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The Fabelmans 2022
“Art will give you crowns in heaven, and laurels on Earth. But it’ll tear your heart out and leave you lonely.”
I can’t help but feel like The Fabelmans wasn’t made for me. Not in a generational sense, and not because I’ve never stood behind a film camera and don’t plan to, but rather because it’s not as much a film made for filmmakers, as it is a film made by Spielberg for Spielberg. And that’s the most beautiful thing.…Translated from by -
TÁR 2022
“You must in fact stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.”
Tar is a character study that evolves into something more. In some ways it reminds me of Power of the Dog, which I watched earlier in the year; Tar is extensively better in all ways. The first 1.5-2h come across as the regular “nothing happens” type of arthouse film, but it’s still utterly mesmerising nonetheless. Field’s script is lyrical, it’s strong-handed, it’s compelling. I have…Translated from by
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Gladiator II 2024
“Know this: where death is, we are not.”
Paul Mescal is not Russell Crowe, which isn’t a bad thing… except when Scott insists on rehashing Maximus without giving Lucius time to be himself. There are pieces of personality in Lucius - a young man who doesn’t have the same leadership experience as his father, but shares a similar rage and desire for vengeance, further fuelled by a sense of adolescent rebelliousness - at one point he’s literally an indignant teen…Translated from by -
Wicked 2024
“Are people born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?”
Enjoyable but not mind blowing. The Ozdust Ballroom scene was great. I don’t understand Ariana’s desire to switch personality / race / voice / style, because now I just think she is exactly like this in real life and it really detracts from the performance. As much as I was predisposed against her as a result, I’ll give her this - the annoying, grating and clearly two-faced characterisation…Translated from by
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Parasite 2019
“She’s rich... but still nice.”
“She’s nice because she’s rich.”There is nothing quite like Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite. There is nothing I would change about it. It knows what it set out to do, and it absolutely owns it. It hits home runs on every single aspect. Approximately 12345 people have bugged me to go watch this, ranging from a film buddy to a guy I’d known for 30min, so I had really high expectations. It surpassed. I can’t talk…
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The 9th Precinct 2019
“So these people always have the night shift?” -my mom
The 9th Precinct might be a bit tacky, but it’s genuinely fun, actually quite scary, and has a great deal of heart.I’m actually very down for a sequel.
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