janer413

janer413

Favorite films

  • Phantom Thread
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Dirty Dancing
  • The Age of Innocence

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  • Anora

  • Babygirl

    ★★★½

  • Fire of Love

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    Wanted to be so many things but was none of them. Shining sunlight directly at the camera doesn’t automatically make it an art film. I guess people liked this because there are a bunch of half naked women in it? I can’t find it in me to care enough to tear it apart. It was just dumb and boring.

  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★★½

    Realistic sex, in that it’s sometimes awkward, fraught and unattractive. Could’ve taken the sensational route but chose coherent, complex, and compassionate character development instead. Great casting. The corporate intrigue fell a little flat. Lots of luscious interiors and a club scene that makes you feel the sweat.

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  • Leah's Perfect Gift

    Leah's Perfect Gift

    ½

    Loosely qualifies as a movie.

  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★★

    An entertaining, if hollow, follow-up to the original. The sequel chose blockbuster effects and gory shock value over character development and meaningful story line. But the pacing was good and it delivered a rousing romp through the decadence, debauchery and treachery of Ancient Rome.

    Denzel Washington was magnetic but seems to be in a different movie from everyone else. The evil twins were inexplicably made up like they were about to go on at the Moulin Rouge, but otherwise were…

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