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Mickey 17 2025
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Felt like a mashup of Starship Troopers, Nausicaä, and Edge of Tomorrow, even though it had a lot of distinct moments. I think I liked it, though. My favorite scene was probably the two Mickeys staring at each other in the incinerator room.
While normally I would say that I liked this more than Snowpiercer, I still think Tilda Swinton and Ed Harris were way better in that movie than Mark Ruffalo was in this. Frankly I find the Trump…
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Alexander Nevsky 1938
I do prefer both Ivan the Terrible films over this, but Eisenstein still produced a very good work of art despite the need to prioritize propaganda. There are some fascinating creative decisions in there, which I frankly lack the film credentials to fully analyze. The first time I watched it, I thought that the big battle choreography was a bit lame—no one seemed to really die, and if you watched then the Teutons who get hit just fall over and…
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Notorious 1946
Not my favorite Hitchcock film of the few that I've seen, but still pretty thrilling throughout it as opposed to later stuff like The Man Who Knew Too Much remake. Great performances and I loved all of the background actors, especially Alexis Minotis as Joseph.
I have to confess that while I completely respect black and white film, this is probably one instance where it feels a little underwhelming for a reason I can't put my finger on. Maybe it's…
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