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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
What sets Mad Max apart from every single other franchise? Its prominence is brought in part due to George Miller’s commitment to creating imperfection.
In his wasteland, the stories and narratives suggest that every movie is presented as happening years before, only known and passed on by oral tradition as if they were myth and folklore: the actions, characters, and histories would be fluid and contradictory--with biblical amounts of heroism and villainy--yet markedly accurate of the desolation of the post-apocalyptic…
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Kung Fu Panda 4 2024
It isn’t a movie that is easily analyzed. Between the first and fourth, there has been a significant lack of visual improvement. The animation seems borrowed over from the show at some points, and shot-continuity is poor for the sake of fitting as much action into a scene as possible. The writing is the same and much less thought-provoking than the previous installments.
However, this particular movie seems to address the future generation, the era of Dragon Warrior that is…
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Decision to Leave 2022
Chan-wook cited Handmaiden as his most violent movie since it is his most close-at-hand confrontation of objectification. His narrative style and cinematic focus retains the core concept of violence from his early gory works as it is adapted to more intricate works steeped in themes. The interconnected relationship of love and death are just as apparent in this film as compared to his recent string of films. It is a personal favorite in terms of its cinematography, editing style, and writing.
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Oh, Saigon 2007
“Việt Kiều” is not a self-identifying term for Vietnamese outside of Vietnam, but rather people in Vietnam use this phrase. The tension of filmmaker Hoàng‘s parents being “việt kiều” for 25 years slowly releases as the generational trauma and family secrets is slowly explained, argued over, and later relinquished even if for a little bit, when she and her immediate family travels back for Tết. The bridge between immigrants and their children will always be apparent, and even hierarchical, but…
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