Sleek little movie with short story energy. Great writing. A fish on the line? ''Let him run for a bit''.
Sometimes a little too understated -- I prefer big heist spectacle Soderbergh and the British context watered down his usual swag a bit.
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Mickey 17 2025
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I knew going into this that it would probably be more ''Snowpiercer'' / ''Okja'' Bong Joon Ho than ''Parasite'' Bong Joon Ho, but I was not prepared for the writing to be this awful. Teenage boy level social commentary, tonally all over the place, and with very roughshod characterization. The cartoonish villains were too similar to those of ''Snowpiercer''. I did enjoy the visual ''reprinting'' gag, as well as the design of the alien creepers. A lot of wasted potential…
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Flow 2024
I was waterboarded by the tedium of this little ''ship of fools'' allegory. I felt alienated throughout the whole film, which took its time to say and show very little, other than repetitive sequences of drowning, washing ashore, and drowning again. Nothing meaningful emerged from the aftermath of this diluvian catastrophe. It was like watching someone else's apocalypse dream, rather than a composed work of art.
The scenery and especially the human? ruins looked like nondescript video game jungle backgrounds.…
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Hillbilly Elegy 2020
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JD Vance's disturbing ''family'' politics and hillbilly credibility notwithstanding (''Rust Belt Elegy'' could be a more appropriate title), I must admit that this film was compelling and affecting. Performances by Glenn Close and Owen Asztalos anchor this story of pathos and self-determination, which meanders too often, alas, into melodrama.
As a Missourian (with Ozark roots, although I don't feel a similar need to cosplay as an Ozark hillbilly) who went to a fancy college, the scene of the contempt of…
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