This felt deeply unoriginal (though I think it isn't?). Decent performances for the most part, but Kidman and Dickinson baaaaaarely move the needle and Banderas showcases the weaknesses of the movie: the stakes were never there. It will be hard to defend him as a good bad actor after this (I’m now scared of rewatching Dolor y Gloria).
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024
I left with the very strong feeling that this pretty good documentary is also (knowingly or unknowingly) a bunch of Russian propaganda. Presenting Lumumba as a saint with no flaws, a symbol, a victim and—one of the worst things anyone can be—a martyr, and taking Khrushchev 's speeches at face value is, at the very least, negligent. Not sure if this is just naïveté or malice, but I can't shake that stain. The documentary is also electric and beautiful and…
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Emilia Pérez 2024
It is hard to think of a movie that feels less earnest and more self-serving. (Megalopolis at least was earnest!) Truly unbearable.
It did give me time to think about a looooong list of whatthefucks:
- Musicals (sometimes in a good way)
- French people (rarely in a good way)
- Movies with bad and fake Latin American accents (it's not that hard to find actors with the proper accents—suggestion: start there and then try to find decent actors)
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Hit Man 2023
Hit and miss from people I thought didn’t miss.
Philosophy professors in movie never work because (a) most professors are deeply uncool (and not in the uncool-attempting-to-be-charming way Powell is here) and not that impressive when you are no longer a student; and (b) it is almost impossible to capture the personal essence that makes a cool professor cool in a few scenes.
Regardless, this is the least of this movie’s problems.
Not funny enough to be an actual comedy,…
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