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Eephus 2024
When I read the synopsis of this last year, I thought, "Goodbye Dragon Inn meets Field of Dreams." I didn't realize how close to the mark it was. A melancholic, leisurely paced farewell to a beloved local ballpark, which could as easily be about a farewell to an era of baseball that's now lost to us. This is a real, physical place that also feels plucked from time, if only for a single day, to give everyone a chance to pay their respects before it's gone forever.
The death of a place is the death of a community.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Between this and Planet of the Apes (1968), "You blew it up!" in the climax of Pierre Boulle cinematic adaptations is two for two.
(Marked for spoilers but this movie is 70 years old.)
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Bring Them Down 2024
Never more relieved to see the "No animals were harmed in the making of this film" notice at the end.
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Monster 2023
Hirokazu Kore-eda is without question the greatest director of children today (and at the very least since Spielberg in his prime). Part of that is a willingness to employ emotional endangerment of children, but done with grace and care that never feels exploitative.
This film puts you through the wringer and then puts you back in and then back in again. There is no way to tell where it's going, but when you do, when the pieces fall into place,…
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