Somewhere in this pillowy mountain of fluff, there's an intimate, gripping character study about aging, disability, and suicide that should have been approximately half its actual run-time. Al Pacino wanted me to give it 4 stars. I wanted to give it 2. So he said let's call it an even 3. Deal.
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Planet of the Apes 1968
Who knew that if Star Trek and the Twilight Zone had a baby, it would look like Roddy McDowall in an ape suit?
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Logan 2017
James Mangold’s Logan is not the first film to market itself as an “adult” superhero story. It’s just the first to actually tell one. Set aside, for a moment, the slashing (sometimes necessary, sometimes gratuitous) and the swearing (sometimes amusing, sometimes gratuitous). These are secondary to the fact that no superhero film has ever offered such a devastatingly poignant portrayal of what age does to a man’s body and soul.
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Mud 2012
Early Jeff Nichols gem still shines bright and is worth a look-back for those who may just now be discovering this rising director.
The story is built around two 14-year-old boys living on the Mississippi River. While exploring an island, they discover a mysterious stranger with a mysterious home—a boat stuck up a tree. Without strong father figures in their own lives, they quickly bond with the man who calls himself “Mud” (Matthew McConaughey, also seen here on the cusp…
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