cjluther26

cjluther26

Favorite films

  • Dune
  • The Social Network
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Interstellar

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • Court of Gold

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★★★

  • Kneecap

    ★★★★

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  • Court of Gold

    Court of Gold

    ★★★★

    Watched intermittently over ~10 days.

    Kevin Durant breaking down early in the series was by far the highlight -- despite all the criticism he's received, I think the fact that he is unabashedly his true self, not the basketball-playing demigod persona he could easily recess into -- is incredibly impressive and commendable.

    I also came out of this doc loving Bam Adebayo much more.

    Steph Curry going GOD MODE against France in the gold medal game will never get old.

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★★

    When your Delta flight offers this in glitchy quality, but it’s 2 days before the Oscars and you’ve yet to see it, you do it.

    I’ll need a rewatch eventually, but I have not been as moved in terms of frustration, anger, and empathy, all at once by a film in a long time. And I mean that in the best way possible.

    Ross’s ingenuous decision to shoot Nickel Boys in the first-person certainly desired to elicit these responses, and the…

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  • Superman II

    Superman II

    ★★★★

    There’s a clear emphasis on pulp, spectacle, and product placement…and yet it doesn’t feel half as callous as a lot of the blockbusters we get these days. 

    I enjoyed some of the heavier concepts this film dabbles with, but it obviously couldn't dive deeper in due to the time in which it was released.

    Stamp is great as Zod, and I now see why Reeve is the definitive Superman for most!

  • Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

    Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

    ★★

    Legitimately great concert — saw it live in Philly in May — but this is a callous cash-grab.