Before Unforgiven, The Wild Bunch offered audiences a story about aging outlaws set at the crossroads of the old west and the new world. Released over two decades earlier, The Wild Bunch is every bit as gritty and raw as Unforgiven, and is every bit as entertaining. It’s bloody, it’s brutal, and it’s unforgiving, never portraying the characters as hero’s or villains, but merely as people who are trying to capture something they once had that’s now been lost. They shoot women…
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Tampopo 1985
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, especially after a lackluster reaction to The Funeral. The idea is just absurd enough that, when treated with the utmost sincerity, it makes for a watch that’s both entertaining and hilarious. A woman’s quest to become the best ramen cook, in the style of a neo-western, with vignettes about food throughout. It’s filled with homages to samurai films as well, and feels like a true intersection of Kurosawa and Ozu…
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Collateral 2004
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Mann keeps his sleek and cool nature while making a film that’s a bit grittier than what he’s done before. The film’s focus on the dynamic between the two men is what really makes it work, rather than solely focusing on one or the other. Foxx is great as always in his “a nobody turns into a gun-shooting hero” performance, and Cruise as the villain actually really works. There’s some cheesy dialogue here and there, but for the most part…
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
Not THAT bad but also not great or even good. Got some fun bits though.
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