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The Grifters 1990
i might need a second viewing to fully appreciate this, because today i kept getting hung up on the details of the plot and expecting twists and turns, but ultimately the movie isn’t about what the characters are doing, it’s about the characters themselves — after all, it’s called the grifters, not the grift.
performances were great, though cusack was showing early signs of his eventual brian wilson performance and was a little hard to reach — didn’t quite have…
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie 2024
an absolute fucking miracle. laugh out loud funny, uses 2D animation as an art rather than purely a medium (every single farmer jim moment made me laugh harder than the last) and manages to make the most looney tunes-feeling movie since what’s up doc? while only needing to use two characters rather than the entire stable. and neither of those characters are bugs bunny. kinda like how there are full muppet movies anchored by gonzo and rizzo instead of kermit.
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The Beach Boys 2024
it’s a near-impossible task to tell the story of any legendary band in under two hours, let alone one with as complex a history as the beach boys.
the pros? for one, the film does not shy away from controversy, be it murry wilson’s physical and emotional abuse (even playing clips from the fabled “help me rhonda” session tape) or the band’s association with charles manson, going so far as to call explicit attention to the manson song they released…
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¡Three Amigos! 1986
this isn’t the funniest movie of all time, and yet, there isn’t a funnier movie in existence.
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