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Mickey 17 2025
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
OK, this is really a side-rant instead of my general reaction to the movie (which is good!), but whenever an artist tries to apply logic and reason to MAGA behavior — even fictionalized MAGA stand-ins like Bong does here — it tends to interfere with the story in unintentional yet inevitable ways. Trump and his cronies have bought into a distorted reality. They don’t adhere to logic or reason. But most movies require their characters to respond to logic and…
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
Never has a character been more coked out of their gourd without ever being shown using cocaine than Richard Chance.
Magnificent L.A. locations. Unbeatable design, top to bottom. Hot damn, what a movie.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023
Fans of Harrison Ford will leave happy.
Fans of Steven Spielberg — especially the blocking, framing, and general playfulness he always brought to this franchise — will know exactly why “Indy 5” isn’t quite what it should be.
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The Killer 2023
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A neat little movie about a gig worker (David Fincher) whose shitty job is crushing his spirit (making movies for Netflix), so — in a subconscious act of self-preservation — he fucks up so badly he has no choice but to hunt down the billionaire ruining his life (Ted Sarandos).
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