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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
LET THE DEAD GO AND VALUE THE LIVING.
Although a little overcrowded with ideas and parallel storylines, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a masterful legacy sequel with tons of dark and creative fun, an excellent cast - Justin Theroux steals the show -, and a simple but powerful message. A visually stunning best of compilation of Tim Burton’s genius.
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Grave of the Fireflies 1988
This movie slaughtered, ate and digested most of my soul more than 10 years ago when I first saw it. Now it came back for the leftovers.
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Pieces of a Woman 2020
The new movie of my fellow countryman, the extremely talented Kornel Mundruczo shows strong similarity to Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. What?! - you are probably asking now. Yes, I haven’t gone crazy, let me explain.
Just like Ryan, Pieces of a Woman - after a few starter minutes - kicks off the story with a huge, professionally directed opening, a shocking and fascinating prelude to a deep human story. And just like Ryan, after the strong opening it loses some…
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The Fountain 2006
Death as an act of creation.
Darren Aronofsky’s most unique film and one of history’s most beautiful movies tells a multiply interwoven tale about the emotions, ideas and instincts that are inherited through ages, lives, fact and fiction. Thus they are infinite. They never die. They are the cure for death.
Cloud Atlas told a very similar story later, and maybe The Fountain is not that grandiose, but much deeper and definitely more cathartic.
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