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Blackhat 2015
Blackhat feels like the final summation of Michael Mann's career. His interest in technology becomes the central focus of and motivation behind this exploration of our reliance on tech. The events of the film take place on a global scale and yet, as Mann emphasizes, they're driven by technology so minute that it's functionally invisible to the naked eye. And just as the enormity of global events seem so totally wrapped up in microprocessors, all of Mann's interests - crime,…
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To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Even though they "get" the bad guy at the end of the movie, this is absolutely bleaker than The French Connection. In that film, the police as an institution are not broken. They're exhausted, they're flawed, they're way too aggressive, but the film never doubts for a second that they're completely sincere. The Secret Service agents in this film are crime fighters, sure, but they're not motivated by a sense of justice. They're motivated by vendettas on one end and…
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The Holdovers 2023
The Holdovers is one of the most disappointing moviegoing experiences I've had in a while. It's a tired, worn-out story - middle aged curmudgeon gains a new lease on life by mentoring troubled youth - told in a tired, worn-out style. Yes, there are some funny jokes, and yes, the performances are all rather good, but they come in between moments of triteness and cliched dialogue. For what initially seems a somewhat unique throwback to the school films of the…
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The Memory of the Gold Medallion 2020
damn mfs really said seahorses are just wet horses
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