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Small Things Like These 2024
Looks like I’m in the minority on this one. It’s still too well-directed and well-intentioned to give anything lower than the ol’ respectable 3 star review, but subjectively, I was just kind of bored by this. Usually I’m all for the use of subtlety in movies, whether it’s used in the narrative or overall tone, but this is so subtle and low key, it just felt like nothing was happening for a lot of the runtime. I paused this at…
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Fear Street: 1978 2021
The day after watching the first FEAR STREET movie with my niece, a burgeoning horror movie fan, on a recent visit to the east coast, she also wanted to show me the 2nd one. Like the first movie, I can see why this kind of teen horror movie seems to click with a younger audience, but unlike the first movie, this one doesn’t always deliver the goods.
Again, this gets bogged down with too much exposition and lore about witches,…
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Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
Here's my impression of IN & OF ITSELF...
Magician: "The King of Clubs. Is this your card?"
Audience member: "Oh my god, yes!"
Magician: "Also, the King of Clubs is telling me your father is proud of you."
(Both the magician and the audience member start weeping)Part magic show, part filmed one man show, part Ted talk, part therapy session, IN & OF ITSELF is occasionally fascinating, surprisingly moving and, to me, pretty full of itself.
Maybe it's because I'm generally…
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Glass 2019
Watching this alongside UNBREAKABLE and SPLIT was fascinating...what a strange, yet ultimately satisfying trilogy. I like this more than most critics...there's a lot going on thematically and visually that's too weird/interesting to dismiss. But the low budget still keeps it from reaching its full potential (even though Night seems to owe his recent comeback to finding creativity within budget constraints). It's not the UNBREAKABLE followup I always wanted...but I still enjoyed spending time with these characters again and I admire…
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