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A Real Pain 2024
Low expectations subverted – I underestimated Eisenberg as a writer with the preconceived idea that this would end up being a skeletal rendition of Sideways. Despite the film’s somewhat hackneyed setup, it quickly blossoms into an emotionally rich journey exploring ancestry and familial change alike. Eisenberg expertly posits the generational trauma inflicted by the Holocaust as a thematic backdrop for the cousins' strained relationship, where past afflictions and guilt beg to be exhumed and confronted. Should we ignore the ugliness…
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Saturday Night 2024
Adopts a freneticism rivalled only by PTA’s early work, contained almost entirely within the walls of a singular building on a singular night. Steelberg’s camera is a freewheeling force, treading the impossible balancing act of an ensemble in scattered chaos, deftly capturing Lorne’s languishing clutch of control for us.
That’s not to say it isn’t without its slower pathos nor an understanding of what made Saturday Night Live so important for America, though. Reitman’s beating heart reveals itself as the…
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Drive 2011
Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film Drive has a promising start that quickly devolves into a ridiculous mess full of mind-numbing action and gore. On a technical level, the movie strikes all chords. Possibly its best quality is its ability to set tone, with the cinematography, lighting, soundtrack and sound design all working to provide a very dark yet effectively stressful and hyperactive atmosphere. The camerawork is what shines through, however, with clever utilisation of the rear-view mirror managing to beautifully…
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Toy Story 4 2019
No matter how much you dress this film in hyper-realistic animation and litter it with celebrity side characters, it still remains a soulless and ultimately unnecessary addition to an almost-perfect franchise.
The entire time I watched Toy Story 4 I couldn't help feeling like something was... off? It could be the writers' decision to have the movie entirely focus on Woody's arc with the blatant disregard for all the other characters that made Toy Story so special. It could be…
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