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I'm Still Here 2024
This is taut, well-crafted movie’s movie. Very little excess fat. Just a lean script with great propulsion. Perhaps the opening montage is a bit long but it has a very clear purpose of highlighting the historical context and family that will be the centerpiece of this story.
Fernanda Torres’ performance has been getting much praise and it is an incredibly layered and subdued performance. Much like last year’s race between Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone, Torres’ Eunice Paiva is a…
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Nickel Boys 2024
A very powerful story. Neat and innovative choice to shoot entirely in first person. And the hard cuts across time are always welcome in my book.
The young man who played Turner, Brandon Wilson, was really good. As was Hamish Linklater as the silent antagonist of the racist schoolmaster.
I think for all the brutality that happened, this film suffers from not being explicit about it. The punishment and fate of these boys was skirted around when it should have…
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The Marvels 2023
The Marvels is so boring. The team up stuff was fun but we didn’t need a 2 hour movie explaining everything. Or making their team up make sense.
The characters are so overpowered too that it’s hard to be compelled by the plot or to feel any sense of urgency. So the drama just felt forced to me.
It’s weirder too because the elements that are meant to be fun feel out of place in this whole movie? Like the…
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Miami Connection 1987
10/10
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