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Anora 2024
This is THE screwball comedy for these times.
Such a fantastic addition to the history of the genre, which has almost always been on top of each period's contemporary issues, especially in terms of gender, labour, or class. Of course in 'Anora' there's excellent and absurd comedic shenanigans to be had, but underpinning every moment is the unsettling reality of just how badly late capitalism and unchecked oligarchy has turned almost every social connection into a transactional affair—rendering kindness and…
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The Last Swimming Reunion Before Life Happens 2024
This short sequel to 'Cleaners' proves that Glenn Barit has that special magic of bringing a movie theater audience to life.
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The Hopeful Romantic 2018
Parang nanood lang ako ng The Manila Hotel ad sa YouTube na umabot ng 1hr 46mins. The actors did a good job with the material though.
On a more serious note: The scene where the main character (for supposed comedic purposes) "fights off" a trans woman in a hotel/motel room because he thought she was biologically a woman was in poor taste, considering the very real & resurfaced case of Jennifer Laude. The film, or at least the Netflix release, could have done without it as it wasn't really funny & it didn't serve a purpose in the story whatsoever.
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020
Giving this a rating of 2 because yes, I agree that the climate crisis is real, but that's about the only reason why I'm even giving it a rating as it's difficult to support the "witness statement" of a privileged man who has historically blamed the climate crisis on the population count (one of the biggest points in this documentary) in developing countries, when according to a study from Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute "between 1990 and 2015, the…
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