As a political game, this film mostly works. It was fun getting to see the Vatican work more as an office than a place of worship or sanctity. Even just the fact that they have a printer that a nun has to help run strips the magic out of any religion one might suppose. However, as a story of faith and doubt, the movie missed the mark for me. Ralph Fiennes character’s doubts have to be overtly stated to ever…
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy 2025
I was really pleasantly surprised by this film! Bridget is still quirky as ever but with a little melancholy to boot. I think it takes a leap of faith to write a character as she grows true with age. The ways in which she screws up haven’t lessened but they’ve changed, as we all do. I think the beautiful lesson in the movie, even with all the silliness, is that we all grow old, we will all lose someone, we…
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After Hours 1985
Martyyyyy!! What can’t that man do. His lesser known works are some of his most interesting and astonishing to watch. His early work, like this film, show just how much he has impacted cinema as a whole. The tracking shots alone are next-level. Griffin Dunne is comedic gold while communicating his soul crushing exhaustion. Then Teri Garr, Roseanna Arquette, and Catherine O’Hara take you on a rollercoaster ride it would be very nice to get off — the performances were…
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Quiz Show 1994
Can we all agree that Rob Morrow is a smoke show? I mean a competent lawyer with a Boston (Brookline) accent, R U KIDDING ME?!
Top to bottom, love this film. It pulls you along like a political thriller but hides a human story within it. Equal parts funny and gripping. Feels like it was pulled from Sidney Lumet’s greatest hits, in the perfect way. It’s a film centered around the systems that abuse Americans every day, the ways that…
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