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Oppenheimer 2023
Oppenheimer is a high-stakes drama with dense scientific and political dialogue, edited in a defiantly unchronological order at a dizzyingly fast pace. It is the exact opposite of a “summer blockbuster,” and it is also one of the best movies I have seen in recent years.
While it didn’t move me emotionally in the way Interstellar did, it forced me to ponder deep, unsettling notions at a scale that made me uncomfortable, i.e, it moved me in an intellectual way. …
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Arrival 2016
What does it mean to be human and make a choice to create life, knowing full well that the child will endure pain, suffering, and ultimately, death? Do we have to feel guilty for wanting love when a heart might be broken eventually? Should we stop reproducing just because there is pain in the world?
Because of the gift of language the aliens give Louise, world peace is possible. But it means she will have to bear the burden of…
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Anora 2024
As it stands today, Anora is the front runner for Best Picture. To me, a “Best Picture” should have layer upon layer of complexity, intrigue, pathos, and entertainment (see: The Substance).
Anora is entertaining, I’ll give it that, but it is not a very complex human drama. It’s a straightforward story with little deeper meaning than its surface area. We know nothing about Ani other than that she lives with her sister who wants her to buy milk. We are…
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The Brutalist 2024
Adrien Brody is a revelation, simply put one of the greatest actors of all time in one of his best performances as László Tóth, a fictional Bauhaus-trained architect. Immense pain and sadness comes through in his portrayal of an addiction that is only overcome, if ever so briefly, by the confidence he portrays in his art. It is a nuanced and tragic depiction of a supremely talented man who is dismantled block by block by his own pride and addiction,…
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989
Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?
Sooo this may be an unpopular opinion around here, I dunno. But this movie is not very good.
There are a few funny bits, particularly the squirrel in the tree (SQUIRRRRELLLLL!!), but mostly this is misogynistic drivel. Clark Griswold is an outdated American male archetype which hasn’t aged well; the Archie Bunker of the late 80s. He’s constantly trying to cheat on his gorgeous and incredibly patient wife, and he obsesses over materialism and…
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Scream 2 1997
More of the same, just as fun as the first one.
Movie trivia! To keep it from leaking, none of the actors knew who the killer was until the last day of shooting. But honestly I’ve seen these movies a bunch of times and I still have trouble remembering who is the killer in each film. I suppose it doesn’t matter, really.
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