! A genuine, non-ironic belief in the sanctity of the United States and its rule of law! Overacting! Enormous steaks for every meal! A bumbling, fat marshal! And of course, an unequivocally evil antagonist, with no exploration of an unnecessary origin story!
Imagine that: an…
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Anora 2024
This movie deserves more than a stray thought catalog, but that’s what I’m offering:
- The character Ivan/Vanya might be my least favorite person of all time. I’d rather hang out with Voldemort.
- Anora is just a beautiful name. Idk why, but I love it.
- I once pissed off several of my high school friends by declaring Boondocks Saints a terrible movie. Their 16-year-old male brains couldn’t fathom it. But I’m sorry, listening to people neurotically shout the…
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