Really disappointed that this essentially just turned out to be Kiyoshi Kurosawa doing Cure again, but worse. It doesn’t help that this is pretty much beat for beat just Cure from top to bottom (even down to the last act’s abstract driving sequence), pretty much the only difference is the premise of the “hypnotist,” or manipulator, in this case, being a next door neighbor, and the dungeon. While Teruyuki Kagawa does well as the off-putting neighbor trope, I think, much like a lot…
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Red River 1948
Wow. A new favorite. Real, classic storytelling, and finely directed. A story about not only two men, but men. The relationship between men, fatherhood, brotherhood, friendship, hell, even homoerotic subtext between Matt and Cherry’s first encounter. A story about tough love and the wildly mistaken but wholly good-natured mindset of the American Dream and how a man can be forged through hardship and come out with not only personal growth but financial success. They’ve got an old man named Groot…
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The Batman 2022
If you don’t think Matt Reeves is one of the best directors working today after the streak he’s had with Cloverfield, Let Me In, Dawn of The Planet of The Apes, War for The Planet of The Apes, and now this, you’re out of your mind.
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